Water Messages on Desert Sand was the very first sound creation from the Italian avantgarde duo of Roberto Musci and Giovanni Venosta. A classic work in the genre released by Chris Cutler’s Recommended Records in 1987. Back in the mid Eighties Musci & Venosta both on sampler synthesizer guitar piano effects and tapes were masters in overlaying and constructing rhythmic and harmonic pictures of transparent sound from electronic acoustic and documentary source taking ethnic field recordings (from Africa Indonesia Asia India) as their thematic centre. Water Messages finds place In the realm of Eno-Byrne My Life in the Bush of Ghosts but far more accomplished and developed. A rich moving and still very stimulating work and an essential purchase for anyone interested in adventurous modern art informed by ethnic music and sound explorations. In two words: Highly Recommended!

Side A:
1. Technowaltz
2. Water Music
3. Empty Boulevard
4. Mechanical Soul V. Pathetic Ambient
5. Volterra
6. Nexus On The Beach
Side B:
1. Vientiane
2. Malangaan
3. Digital Ketjak
4. Walters Reggae
5. Old Time Religion