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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

H, any thoughts on your top ten Italian releases of the year?

I've just picked up a last-minute catch-up selection of many of them - Moongarden, La Coscienza..., The Winstons, Ranest Rane, Reale Accademia di Musica, Overture and many more, so I've got some busy listening to do over the next few weeks!

Was planning on grabbing the Seldon, FEM and Il Segno del Comando ones very shortly too
 
So far (subject to change)
FEM - Mutazione
Baba Yoga - L'Uomo Proggresivo
La Dottrina degli Opposti - Arrivedederci Sogni
London Underground - 4
La Coscienza Di Zeno - Un Vita Migliore
DAAL - Decalogue of Darkness
Il Segno del Comando - L'incanto dello Zero
Nathan - Era
The Winstons - Pictures of an Exhibition
Il Bacio della Medusa - Seme
 
Pretty sure I forgot some…
 
P.S. like La Bottega del Tempo a Vapore "Viaggi InVersi"
 
Still waiting for that Celeste album to come out..
 
 
 
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H, any thoughts on your top ten Italian releases of the year?

I've just picked up a last-minute catch-up selection of many of them - Moongarden, La Coscienza..., The Winstons, Ranest Rane, Reale Accademia di Musica, Overture and many more, so I've got some busy listening to do over the next few weeks!

Was planning on grabbing the Seldon, FEM and Il Segno del Comando ones very shortly too
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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

^ Let's hope it's "Un album migliore" ;)
 
And it is! Still slightly prefer the somewhat wilder debut, but this one is easily their second best.
Beautiful 70s Style RPI.
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^ Hi Mike
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H, I am SO looking forward to this album!

Just one problem...I had planned to order it directly from Black Widow...but as of quite recently, they've put up their shipping prices to some insane amount, at least for Australia (likely it's the local postal service price, not Black Widow simply being greedy! . Currently, to ship four CD's to Australia, the postage is something like $34 Euro...which currently sits at $54 dollars Australian (and that is not counting the costs of the actual discs themselves).

Sadly AMS is more or less the same cost...it's a total deal-breaker.


It means I have to wait for them to pop up on Ebay, or for stores like Syn-Phonic to get them into stock, but that can sometimes take months

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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Martin, there's definitely other options for getting modern RPI discs affordably. Unfortunately one of the most high-profile sites (BMS Distribution) has some of the most unbearable postage prices I've ever seen (at least to Australia where I live), but other online stores like Syn-Phonic have very reasonable prices (although the website rarely gets updated and you have to email to ask if certain things are available).

However, it's many of the 90's titles that go for hugely extravagant prices because of how rare they've become, and many of them are long out of print!

For instance, I've really wanted to buy a copy of one by a group from the 90's called Lethe, their CD `Nymphae' loooooooong vanished. Not a single copy available even on a site like Discogs. Ha, I even tried looking up the band members on Facebook to get in contact with them and asking them if they had any left, and I still couldn't track them down!



http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=2905

PS - If anyone has one for sale, please let me know!

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Another 70s one off monster to have a comeback!
 
Pholas Dactylus
 
New album to be released in January.
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And don't miss the new Locanda delle Fate album in October.
(seems to be a live plus something thingy)
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10 years on. Time flies.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm not very familiar with modern Italian prog(RPI)so here's what I would like to know. Is most of it symphonic sounding(ie lots of keyboards)or is there something else going on here? 

Oooh, Mike, this will be good!

OK, so long story short:

There are a ton of Italian bands currently active, both older acts making comebacks and newer/younger groups.

Yes, there are a ton of bands that offer very bombastic keyboard driven and symphonic/classical-influenced `RPI'-sounding music.

There are also plenty of Italian bands incorporating modern indie-rock elements, or Post Rock, or R.I.O/avant-garde, etc, ie art rock.

There are many `comeback' albums from plenty of vintage Italian prog bands from the Seventies, and the majority of them are superb. They truly set the standard for `oldies' acts releasing new albums, many of which are full of great artistic inspiration.

I'm sure I forgot something, but that's a good quick explanation!

If you're interested in particular styles mentioned above, just let us know and I'm sure several of us could pitch in with strong recommendations!
 
Well, my favorite is symphonic prog so I was referring to that style. So newer bands in the early Genesis or PFM style or with mellotron(if there are any). 
 
A bunch of great ones to wet your appetite..
 
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm not very familiar with modern Italian prog(RPI)so here's what I would like to know. Is most of it symphonic sounding(ie lots of keyboards)or is there something else going on here? 

Oooh, Mike, this will be good!

OK, so long story short:

There are a ton of Italian bands currently active, both older acts making comebacks and newer/younger groups.

Yes, there are a ton of bands that offer very bombastic keyboard driven and symphonic/classical-influenced `RPI'-sounding music.

There are also plenty of Italian bands incorporating modern indie-rock elements, or Post Rock, or R.I.O/avant-garde, etc, ie art rock.

There are many `comeback' albums from plenty of vintage Italian prog bands from the Seventies, and the majority of them are superb. They truly set the standard for `oldies' acts releasing new albums, many of which are full of great artistic inspiration.

I'm sure I forgot something, but that's a good quick explanation!

If you're interested in particular styles mentioned above, just let us know and I'm sure several of us could pitch in with strong recommendations!
 
Well, my favorite is symphonic prog so I was referring to that style. So newer bands in the early Genesis or PFM style or with mellotron(if there are any). 
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm not very familiar with modern Italian prog(RPI)so here's what I would like to know. Is most of it symphonic sounding(ie lots of keyboards)or is there something else going on here? 

Oooh, Mike, this will be good!

OK, so long story short:

There are a ton of Italian bands currently active, both older acts making comebacks and newer/younger groups.

Yes, there are a ton of bands that offer very bombastic keyboard driven and symphonic/classical-influenced `RPI'-sounding music.

There are also plenty of Italian bands incorporating modern indie-rock elements, or Post Rock, or R.I.O/avant-garde, etc, ie art rock.

There are many `comeback' albums from plenty of vintage Italian prog bands from the Seventies, and the majority of them are superb. They truly set the standard for `oldies' acts releasing new albums, many of which are full of great artistic inspiration.

I'm sure I forgot something, but that's a good quick explanation!

If you're interested in particular styles mentioned above, just let us know and I'm sure several of us could pitch in with strong recommendations!
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Originally posted by TheH TheH wrote:

Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Awesome, H and Samuel!

Yep, just pre-purchased the CD version myself just now

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Hey H, which `other site'?! I can barely find the time for this one let alone another prog site!
 
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I'm not very familiar with modern Italian prog(RPI)so here's what I would like to know. Is most of it symphonic sounding(ie lots of keyboards)or is there something else going on here? 
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Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

Awesome, H and Samuel!

Yep, just pre-purchased the CD version myself just now

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Hey H, which `other site'?! I can barely find the time for this one let alone another prog site!
 
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I post a lot more on PE to be honest.
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Awesome, H and Samuel!

Yep, just pre-purchased the CD version myself just now

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Hey H, which `other site'?! I can barely find the time for this one let alone another prog site!
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Posted a similar post on that "other site" yesterday.
 
Really liked their debut Album so I'm looking forward to this one.
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