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    Posted: February 02 2009 at 06:21
Thanks Logan and Mandy.
Your recommendation and appreciation could light my fire of RPI! Wink
 
Next I wanna watch LIVE IN TOKYO by Opus Avantra. Big smile
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Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Zoicekardiá I've not heard, but L'idea del vuoto is in PA library and I've listened to it.
Oh...the vocal-style (by Calogiuri bros.?) is exactly Japanese Enka-like.
The tune itself is so jazzy, not like Zipangesse.
 
Thanks Mandy. Clap
 
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In general Damo see the  Italian Jazz Rock  band Il Baricentro 2 LPs. This band have good Byzantine influences (typical of Italian Jazz Rock of 70's)!
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Points: 37273 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2009 at 21:42
Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Damo. :)  It would be a difficult album for many.
 
I've written MY FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW...please watch. Big smile


That's great!  And I truly appreciate the mention.  Thanks.
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I wouln't say for all Italian bands .
but Area has Eastern influences
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Damo. :)  It would be a difficult album for many.
 
I've written MY FIRST IMPRESSION REVIEW...please watch. Big smile
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^I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Damo. :)  It would be a difficult album for many.
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Well, I would recommend YUGEN
2006
Labirinto d'Acqua
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(7 ratings)

It was my favourite album of 2006, and gotta love the shakuhachi.
 
Yesterday I could get the album and soon listened.
Oo...my eyes got dim with tears...by such a pleasant album.
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2009 at 19:37
Originally posted by weatherreport weatherreport wrote:

hi there!
do you know "cage"?
is an italian prog band active from 87...
...search for it on Musea site... they have published a new album....
...they have myspace page too...
 
...waiting for answers......
 
 
 
Cage is a good band. I've heard their MySpace sampler and think so.
Sadly I think their style belong to symphonic and neo-prog rather than Oriental-flavoured. Wink
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hi there!
do you know "cage"?
is an italian prog band active from 87...
...search for it on Musea site... they have published a new album....
...they have myspace page too...
 
...waiting for answers......
 
 
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Hmm, I don't taste any soy sauce,

Sriracha,

Sambal

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Edited by Slartibartfast - January 16 2009 at 14:31
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 17:39
Cyclical...sur-meaningful word, mosh.
 
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

I think that this is just cyclical ... and you just happen to like the Italian version today, tomorrow you will like the Venusian version and after that the American version (like there is one !!!) ...
 
I have to say that when I was around/near radio, and playing with this stuff, things WERE cyclical in those days and a lot of it had to do with the delivery systems that brought the music over ... it was always weird how Sadistic Mika Band, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Chronicle ... always managed to show up on the same week ... in those days shipping was (still is) expensive ... so the big providers in the LA area (Moby Disk/Passport)  got things in bunches in a way that made business sense for them ...
 
No worry there ... but the hassle then was that ... we would not get the new Klaus Schulze album for a couple more weeks ...
 
To be honest with you, if you think that what you say is true ... then your ear is tuned to too much Puccini and Verdi ...  not progressive, or any other music of any kind. The advent of the Internet has taken down these barriers exceedingly well ... and it is the best thing that ever could have happened to ANY art and musical form!
 
Stop eating so much pizza and pasta! Send me some egg rolls!
 
No intention of sticking the Oriental or Japanese flavour but I'm very interested with SUBTLE flavour...
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Points: 18080 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 11:47
Hi,
 
I think that this is just cyclical ... and you just happen to like the Italian version today, tomorrow you will like the Venusian version and after that the American version (like there is one !!!) ...
 
I have to say that when I was around/near radio, and playing with this stuff, things WERE cyclical in those days and a lot of it had to do with the delivery systems that brought the music over ... it was always weird how Sadistic Mika Band, Yellow Magic Orchestra and Chronicle ... always managed to show up on the same week ... in those days shipping was (still is) expensive ... so the big providers in the LA area (Moby Disk/Passport)  got things in bunches in a way that made business sense for them ...
 
No worry there ... but the hassle then was that ... we would not get the new Klaus Schulze album for a couple more weeks ...
 
To be honest with you, if you think that what you say is true ... then your ear is tuned to too much Puccini and Verdi ...  not progressive, or any other music of any kind. The advent of the Internet has taken down these barriers exceedingly well ... and it is the best thing that ever could have happened to ANY art and musical form!
 
Stop eating so much pizza and pasta! Send me some egg rolls!
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 10:46
Zoicekardiá I've not heard, but L'idea del vuoto is in PA library and I've listened to it.
Oh...the vocal-style (by Calogiuri bros.?) is exactly Japanese Enka-like.
The tune itself is so jazzy, not like Zipangesse.
 
Thanks Mandy. Clap
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Points: 5851 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2009 at 05:12
ARIIA PALEA 'Zoicekardi'a' is a mix between Jethro Tull and Byzantine music (for arrangements):
 
 
4 stars My review is produced using this release: Lizard/ Pick Up 549 0022

Rating: 8/10

Incredible album!!! This is another good Italian band in the vein of 70's Italian bands and Jethro Tull!!! The lack of the keyboards and the presence of the flute they send back just to the Tull, even if filters from one heavy dose of the I Delirium. This feeling becomes truth in "Scena Dopo Scena" and in "Verso La Foresta". You don't believe, however, that it is easy music. In fact to the first one I listen to I had not just understood them and they hadn't made one good impression me. But from the second listening... every time that I have them listens to... You has understood them a little more. The guitar is Jazz-Blues and the not Rock drums they find in a flueo to the tull, in a good voice and in a superior writing the just complement. And the result is an indeed personal sound.

If thoughts that the Italian groups are able to only copy... Listened to this Aria Palea and then you say me if I don't have reason to say that they are unique.

P.s.: But Jethro Tull dominates this album!!!
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2009 at 09:09
Originally posted by Mandrakeroot Mandrakeroot wrote:

Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Sadly Aktuala's ones now are unavailable so I couldn't get...
 
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...At a loss of my mind like this... LOL
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Points: 5851 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2009 at 08:18
Originally posted by DamoXt7942 DamoXt7942 wrote:

Yea, folks...
I'm lookin' forward to meetin' the albums Yugen's Labirinto d'Acqua and Opus Avantra's Lyrics. (Thanks Logan.)
 
Sadly Aktuala's ones now are unavailable so I couldn't get...
 
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2009 at 04:17
Yea, folks...
I'm lookin' forward to meetin' the albums Yugen's Labirinto d'Acqua and Opus Avantra's Lyrics. (Thanks Logan.)
 
Sadly Aktuala's ones now are unavailable so I couldn't get...
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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 12 2009 at 04:23
Clap All Italian prog freaks, many thanks! Clap
 
Hmm...indeed there are many opinions that Italian prog douesn't have Oriental flavour.
I consider sometimes they are right and sometimes wrong.
(As you think, I guess my this-month-experiences 'bout Italian progressive rock should alter my opinion...)
 
But I also think we Japanese love Italian prog with SOME Oriental flavour...
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Points: 2755 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 10 2009 at 21:34
I wouldn't say Italian prog has an oriental flavor.   I would say that PFM opened the doors for a lot of acts in Japan.
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