Paki, Visnadi

This now rediscovered session was recorded by two Venetians: Paki Zennaro (then working with René Aubry for Carolyn Carlson) and Gianni Visnadi (an experimental composer) who met one evening over a glass of vino 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. Recording on reel to reel tape using electronic equipment (Seq.Circuits Pro One, Prophet 5, TR 808, Roland guitar synth) with an acoustic 12 string guitar gave birth to IMAGINARY CHOREOGRAPHY. When finished and mixed, a few BASF LHextra cassette copies (maybe 6 or 8 only) were sent out to a few friends with a homemade photocopy insert, complete with hand written 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 and 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 Maestro's 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 team worked with usual class on adapting and reworking the cassette tape artwork for a vinyl issue. We and the people at Antinote are eternally grateful for this lucky find, as i'm sure you all will be too after listening to this musical discovery. Open a bottle of vino and sit back.