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Out with the old, in with the new. I've got a few newer RPI albums on my stack (Algebra - JL and Eris Pluvia - Third Eye Light) and recently I've listened to RRR's new one and Maxophone. I've also been enjoying the work of Zu who is Italian as well, if I recall correctly...

I must admit that the Italian albums packed as mini-LPs are quite appealing!

Also, Andrew made a good point about that mellow records sale, I saw that on Greg Walkers site but just scanned it for bands I know. Any recommendations from there?
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Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

By the way Andrew, if you like Arachnoid (great band!) give Areknames a try. Their new album is particularly good.


I love the Arachnoid album.  And Rocky's Filj!  Personal expression through avatars. Smile

I'll definitely check out Areknames - I believe I caught some comments on the previous appreciation thread.

Alas, I'll be stepping away for a couple days for some brief travel, just as I start to get acquainted here.  Will catch up soon...
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By the way Andrew, if you like Arachnoid (great band!) give Areknames a try. Their new album is particularly good.
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Originally posted by Todd Todd wrote:

Universal Totem is FAR better than their parent band Runaway Totem in my opinion.

That's what I've heard, but I've not checked out UTO yet since their albums cost more than $0.00 and I've got too much stuff to buy anyway. LOL
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Universal Totem is FAR better than their parent band Runaway Totem in my opinion.

Picchio is wonderful, and Canterbury is hit or miss for me.

Andrew, welcome! It will be great to rub shoulders with you in the coming months! Such a short time but such a collection! There are some great adventures ahead!
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No problem.  Just so you know, the downloads aren't the greatest sound quality, but still...it gives you a chance to get a bit familiar with almost all of their albums for free.  
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Universal Totem Orchestra is some Italian Zeuhl if I remember right.  Same with Runaway Totem.  I've got a couple Runaway Totem albums, which by the way are mostly available free on the band's website.  Not bad, but not amazing.  I haven't listened to any Universal Totem Orchestra yet. 


Very good reviews here on PA - I am curious.  I love the Zeuhl I have, just don't listen all that often...  And thanks for the tip on Runaway Totem - I'll check their site.
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Universal Totem Orchestra is some Italian Zeuhl if I remember right.  Same with Runaway Totem.  I've got a couple Runaway Totem albums, which by the way are mostly available free on the band's website.  Not bad, but not amazing.  I haven't listened to any Universal Totem Orchestra yet. 
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Oh there's lots of great stuff out there, I'd have to do a list! LOL 


Yeah, I realized that might be a rather BIG question...  I'll spend some time going through those on the Top Prog.  It looks like my next order will be a bank-breaker!  sigh
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Oh there's lots of great stuff out there, I'd have to do a list! LOL 
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I have to say, Canterbury doesn't seem to be my thing, based on what little I've heard...  So, I've shied away.

That said, I just filtered the Top Prog list by country (Italy, obviously) but excluded RPI.  There are quite a few there that I haven't heard of - what are some favorites?  (Very interesting to see some Italian Zeuhl!)

The only ones in my growing collection are J'Accuse..!, Sensations' Fix (Portable Madness), Arti e Mestieri (Tilt) & Mary Newsletter (Del Perduto & L'Attenzione - I'm partial to the former).

Looks like I really should spend some time and rake through the previous appreciation thread...
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Oh yeah, that's an album many people just go nuts about.....I've only heard their most popular one....I need to hear more.

If you go for classical Jon, have you checked out Opus Avantra?  Another great band. 


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Awesome!

Now, on topic...even though they're under Canterbury Scene, I feel it's appropriate to mention Picchio dal Pozzo here.  I'm sure they've been mentioned before in the old thread, but I'm not going to look through 5500 posts tonight to find out. LOL  They're probably my favorite Italian band at the moment, followed by Area.
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Yeah, that's what I was going to suggest, editing a link to the old thread in the initial post so everyone could check out the older discussions if they want to. 
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Perhaps a perma-link to the thread is in order, else it could slip away into obscurity lacking new posts...

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36487
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Hey, I just saw the old RPI thread around this very week, how is it now it's considered fallen into oblivion?


It has only to do with the size it had grown to (good news, it means people enjoy it!)

Once a thread reaches a certain size in terms of posts/size, it is locked to make the forums more responsive in terms of speed, if I understand correctly.  The same thread can be opened again and continued....which is what this thread is!

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Hey, I just saw the old RPI thread around this very week, how is it now it's considered fallen into oblivion?
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Wow, great taste!  I'm looking forward to your reviewsClap
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Honestly, I scoured the reviews here when I first caught the Mellow Records sale through Greg Walker.  A few definitive favorites from that lot, including (in addition to Bondage and Stefano Testa) Campo di Marte, Cooperative del Latte, Germinale, Murple, and Sithonia (Confine).  Mary Newsletter, too.

Other favorites - Alphataurus' debut, Cervello, I Giganti (which I just got a hold of), Ibis - Sun Supreme, Museo - Zarathustra, Osaanna - Palepoli, Rocky's Filj...  To think I knew nothing of RPI until early early last year!

Looking forward to hanging around (hopefully participating and not lurking) - I could learn something, methinks.
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