Second season of Italian police drama BLANCA kicks off with new Calibro 35 OST

The new season of BLANCA comes with an impressively diverse new Calibro 35 soundtrack set for release December 1st. 

Here's the scoop...

Italian cult cinema crew  CALIBRO 35 has just announced the release of their original soundtrack for the second season of BLANCA, the Italian police drama series directed by Jan Maria Michelini & Michele Soavi and produced by Lux Vide in collaboration with Rai Fiction. The soundtrack will be released worldwide on limited edition, crystal clear LP on December 1st via the Milan-based Record Kicks label. You can pre-order it now via Bandcamp right here. 

The thrilling new episodes of BLANCA Season 2, which began airing on Rai 1 on October 5, continues the successful first season which were broadcast worldwide on Netflix, M6 France and Telecinco Spain. 

Accompanying the popular series is once again the original music of CALIBRO 35 the Italian cult cinema combo with a global fan base that includes Dr.Dre, Jay-z and Damon Albarn. Made up of 20 tracks in total, the OST was entirely composed by CALIBRO 35 who developed the sound universe of BLANCA: an impressive mix of instrumental and choral work, which has engaged every facet of the band.  

"In the first season, we had to build the sound from scratch and create a musical world consistent with the ideas of (director and showrunner) Jan Michelini; this time, however, we had to develop the already existing world further, in order to describe the new stories and new characters of the second season. There were undiscovered musical territories, that forced us to step out of our comfort zone." 

Along with a heavy dose of Calibro's signature funk grooves on tracks such as "Badanti, "Carignano" (listen below), "Cambio di Stagione" and "Sampierdarena," the BLANCA second season OST comes with more moody and soulful tunes, world music, opera and darker moves à la John Carpenter. Essential contributions were made by Arya, MEI and Tahnee Rodriguez on the opening and end titles, Francesca Biliotti - mezzo soprano of the Monteverdi Choir, Valeria Sturba - exceptional multi-instrumentalist of the avant-garde music group OoopopoiooO, Rahma Hafsi and Elisa Zoot. 

Described by Rolling Stone as "the most fascinating, retro-maniac and genuine thing that has happened to Italy in the past few years."Milan-based Calibro 35 enjoy a worldwide reputation as one of the coolest bands around. Active since 2007, they've been sampled by Dr. Dre ("One Shot One Kill" feat. Snoop Dogg), Jay Z ("Picasso Baby"), Damon Albarn ("One Day") and Demigodz ("The Summer Of Sam"). They played major venues and festivals all over Europe and have collaborated with PJ Harvey, Mike Patton, John Parish, Stewart Copeland and Rokia Traoré. 

The BLANCA television series is just the latest of many recording projects for Calibro 35. Last June, the band released their eigth studio album, Nouvelles Aventures, recorded in Naples at Auditorium Novecento. 

"After a couple of intense and stimulating years playing Morricone's music live and writing for the TV drama BLANCA, we were inspired to make new music. To do so, we left home and we shut ourselves up in the splendid space-time capsule that is the Auditorium Novecento studio. The result is a series of musical voyages in which we concentrated all our artistic and human experiences. As in Jules Verne's extraordinary journeys, we explored distant places where we had never been before. We then returned to more familiar shores and discover them with new eyes without realizing it. We borrowed the title Nouvelles Aventures from György Ligeti, precisely because after fifteen years of building ourselves, we are ready for new adventures." 

Get a copy of Calibro 35's Nouvelles Aventures right here. Listen to a couple of tracks from the BLANCA second season OST following the trailer clip below.