Franco Sings On labour day

Franco sings on labour day
"Permanent Revolution" concert by Franco Mella at Hidden Agenda, 1st of May 2012.

Franco is fondly known as 'Kam Cai' by his friends and fans.  Despite his story being made into a mainstream film didn't put him into the arena of fame.  A social icon he surely is.  Famous no doubt.  He is still walking his meek and humble ways nevertheless.
Franco has long been a self-contented singer-songwriter, documenting his life and people he met by means of multi-lingual tunes he has written, mostly guitar.
These are stories of the desperado, from the grass-roots livelihood that bleeds the bases of all struggles: poverty and discrimination.  Mella says his songs are gifts from god.
Singing buddy 'artivist' Lenny Kwok has been trying to persuade Franco to put the body-of-work into a well defined document.  Thus the recording of the album "Permanent Revolution" began two months ago.  Franco has so far recorded all the basic tracks for the album, which is scheduled to release around summer.
Armed with the recording of these songs, a concert is scheduled to propagate them to a larger public - the songs have so far only confronted the audience at demonstrations and gatherings, location of social actions.
Franco was a child singing in the choir of the Milan's Cathedral back in Italy.  Besides his religious study, he was also baptized by the youth movements in Europe in 1968 while studying for his priesthood.  Guitar and songs became a means to react and record.  And coming to china, via hong kong gave him much experiences that turned into great songs of humanity.
With his slightly twisted diction of cantonese, he created, as Lenny puts it, a new clergyman folk genre that truly distinguishes him from the popular music sound waves you would encounter in the local music scene.
The conviction and deep spiritual emotion of his songs and singing are so unique that surely he is not everyone's cup of tea.  But if you have a pair of ears that open into the depth of your heart and soul, you'll get connected to this voice - Franco Mella.
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