FRANCESCO MESSINA – Reflex LP Re Issue ukeleles and harp-guitars weaves gently

ukeleles and harp-guitars weaves gently in and out of the vocal melodies

John McEntire’s deft hands behind the drums

Japan’s fearless multi-instrumentalist and cultural provocateur Keiji Haino has made a career out of his free-form musical improvisations and diverse collaborations

In the marrow of your bones

in a matter not unlike collectives like Smegma or Los Angeles Free Music Society (as mentioned in the excellent liner notes by Mike Trouchon)

FRANCESCO MESSINA – Reflex LP Re Issue ukeleles and harp-guitars weaves gentlyFrancesco Messina is perhaps best known for his collaboration with fellow composer Raul Lovisoni on the album Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo, originally released on seminal Italian label Cramps in 1979. Along with contemporaries Franco Battiato, Juri Camisasca and Giusto Pio, Messina would help reshape the world of modern composition with an organic rawness and haunting beauty. In 1979, Messina was asked to perform at the Teatro Quartiere in Milano.