Luigi Porto

The Profile

Italian musician and composer. Released the album Scimmie (soundtrack to Romano Scavolini's film L'apocalisse delle scimmie) on the Snowdonia label. Also known as Appleyard College. Collaborated with Carmen D'Onofrio and Rudi Assuntino on Scimmie.

Scimmie is presented as the soundtrack to Romano Scavolini's film L'apocalisse delle scimmie and was released by the Snowdonia label. The album features soprano Carmen D'Onofrio (performing an Ave Maria in Russian on the record) and singer/ethnomusicologist Rudi Assuntino. The review compares elements of the music to Il Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza and composers such as Gyorgy Ligeti, Luciano Berio, Ennio Morricone and Egisto Macchi. Luigi Porto is also identified in the review as "aka Appleyard College."

The reviews present Scimmie as an eclectic, experimental soundtrack by Italian composer Luigi Porto (aka Appleyard College). The album mixes contemporary, psychedelic, folk and rap influences, features guests such as Carmen D'Onofrio and Rudi Assuntino, and is noted for its cinematic quality. Recommended for listeners open to genre-defying, avant-garde music.