MOMENTUM

Calibro 35

2020

3.18

Rating

172

Votes

17%

42%

30%

Distribution

Funk Rock Jazz

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Album Summary

Calibro 35 (caliber 35) is a cinematic funk Italian band formed in 2007 in Milan. The band has released seven albums and several movie soundtracks. Different songs from the band have been sampled into hip hop productions including Dr. Dre's "One Shot One Kill" and Jay Z's "Picasso Baby". The band started in 2007 when Italian producer Tommaso Colliva and guitarist Massimo Martellotta invited Enrico Gabrielli, Luca Cavina and Fabio Rondanini to what was supposed to be a five days long one-off studio project re-recording obscure music from Italian exploitation movie soundtracks.

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Jan 08 2025 Author

Great groovy (and a bit funky) album. Some instrumentals, some songs with vocals.

Jan 04 2025 Author

Well, another ambient, lounge music album that I can't rate equally as an album with music and lyrics like most on the lists, so there's not much to say other than that it's just okay.

Dec 24 2024 Author

This is some good solo-roadtrip music

Jan 07 2025 Author

Groovy beatz 👊

Dec 20 2024 Author

This was actually quite pleasant. Groovy and funky and some nice beats and riffs. Something I'd never heard of before, but a nice surprise.

Jan 03 2025 Author

It’s funky and unique. Yet also lacking that next level to really make me groove along. It’s like a movie soundtrack with no context. It’s fun at times but others it’s like why did they add lyrics here or why didn’t they add lyrics more. It’s an interesting album that’s easy and fun to listen to but not something I’d revisit. 5.9/10

Dec 20 2024 Author

I know it's really popular in some hip-hop/funk/whatever circles, but sampling ancient shit and adding beats... eh? Not my thing. It just comes out sounding all grimy and strange. I know they have ways of describing these beats in the UK - big beat or soemthing? I dunno. Whatever. Nothing against it, but it just doesn't move my dial at all. 2/5.

Dec 21 2024 Author

All-right album. Not really for me though. The raps are awesome, but the vibe is off. The cover is a damned masterpiece. 2

Dec 21 2024 Author

holy. shit. where has this been all my life? I don't even know how to classify this other than "transcendent"

Dec 22 2024 Author

Throughout the project, I’ve enjoyed becoming more familiar with other psych and dub projects – to hear a modern, polished LP that fuses those genres exceptionally is an absolute treat, and an unexpected surprise that honestly has made my day. This album feels at once structured and airtight while maintaining a sense of organic freedom, resulting in some exciting tracks that buck the norm of what you’re expecting while masterfully executing on the instrumental level. Could’ve done without the vocal elements here and there, but thankfully they don’t detract from the incredible melodic sense throughout this album. It’s funds like these that make this project worth it, amazing add to the list.

Dec 23 2024 Author

Was almost giving up on this list, then something like this which feels so classic but also so new. loved it.

Apr 06 2025 Author

This is a bit of a mix up, really. Most of the tracks are a confusion between two or more different things being played at the same time, and while I really didn't enjoy it to begin with, o have the feeling that it might grow on me.

Sep 23 2025 Author

Fun fact: 99% of 1001+ album listeners give up before discovering something with actual personality and passion. I am glad to be a part of that 1%. Okay, after perhaps a week or so of absolute sludge I got this to rekindle my interest in the user-submissions list. I don't think the original list would ever include an Italian cinematic funk album from the 2020's. It's not the greatest thing ever but it comes pretty close. five outta five

Dec 20 2024 Author

Cool vibes. Liked it.

Dec 20 2024 Author

I really liked this a lot. It hits its mark of evoking a certain kind of cinematic music. One small gripe is it came off for me a little too much like a soundtrack album - all the parts didn't quite come together as a coherent whole. But those parts are pretty sweet nonetheless.

Dec 20 2024 Author

This is very cool! I enjoyed it. Will listen again. 4 stars.

Dec 21 2024 Author

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Death of storytelling, Black moon, 4x4

Dec 21 2024 Author

I 100% already listened to this and somehow it is here again which is okay because it rules

Dec 24 2024 Author

Super choice

Jan 15 2025 Author

Surprisingly cool and fun. Though Automata is a bit of a clunker, everything where there isn't a lyricist is absolutely vibey and cool. Fortunately only 2 tracks have rapping, and tracks like Death of Storytelling and Fail It Till You Make It are awesome.

Feb 05 2025 Author

This was a unique thing… who’d have thought a band would start by redoing Italian movie soundtracks. My parents were Ennio Morricone fans back in the day so I was around some of his soundtracks as a kid. I like this!

Feb 05 2025 Author

I liked this sound.

Mar 21 2025 Author

Well that was an interesting addition to the list. I can't say I'd listen to it all that often or it's particularly important to listen to but it was a pleasant listen. Agreed with others saying this is a soundtrack album and reading about the band they started as one who recorded soundtracks. That makes for easy listening but it's a curosity and not really that essential. My personal rating: 3.5/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? No.

