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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 16 2011 at 20:19
Whoa!   New Pandora album added folks!!  Should be one of 2011 interesting prog titles, let's see who gets the first review!

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Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno by Pandora album rcover
Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno

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1. Il Re degli Scemi (5:08 )
2. L'Altare del Sacrificio ( 2:09 )
3. L'Incantesimo del Druido ( 8:17 )
4. Discesa Attraverso lo Stige ( 4:13 )
5. Ade, Sensazione di Paura( 7:41 )
6. 03-02-1974 ( 7:31 )
7. La Formula Finale di Chad-Bat ( 3:56 )
8. Sempre e Ovunque ( 23:00 )


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote seventhsojourn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2011 at 14:46
^ Pandora, Hostsonaten, Paolo Siani... and we're only midway through January, what a start to the new year!!
 
Btw, I've just ordered that DFA ''4th'' CD along with this baby:
 
 
 Etna by ETNA album cover Studio Album, 1975
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4 stars Warm, vibrant '70s instrumental jazz-rock

Etna were a band from Sicily who began with the name Flea In The Honey before shortening to Flea, then finally changing to Etna. They released an album under each moniker and each is a very different animal. The first was influenced by British hard rock and not very original nor beloved by progressive music fans. The second album as the band Flea was a huge jump in quality and moved firmly into RPI territory while still paying homage to hard guitar rock. Its long jamming suite is quite a monster treat for guitar lovers. Their third release as Etna was a complete change in style and prove the musicians capable artistic chameleons able to go in two different yet believable directions.

"This time they recorded a powerful instrumental fusion album fronted by guitar and electric piano, resembling Mahavishnu Orchestra or the Spanish group Iceberg." [Scented Garden]

In many ways Etna is similar to other 70s stock jazz-rock and one can draw comparisons to Bella Band, Arti Mestieri, or Esagono. But just like many of these other groups, continued listening reveals depth and personality not obvious on the initial plays. All of the basics are top notch: fantastic drumming and bass guitar interplay, with occasionally fiery electric guitar solos in rock and jazz veins. There is great control and tightness but in this case it is not a dry, soulless ride. Moving away from jazz rock autopilot which many prog listeners become bored with, there is great warmth brought to Etna via interesting songs, acoustic piano, electric piano, clarinet, and even mandolin. There seems to be a conscious attempt to keep things interesting, to keep the sound from falling into predictable patterns and repetitions. "Across the Indian Ocean" is a great example with some seriously daring, spirited twists and turns in the groove. "French Picadores" is another great example of turning "jazz rock" on its head---it's a slow, dreamy wisp of clarinet melody over a finger-picked acoustic guitar. A bit of the old Flea guitar sound breaks through on "Sentimental Lewdness" but the growl is tempered here with uplifting piano runs. Beautiful piano and mandolin are meshed together in the closer "Barbarian Serenade," which sums up the album's attempt to present jazz rock in a more emotionally appealing package. Its lovely textures build into a hypnotic listening experience. While not a masterpiece and while there are some sections that lag a bit, Etna by and large have delivered an excellent set. It's really too bad they didn't didn't stay together, this was a good band.

Fans of instrumental jazz-rock need to make the effort to find this little-known gem of the genre---it is my feeling many of you will be pleasantly surprised by the quality and the fun level of Etna. The delivered on the 2nd Flea album and they do so again here in a completely different style.

 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Nightfly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2011 at 17:18
Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Whoa!   New Pandora album added folks!!  Should be one of 2011 interesting prog titles, let's see who gets the first review!

Closes with a 23 minute track

Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno by Pandora album rcover
Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno

Pandora


Songs / Tracks Listing
1. Il Re degli Scemi (5:08 )
2. L'Altare del Sacrificio ( 2:09 )
3. L'Incantesimo del Druido ( 8:17 )
4. Discesa Attraverso lo Stige ( 4:13 )
5. Ade, Sensazione di Paura( 7:41 )
6. 03-02-1974 ( 7:31 )
7. La Formula Finale di Chad-Bat ( 3:56 )
8. Sempre e Ovunque ( 23:00 )


 
Great news Jim! Knew it was on the way but didn't realise it's out. Ordering that one tomorrow along with the new Nuova Era.
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Pandora: Contact established, hope to bring an interview with them soon. Questions from the RPI team and others are welcome to my PM inbox.  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 17 2011 at 18:18
Oh I hope you like that Etna, Chris, it's a gem for the Jazz-heads!

Cool Torodd, their website has a detailed breakdown of the album themes that might be useful in conjuring some questions about the album.

Paul, are your ordering from BTF, the Pandora isn't out in the States for a few weeks....not sure if it would be worth it for us with the time delay in shipping.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Andrea Cortese Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2011 at 05:14
NEW PANDORA'S: great news... I have their debut... nothing spectacular but the band looks promising... so I'm curious... there will be any improvement?
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Originally posted by Finnforest Finnforest wrote:

Oh I hope you like that Etna, Chris, it's a gem for the Jazz-heads!

Cool Torodd, their website has a detailed breakdown of the album themes that might be useful in conjuring some questions about the album.

