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A journey through the Italianprog scene |
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moshkito 
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Hi, This is one of the nicest things I have heard on this thread. No rush to get a solo out, and just plain well defined work and very tasty all the way through. Very enjoyable to my ears, and you can't even compare it to anything else ... that's how nice it is!
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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andrea
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Posted: June 04 2023 at 09:26 |
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andrea
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Posted: June 04 2023 at 10:14 |
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moshkito
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Posted: June 04 2023 at 20:11 |
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Hi,
Nice additions ... Aether is very pretty and special on this piece. Very melodic. Cubo di Rubik is, likewise really good and tight. It's really nice to see some material really well done like this. Le Vele di Orinide is still one of my favorites thus far ... very clean and even those vocals are well done.
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tszirmay
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Posted: June 09 2023 at 06:50 |
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Deserves inclusion into PA.  |
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I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth.
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Octopus II
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Posted: June 09 2023 at 06:58 |
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I am ashamed to say that other than PFM , I am not familiar with any other prog bands from Italy.
I do love PFM though, and fondly remember buying 'Chocolate Kings' back in the day.
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Posted: June 09 2023 at 07:01 |
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suggested for crossover, little bit of patience if you please
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andrea
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Posted: June 10 2023 at 23:53 |
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FROM CAMPANIA... Mandol'in Progress, from Naples... You can listen to their album In The Court Of The Mandolin King here: More info: |
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moshkito
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Posted: June 11 2023 at 06:59 |
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Hi, Got to admit that is very nice and well done .... however, the rest of the album is the whole KC thing and while it is interesting, the novelty wears out quickly. But, at least, this particular piece is worth the listen ... very nicely done. Next for them is Pink Floyd!  Edited by moshkito - June 11 2023 at 07:14 |
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andrea
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Posted: June 11 2023 at 08:35 |
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Posted: June 11 2023 at 09:48 |
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Thanks to you, Andrea, I've been listening this Aether album all morning. Nice mostly keyboard-oriented instrumental jazz rock fusion to provide background to my morning spelunking around the WWW. At first I thought I was going to be listening to some iteration of the Brazilian band of the same name ( two albums on PA from 1998 & 2002 as well as the AMAZING contribution to Colussus/Musea's Odyssey: The Greatest Tale), but it's not; totally different band). |
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moshkito
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Posted: June 11 2023 at 16:55 |
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Hi, Actually I knew about this one already ... again, it's fun to listen (and enjoyable!!!) to but it wears tiresome after several minutes. Edited by moshkito - June 11 2023 at 16:56 |
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andrea
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Posted: July 06 2023 at 10:08 |
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andrea
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FROM LAZIO... Gianfranco Vigneri and his project Story of Marion and Damiel, from Rome... More info: Edited by andrea - July 28 2023 at 23:24 |
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moshkito
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Hi, Sad that you say this ... there is music everywhere in this world, but our ears are tuned out because we have our three (or five!) favorites and we spend a lot of our time posting gibberish about our favorites, and (sadly) not listening to anything else. It's almost like saying that you can not hear anything else, because it will CHANGE your "favorite" reasons and ideas and scramble your ideas about them ... so what? Your brain is meant to change and experience more anyway, isn't it? While I might say that the PFM of today is nowhere near the opening days PFM, and the same for Banco and even Le Orme to an extent, it doesn't mean they are the only ones or that there is no other music out there. There is great stuff out of Chile, Argentina, South Africa, New Zealand ... you name it ... although I'm not sure, at that point, any "comparison" is worth it ... the more you hear, the less you stick around as a fan for some favorite ... the differences and other interpretations of a lot of things shows you how much more there is, and your favorite squeeze, goes away ... it's the same with your favorite teddy bear. Andrea does an excellent job as Damo also does with Japanese music ... the main sad point, is how many of the better known posters in this board actually bother listening to it ... I am not sure, based on their same comments all the time about anything, that they are listening to a lot of this stuff. I guess the law is my Gawd is right, and who cares about yours? That's more internet dis-information than it is reality, btw!
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andrea
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Posted: July 29 2023 at 11:49 |
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FROM VENETO... Altera Nexa, from Padua... You can listen to their debut album, No Borders, here: More info:
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andrea
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andrea
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andrea
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FROM LOMBARDIA... Spectrvm, from Cantù... More info:
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I vaguely remember back in the day the track Celebration being played on radio a bit. I purchased Chocolate Kings probably about 15 years after it's release when it first became available on CD. Did nothing for me tbh. Looking back now with the benefit of hindsight it seems that PFM were becoming more technical at that time and losing some of the 'feel' they had in those classic early releases. It's not a bad album but nothing stands out to me. Recently I've added a load of Italian releases (modern and old) to my listening rota but there is so much music being put out to just concentrate on one thing so it's a very slow catch up for me!
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