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01. PAKI-VISNADI - Migration
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02. PAKI-VISNADI - Parallel Waves
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03. PAKI-VISNADI - In a Dark Run
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04. PAKI-VISNADI - Waterlight
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05. PAKI-VISNADI - Mollusk Dance
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ARTIST
PAKI-VISNADI
TITLE
Imaginary Choreography
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
ANTINOTE
CATALOG #
ATN 018LP
ATN 018LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
6/9/2015
Previously unreleased guitar-and-synth musical jewel from Italy circa 1984. An until-now unknown collaboration between a guitar maestro who composed contemporary dance scores and a gifted electronic music composer. Melodic complexity and rhythmic sonic beauty create a unique and timeless classic that has already achieved cult status among the few who have heard it. Obvious comparisons can be made between
Imaginary Choreography
and the softer ambient side of vintage German electronic music --
Göttsching
,
Schnitzler
,
Cluster
, etc., but that would be too easy, as this recording stands alone with its uniquely Italian atmosphere of sophisticated and complex simplicity. This session was recorded by two Venetians:
Paki Zennaro
(then working with composer
René Aubry
for choreographer
Carolyn Carlson
) and
Gianni Visnadi
(an experimental composer), who met one evening over a glass of wine and decided to work together for the first time with the intention of recording contemporary music to be used by dance schools for study and exercise. The duo recorded on reel-to-reel tape using electronic equipment (Sequential Circuits Pro One and Prophet 5; Roland TR-808 and guitar synth) with an acoustic 12-string guitar. When finished and mixed, a few BASF LH extra cassette copies (maybe as few as six or eight) were sent out to a few friends with a homemade photocopy insert, complete with handwritten track names and production details. A chance find in a Paris market of one of these original demo cassettes led to this wonderful LP finally seeing its first release. This now famous BASF tape was found one lucky morning by
Johanna Heather Anselmo
(filmmaker, photographer, musician) while searching for musical surprises in a box of tapes that had probably been at that same flea market for 20 years or more. Mademoiselle Johanna is used to rummaging in boxes of dusty tapes, being the girlfriend of Antinote artist
Iueke
, who has the unusual habit of hiding tapes all over their flat. A bit of searching by Iueke lead him to finding contact information for Zennaro and Visnadi, who were happy to oblige with releasing this almost forgotten 1984 session. Master tapes were sent to Paris for immediate transfer and mastering, while the Check Morris graphic design team worked with its usual class on adapting and reworking the cassette tape artwork for a vinyl issue. Open a bottle of wine and sit back. Includes download code.
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