Two italian artists...

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I have two suggestions for PA:

1.Francesco Buccheri - Journey (1979) - Progressive Electronic.

A composer from Bologna whose only vinyl LP is particularly sought after by italian obscurities collectors, as it only had a very limited private pressing. He had previously formed a group called Ex Aequo, with which he played for four years.
Though the original album was credited on the label to "Complesso F.B.M.R." from the initials of the four musicians involved, all the tracks were composed by Buccheri himself and the CD reissue only carries his name. 
The full line-up included Francesco Buccheri on keyboards, guitars and vocals, keyboardists Roberto Mingozzi and Danilo Forni (also on violin), and drummer Marco Raimondi. 
As it's easy to guess the LP is based on keyboards and much closer to late 70's krautrock than to the typical sound of most prog albums from Italy, the drums with a 4/4 rhythm often giving the music a commercial feeling. The initial 20-minute long Journey suite is rather fragmented and can be boring at first listen, and the overall sound can be compared with Sangiuliano's Take off. 
Unreleased works by Buccheri have been included on the CD reissue of the album (1983 solo keyboards recordings) and on a separate CD called Hand made, but these can be only interesting to completists.
Francesco Buccheri has kept recording his music, releasing four interesting self-produced CD's from 1995 to 2005, the last of which is The call.

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2. Sangiuliano: Take Off (1978) - Progressive Electronic.

Antonio Sangiuliano, a composer from Tuscany, released his only album in 1978 on RCA. 
Take off is a mainly instrumental album where Sangiuliano plays every kind of keyboards, being only helped by drums (Derek Wilson and Enzo Restuccia) and a soprano singer (Elisabetta Delicato) in some short parts. 
The atmospheres remind of some Tangerine Dream's works and the album is rather unusual for the italian progressive style. First side is taken by the 16 minutes long Time control, while the second side only has two tracks. 
The album was produced by Adriano Monteduro, who had released his first solo album with Reale Accademia di Musica.
Sangiuliano also recorded a second album, Out of breath, but this was never released at the time in Italy and its rights were sold to a japanese record company. 
The artist also composed the music for the film The line (1980-81) and probably some more soundtracks. 
He currently has a radio show on the italian RAI network.