Raul Lovisoni / Francesco Messina ‎– Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo (1979, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 – Francesco Messina/ Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo – 23:25
B1 – Raul Lovisoni/ Hula Om – 9:01
B2 – Raul Lovisoni/ Amon Ra – 11:40

Musicians:
Keyboards [Vocoder Moog, Sinth Vocoder Roland, Sinthi Ems] – Francesco Messina (A1)
Piano – Michele Fredrigotti (A1)
Harp – Patti Tassini (B1)
Glass Harmonica – Raul Lovisoni (B2)
Voice – Juri Camisasca (B2)


Raul Lovisoni and Francesco Messina's seminal LP from 1979 has long remained among the most beloved. Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo not only introduced the world to the work of two gifted composers, but also is notable for being produced by electronic pioneer Franco Battiato. A sister album to Prati Bagnati would be Giusto Pio's breathtaking Motore Immobile, likewise graced with the maestro's gentle hand around the same time. Lovisoni and Messina are both central figures within the Italian avant-garde. Part of a generation of artists who contributed to a radical rethinking of musical practices and composition, they reveal Minimalism as it's rarely known: delicate melodies, subtle harmonic interplay, incorporating diverse creative traditions and slowly giving way to an ever-expanding open space. Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo's meditative title track, inspired by René Daumal's surrealist novel Le Mont Analogue, features Messina on synthesizer and Michele Fedrigotti's impressionistic piano, while on Lovisoni's 'Hula Om' and 'Amon Ra,' solo harp, crystal glasses and Juri Camisasca's radiant vocal drones further ascend into the stratosphere. Skirting the outer edges of ambient, new age and experimental music, Prati Bagnati has a transformative beauty unlike anything else.

Michele Fedrigotti/Danilo Lorenzini ‎– I Fiori Del Sole (1979, LP, Italy)

Side A

A1. Il Santissimo Calice (4:11)

A2. Kyrie, Christie, Kyrie (1:00)

A3. L'Epistola (4:50)

A4. Credo (3:00)

A5. L'Adorazione Del Cibo Mistico (1:00)

A6. L'Eucarestia (3:23)

Side B

B1. Fiori Mistici (3:15)

B2. Il Canto Delle Acque (4:14)

B3. Fiori Di Luce (1:40)

B4. Il Canto Degli Astri (1:00)

B5. Fiori Divini (5:50)

I Fiori Del Sole is a quintessential Italian minimalist album by composers Michele Fedrigotti and Danilo Lorenzini. Featuring production from the legendary Franco Battiato, the album features bare organ numbers on Side A (tracks 1-6) and piano numbers on Side B (tracks 7-11). The album was released by the Milan-based experimental label Cramps Records in 1979.

Patrizio Fariselli ‎– Antropofagia (1977, LP, Italy)

An outstanding recording, and an unjustly neglected contribution to prepared piano performance by Area member Patrizio Fariselli issued on Cramps in 1977 (in the legendary "DIVerso" series), a record with energy that's somewhere between John Cage and Cecil Taylor! At times, Patrizio Fariselli plays with a great sensitivity to silence – letting it emerge with as much force as his well-placed work on the keys of the piano. But at other times, he comes off with a full, frenzied sound that's really dynamic and almost explosive – so much so that we're left wondering about the state of the piano after he's walked away! There's a bit of vocalization on the record, and titles include "In Side Out Side", "Lenny Tristano", "Anthropafagia", and "Scorie". (Soundohm)