Driven by love and vengeance, master thief Diamantik chases around the world – due to relieve the most incredible, exotic locations of their most precious diamonds. Cunning secret policemen, murderous ninjas, bloodthirsty sharks and sensual sirens lead her to a previously undiscovered Sicilian island. Will she be able to bring her beloved companion back from the beyond under the volcano?

With Diamantik, Mondo Sangue takes the audience to the dazzling and stylish world of the swinging sixties. The psychedelic pop-art adventure also delivers some border crossings: Eurospy, adventure and martial arts cinema meet beat, bossanova and disco. Diamantik’s daring escapades are told by means of edgy electric guitars, groovy drum beats, glamorous orchestral movements and epic vocal lines. The result is a timeless genre cocktail, served up as a brightly colored concept album.

As always, various cinematic and musical references to Italian genre cinema are openly played out, so that cineastic border crossers will notice a stylistically confident wink in the direction of Mario Bava or Ennio Morricone. The record is also given a double bottom in homage to iconic Italian “Fumetti neri” comics, which deal with the darker themes of pop culture in an extremely liberal manner. The result is an extremely danceable, beat-driven mixture of imaginary cult soundtrack and retro pop.

For their sixth album Diamantik, Mondo Sangue have once again gathered a circle of like-minded people around them – in addition to former collaborators Bela B and Rocko Schamoni, here Stefanie Schrank, Sedlmeir and the Parisian duo Eroina can be heard for the first time.

The black 180g LP in elaborately designed gatefold cover and printed inner sleeve by Adrian Keindorf is limited to 666 copies and hand-numbered. Each LP also comes with a movie poster.

The Stuttgart duo Mondo Sangue (Christian Bluthardt and Yvy Pop), founded in 2015, produces music based on Italian genre cinema of the 1960s/70s, skillfully transforming the unique sound into modern times.

Features

• Pressed on 180 gram Black vinyl
• Limited to 666 hand-numbered copies
• Fully illustrated cover, gatefold and inner sleeve by artist Adrian Keindorf
• Includes folded 16.5 x 23.25 inch illustrated movie poster

Christian Bluthardt and Hannah Deusch wrote a 4 minute music video/short film for the title track Diamantik that plays like a trailer for a sixties spy drama from the U.K. Check it out below.

Tracklist

1. Frisco Fling
2. Ticket to Rio
3. Diamantik’s Awakening
4. Hey, Mister Commissario (feat. Sedlmeir)
5. Diamond Love (feat. Stefanie Schrank)
6. Marrakesh May Hem
7. Revolving Room
8. Main Theme From Diamantik
9. Disco Dragon
10. Paris Alley Cat (featuring Eroina)
11. Under the Volcano (featuring Bela B)
12. Funky Shark
13. Road to Messina
14. All the Colours of the Night (featuring Rocko Schamoni)