Newsgroup: it.fan.musica.battiato
Titolo: Prati bagnati

sta arrivando l'annunciata (da troppo tempo...) riedizione de "I prati 
bagnati del Monte Analogo"
di Francesco Messina e Raul Lovisoni
 
qui info sul contenuto del cd (con ricche bonus tracks)
http://www.discogs.com/Lovisoni-Messina-Prati-Bagnati-Del-Monte-Analogo/release/4870703
 
 
forse gli hanno cambiato la copertina
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=4945205
 
 
 
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http://www.soundohm.com/product/Raul-Lovisoni-Francesco-Messina-/Prati-Bagnati-del-Monte-Analogo/pid/20621/
 
 
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CD edition, limited to 500 copies. Originally published in 1979 by the 
legendary Gianni Sassi's Cramps Records label,
as part of a series curated by Franco Battiato, the long-awaited "Prati 
Bagnati del Monte Analogo"
has finally made available by Die Schachtel in a repackaged deluxe edition 
(both LP and CD),
fully remastered (by Giuseppe Ielasi) from the original Cramps tapes,
and complete with 3 extra tracks (in the CD edition) dug from Francesco 
Messina's archives.
Produced by Franco Battiato, the breathtaking oeuvre of Francesco Messina 
and Raul Lovisoni
is openly inspired to the unfinished metaphysical novel 'Le Mont Analogue',
by the French writer René Daumal, who had been for many years a student
of the teachings of the enigmatic Armenian Georges Ivanovich Gurdjieff.
The reference to Gurdjieff is important in order to frame this work in its 
own context,
because at that time the great Greek-Armenian mystic was beginning to exert 
large influence
into the diverse and stimulating artistic environment that for many years 
developed around Battiato,
which included, among the others, Juri Camisasca, Francesco Messina and 
Giusto Pio.
Battiato's entourage was characterized by a deep desire of spirituality that 
would not adhere
to a  particular faith, but rather involved a full opening of the mind and 
body.
This spiritual quest, that one can hear shining through the music,
was something intimate and personal and it never became the expression of
religious extremists looking forward to live in another world.
Similarly, Prati Bagnati del Monte Analogo is a stage of that journey that 
the artists
developed independently, yet with a constant tension of the Spirit
resulting from years of readings and reflections shared with others.
The music of this album is an exact compendium on such intimate journey:
drones and overtones, repetitive patterns, deep meditative feel, spaced 
atmospheres.
 
"I'm writing this on a Sunday afternoon during breaks taken from restoring 
two zithers
from the late nineteenth century. I love the instruments not only for their 
beautiful craftsmanship and sound
but for what they've seen, the stories in which they've played a part,
and the journey that brought them to me. Francesco Messina and Raul 
Lovisonis
Prati Bagnati del Monte Analogo is playing on a loop as so many times in the 
past ,
colouring the space I inhabit with its glowing overtones, spreading its 
majestic quietness.
Taking as a staring point an unfinished utopian novel, written by French 
pataphysician René Daumal,
in which is described the ascension of a mountain connecting Earth and 
Heaven,
the three compositions take us on a journey through the rich green pastures 
of Mount Analogue,
occasionally pausing beneath veils of light, only to stride determinedly 
onwards, to the realms of an ancient wind deity.
At some point during this incursion you may find yourself In a Landscape set 
out by John Cage,
witnessing Vainqueur, Substance and Resilent as children chanting their 
vocoded chants,
or else enter a false portal planting you in Anthony Moore's Cloud and 
Ballroom.
Whilst the subject matter is esoteric and the music makes no attempt to 
conceal this fact,
it's time we released these haunting pieces from the demesne of obscurity.
Messina and Lovisoni have created a work of radiant beauty,
oneiric states waiting to be explored, to lose ourselves in."
(from Stephan Mathieu liner notes)
 
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solo 500 copie !
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Uno degli inediti, "Untitled", altro non � che la versione 
ambient-embrionale di "Il vento caldo dell'estate", come racconta lo 
stesso Messina nelle note al disco.
Fu Battiato che ne colse il potenziale "pop".
 
LVP