Sonor Music Editions

Sonor Music Editions is an Italian record label from Rome founded by Lorenzo Fabrizi in 2012.

The label was preceded by other projects, which specialised in certain Genres: Armagiddon Times for example centered its focus on Punk music, Synthetic Shadows released re-issues of Post-Punk and Minimal Synth-records. Sonor Music Editions is however a very different story, expresses the label’s Manager Andrea Galtieri. _»When you listen today to the tracks by Alessandro Alessandroni, Piero Umiliani, or Mario Molino, it’s hard to believe that they were composed in a certain era, because they still sound so fresh today«_, he says. _»It makes Italian Library Music so unique.«_ The regional limitation of the re-issue labels is no obstacle for Sonor Music Editions. In the meantime, the team gathered together an archive of over 5,000 releases, which together with the catalogue – a selection of the absolute favourites – is getting bigger. _»Our motto goes ›Spin locally, push globally‹«_, Galtieri explains. _»We are always on the lookout for records, which work all over the world.«_

The archaeological work is a full-time job, admits Galtieri. Since Sonor Music Editions is very strict about it. _»It just needs two things: dedication and knowledge. Every release is lawfully license and copyrights are clarified. We have nothing to do with illegal presses and bootlegs. We want to support artists, which is why full transparency is very important to us.«_ This also extends to the production process of the curious albums which have found their very own niche, within the Library Music Scene. Each piece is designed in Italy and produced from the original master-tapes. All Sonor Music Editions releases are limited to 500 pieces. _»We want it to be the way that the people can buy an unique record, like how it was in the 70’s.«_ Collectors’ requirements are not the be all and end all. Other labels insist on records which in relevant circles have a certain prominence, thinks Galtieri. _»The people are always saying: ›Wow, what is that?‹«_, he says. There will be plenty more enthralling reasons: the composition is, after all, enormous.