A nostalgic, underground exotica act.
Alessandro Paiola, was born in 1976 in Milan,where he trained as a videomaker and musician. Driven by his passion for cinema and soundtracks, in 2012 he started sharing on YouTube a number of scores he wrote for imaginary films, inspired from the classic Italian B-movies of the 60s and 70s. In 2013 with the composer and musician Riccardo Danieli starts to produce albums and Eps. “Zombie Mandingo" (2013), a reinterpretation of exploitation films, was followed by the cop-flick-inspired "Deep Cut" (2014) and the sci-fi/erotic-themed "Mutant Virgins from Pluto" (2015).Then came 'Emmanuelle Goes to Hollywood" (2017), “Zombie Mandingo II" (2019), “Shoot 'em all" (2020), “'Space Love”' (2021), “'Pizza Al Piombo”' (2022), "Bangkok Fury" (2023), which is a new take on the soundtracks of 1970s martial arts films, “Ufo bossa Ep” (2023) and “Zombie Mandingo Remastered” (2023) with Fourfliesrecords, “Crime” (2024) with Twoheadedeerecords and “Big Bang Bombay” (2025) a deep dive into an explosive Bollywood movie.
Larry Manteca plays instrumental exotica and vintage cinematic soundtracks inspired by 1960s and 1970s Italian genre cinema and exploitation films.
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Larry Manteca is based in Milan, Italy, where the project crafts handcrafted analog-style soundtracks.