Mar 22 2025 Author

A quick jaunt with hints of experimental jazz. I enjoyed it.

Apr 03 2025 Author

Very cool. Glad to be exposed to some Italian funk. I like it and it’s very good, but I don’t think I can give a 5 as I don’t love it and it’s not quite great.

Apr 03 2025 Author

Reminds me of the Barry Adamson albums from the original list, but with more of a dub/trip hop flavor & less circus brass

May 23 2025 Author

Would class as background music but enjoyed it, nice vibe

Jul 25 2025 Author

A nice, chill, mostly instrumental album.

Aug 04 2025 Author

I am really glad someone added this to the list. I knew nothing about them but it grabbed me from almost the first note. Will definitely come back to hear more of their stuff. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the track that had a lot of vocals. Definitely preferred the instrumental tracks.

Oct 27 2025 Author

This is the best soundtrack style album I've heard on the list. It's a bit more fast paced and a bit harder than others, and has a distinct Mexican vibe. I liked it a lot.

Dec 20 2024 Author

I yoyo’d between enjoying and hating this album from track to track. It started okay then I didn’t love the rap stuff then it just became interesting instrumental contemporary funk stuff but there were still some annoying bits that kept me from really getting into it. I got a solo flea song once the album ended and I had no idea he made shit like this so that was pretty cool to hear.

Dec 24 2024 Author

I love the mood of this album. I do tend to favor the instrumentals over the tracks with vocals, which kind of break the vibe for me. Fave Songs: Death of Storytelling, Thunderstorms and Data, Fail It Till You Make It

Dec 24 2024 Author

Cinematic funk, jazz, alternative rock. Ni fu ni fa.

Jan 15 2025 Author

It was alright, but nothing particularly exciting.

Jan 15 2025 Author

I think I like it, but I'm not really sure. It certainly has the energy and is simply easy to listen to. But it ebbs in and ebbs out like a cat. I'm allergic to cats.

Feb 03 2025 Author

Vibey

Mar 01 2025 Author

I'd give this a 3.5. I love a good instrumental and this was pretty easy to listen to and enjoy.

Mar 08 2025 Author

I liked this- my kind of music. Having said that it's neither inspirational or groundbreaking so i've added them to my playlist but don't think they would qualify for 1001

Mar 14 2025 Author

A lot of foreign content on the user list. This was diverse and held my attention.

Mar 14 2025 Author

Cool, funky genre bender album. A bit hip hop too, I liked this one! 3.5/5

Mar 14 2025 Author

This was a fun one, kind of like Chromatics with some instrumental and others with vocals and some guests. Good beats and glad to see some Italian representation!

Mar 28 2025 Author

Found this grovey and cool, but just got a bit repetitive come the end. Worthy of its place on the list, but won’t rush back.

Aug 07 2025 Author

Remember that one weird fucking Barry Adamson album from the original list that was "a soundtrack for a detective movie that doesn't exist"? Sounds like if you took that and mixed it with a beat MF DOOM would use to rap about how he likes lasagna.

Nov 01 2025 Author

Un poco difícil de clasificar. Toques algo discotequeros, funky, sin prácticamente arreglos vocales, todo instrumentación (y variada). No se hace pesado de escuchar y es un tanto innovador

Nov 02 2025 Author

This had a good groove for sure. Different and interesting enough and not too long. Nice album to listen to on a weekend morning.

Nov 05 2025 Author

Funky, groovy, chill. Relatively enjoyable, but nothing out of this world. Could probably listen again.

Nov 08 2025 Author

Decent background music

Nov 13 2025 Author

Funky and enjoyable, with a Tortoise/Stereolab-ish kind of vibe at times, but definitely its own thing.

Dec 22 2024 Author

I don't really understand what this is for or in what circumstance one would listen to it. Rating: 1.5 Playlist track: Glory-Fake-Nation Date listened: 21/12/24

Jan 14 2025 Author

Nonsense - like a soundtrack to a dull movie, with more instrumental tracks than actual songs. Works as a showreel for a producer, or as a sample bank for other artists, but not as a coherent collection of actual songs.

Mar 24 2025 Author

I saw “funk” and was immediately turned off.

Mar 27 2025 Author

Pleasant, but a bit too coffee table fancy chill out for me.

May 16 2025 Author

Momentum is an interesting enough album to add to the list because of what it tries to do, very little of what we've had really tries to fuse funk and electronica and hip hop and rock into one sound, and it does an okay job of it, just not well enough to consistently grab me. 2/5 but a higher 2.

May 19 2025 Author

I never thought about an album of samples (basically what it is). The concept is interesting, but the execution is not so enjoyable.

Sep 06 2025 Author

This sure is.

Sep 12 2025 Author

“Ah yes, finally some Italian instrumental funk”, said no one ever.

Sep 12 2025 Author

Italian funk music made for elevators. Not my cup of tea.