Paul, are your ordering from BTF, the Pandora isn't out in the States for a few weeks....not sure if it would be worth it for us with the time delay in shipping.
 
Yep, ordered at BTF Jim. So I may be the first to review hey......
 
Will give you my verdict asap.
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An interesting view about an incredible artist by 1967/ 1976:

Lucio Battisti - Lucio Battisti (compilation) CD (album) cover

LUCIO BATTISTI (COMPILATION)

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5 stars For me this compilation is great for an introduction to Lucio Battisti musical world. That is a magical world. My answer to the question if Lucio Battisti is a Prog artist is simple. Lucio Battisti is not a Prog artist but at the same time is the first Italian Prog Artist. Battisti's compositions are a sort of POP/ Beat Prog songs as the fact that the rhythmic section isn't POP cause complexity and the rest of melody is not made by guitars, orchestra or keyboards but from vocals, cause the intricate figure of various instruments that not have true rhythmic riffs. Ok, the final result is a melody but because the stratification of the various instruments is an explosion of melody. I see various scores and I struggled quite a little to understand something. Not because the use of complex times signature is in Battisti's music... Normal Rock in 4/4 is normal but the complexity of arrangements and of single musical figures is the norm. In this sense The Nice is a good band that this concept has evolved, rather than The Moody Blues or Procol Harum. The final result is not Prog but it is more that symphonic POP.

This compilation presnt 16 composition by Lucio Battisti (music) and Mogol (lyrics) from 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, all Battisti's evergreen and for this motive great for a good introduction in Battisti's musical world. A world that a progsters should definitely know to understand the origins of his preferred music.

As a correct view I think that this compilation, for the songs that contain, deserve five stars.

1967/ 1976 | 5/5 |



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ciao Mandi!  Smile

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Originally posted by 1967/ 1976 1967/ 1976 wrote:

An interesting view about an incredible artist by 1867/ 1976:

Lucio Battisti - Lucio Battisti (compilation) CD (album) cover

LUCIO BATTISTI (COMPILATION)

Lucio Battisti

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5 stars For me this compilation is great for an introduction to Lucio Battisti musical world. That is a magical world. My answer to the question if Lucio Battisti is a Prog artist is simple. Lucio Battisti is not a Prog artist but at the same time is the first Italian Prog Artist. Battisti's compositions are a sort of POP/ Beat Prog songs as the fact that the rhythmic section isn't POP cause complexity and the rest of melody is not made by guitars, orchestra or keyboards but from vocals, cause the intricate figure of various instruments that not have true rhythmic riffs. Ok, the final result is a melody but because the stratification of the various instruments is an explosion of melody. I see various scores and I struggled quite a little to understand something. Not because the use of complex times signature is in Battisti's music... Normal Rock in 4/4 is normal but the complexity of arrangements and of single musical figures is the norm. In this sense The Nice is a good band that this concept has evolved, rather than The Moody Blues or Procol Harum. The final result is not Prog but it is more that symphonic POP.

This compilation presnt 16 composition by Lucio Battisti (music) and Mogol (lyrics) from 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1971, all Battisti's evergreen and for this motive great for a good introduction in Battisti's musical world. A world that a progsters should definitely know to understand the origins of his preferred music.

As a correct view I think that this compilation, for the songs that contain, deserve five stars.

1967/ 1976 | 5/5 |




What? 1867????????????????

Mandi's growing old...LOL

how are you, terrible "furlan"?Tongue

P.S. Battisti is great, no doubt...Wink
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2011 at 10:00

Yeah, i noticed that, he's gone way retroWink

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Andrea Cortese Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2011 at 10:20
^^^

P.S. MANDI, in friulian (FRIULI is the region where Mandi lives) language means, simply, "CIAO".


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote 1967/ 1976 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 18 2011 at 12:17
Originally posted by Andrea Cortese Andrea Cortese wrote:

Originally posted by 1967/ 1976 1967/ 1976 wrote:

An interesting view about an incredible artist by 1967/ 1976:




What? 1867????????????????

Mandi's growing old...LOL

how are you, terrible "furlan"?Tongue

P.S. Battisti is great, no doubt...Wink

Now I have correct ShockedLOLBig smileWink... In 1867 Richard Wagner was Prog!!!
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Happy Birthday Mandi!!  Clap
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote seventhsojourn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2011 at 10:23
^ Yep, Happy Birthday 1967/ 1976!! (Though I don't understand the Mandi bit. Tongue)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2011 at 10:32
1967 is the newer forum name of Mandrakeroot, and thus many of the old timers still call him Mandi.  
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Heheh! Thanks Jim, that's been puzzling me! Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote toroddfuglesteg Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 19 2011 at 11:13

The rumours is that he had to change his PA ID because the makers of Mandrakeroot Beer took offense.

OK, I just made that one up.  

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You guys make me laugh!  Good to see you, Mandi.  Tanti Auguri!
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Auguri, Andrea (Salvador, aka Mandi, aka Mandrakeroot, aka 1967/1976)!!!!!!

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