** edition of 200 copies only, few available** Franco Nanni’s ‘Elicoide’ is a lost gem previously released in 1987 only in few copies. The Italian musician has developed (with the assistance from Paolo Grandi on double bass) a minimalistic and repetitive structure expressed into five long compositions ranging from jazz, avantgarde and of course ambient music, each one with its own precise character. It is an album that showcases his idea of “Ascetic Trance” by referring to the music of John…