Record Kicks unveils Whatitdo Archive Group, the mysterious band behind “The Black Stone Affair” soundtrack.
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Record Kicks is proud to unveil Whatitdo Archive Group, the mysterious band behind the high concept homage to old Italian Film Soundtracks “The Black Stone Affair”. The soundtrack for a movie that doesn’t exist that hits the streets Friday April 9th on LP, CD and digital format via Milan label Record Kicks, is brought to you by Reno’s trio Whatitdo Achieve Group and is based on the supposed finding of the soundtrack’s master reels, long thought to be lost alongside the movie. The movie itself is described to be unusual for its time: a globetrotting adventure/western-noir written and directed by an aspiring visionary filmmaker named Stefano Paradisi.
Steeped in obscurity, a cult following of crate-diggers and musical oddity collectors has been brewing over the mysterious releases of the Whatitdo Archive Group. Surfacing in 2009 from the high deserts of Reno, NV, USA, this recording collective focuses solely on curating, performing and preserving esoteric soundtrack, library and deep-groove collections. The personnel of the group consist of three musicians; each of them avid composers, recording engineers and obsessive record collectors. Alexander Korostinsky, Mark Sexton and Aaron Chiazza met in college and have been working together on producing music for over 10 years. (Both Korostinsky and Sexton also happen to write and perform in critically-acclaimed soul group “The Sextones”). In 2019 the group started production on their crown jewel of a record, a concept album that had been tossed around for several years beforehand but never executed. As band member Mark Sexton explains “We wanted to create an album that encompassed everything we love and admire about old Italian soundtrack scores, and bring that energy back into the spotlight”. The group spent 9 months of research, digging through their personal collections of dusty LP’s scrutinizing the work of Piccioni, Torossi, Roubaix, Alessandroni and of course Morricone, recording, mixing and working with over 24 skilled musicians. The Whatitdo Archive Group finally completed what would be their finest work to date, “The Black Stone Affair”. Recorded entirely in Korostinsky’s home studio, this record is a labor of love, dedication, appreciation and respect for the golden age of Italian Soundtrack and Library music.
