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Mandrakeroot 
Forum Senior Member 
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
 Posted: January 12 2009 at 09:12 |
If you liked QVL but only after several auditions... The same approach you have to use it for any Italian band. Also not Prog! |
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator 
Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
Posted: January 12 2009 at 09:09 |
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As you can see from my avatar I am a PFM lover.
 Unfortunately, the only other Italian bands I heard are Banco (hated it) and Quella Vecchia Locanda (loved the second album but only after several auditions). |
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darksideof
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 22 2007 Location: Newark N.J. Status: Offline Points: 2318 |
Posted: January 12 2009 at 08:48 |
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ME Toooooo.
I am falling in love all over again... since last years new discoveries....
 Fav so far...
Osanna
Goblin
alphataurus
L'uovo di colombo
Zauber......
Edited by darksideof - January 12 2009 at 08:52 |
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http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/
http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: January 12 2009 at 07:52 |
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Boys, in this moment I'm listening to the first 2 albums of Perigeo. This is not Jazz Rock or Fusion (Call it whatever you want), but Italian Jazz Rock (Fusion or Mediterranean)!
And this is another aspect of Italian Prog!
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DamoXt7942
Special Collaborator
Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: January 12 2009 at 04:06 |
That's exactly my thought.
I'm sure we cannot tell Italian progressive rock only one word or sentence.
Many many kinds of sound and style are there with Italian groups.
And, this variation should be the point of Italian progressive rock.
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: January 12 2009 at 03:26 |
What you said is true. However, I must say that the magic that's present in Italian Prog I have not found in Prog of other countries. And I not say this because I am Italian! |
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ProgShine
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 04 2005 Location: Kalisz, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1256 |
Posted: January 11 2009 at 22:58 |
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There's a lot of splendid stuff in italian prog, and had a lot of boring stuff, as in any country of the world, there's too 'more of the same' records in my opinion!
But in the last week I discover Samadhi, such a great record!  |
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https://progshinerecords.bandcamp.com
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: January 11 2009 at 02:42 |
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Erik... To you may seem strange but it is also thanks to PA when I re-started (and re-discovered) listening to Franco Battiato, New Trolls, Angelo Branduardi... And also I Pooh (pre 1975, a great band... Not Prog but for Progsters), All bands / artists who already I knew and loved!
I, for a kind of coincidence, I discovered that I have always loved the Prog ... And today I am glad to have contributed to the spread of the Italian Prog, not only in PA! |
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erik neuteboom
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: January 10 2009 at 11:43 |
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Thanks Lady In Black .. eh sorry Mandrakeroot
 My story with Italian progrock started when I discovered the LP's The World Became The World by PFM and Banco V in the late Seventies, I was very pleased with the blend of skills, emotion and the wonderful native language. But my Italian progrock quest was really boosted in the early Nineties when many progrock labels (mainly Japanese and Italian) reissued rare Classic Italian Prog like Museo Rosenbach, Corte Dei Miracoli and Cherry Five, this also stimulated the new Italian progrock bands and nowadays we can enjoy cascades of Italian progrock reviews everyday and lots of threads about Italian progrock but I notice a "tiny slight small Italian progrock overkill", due to a kind of contagious euphoric mental state here on PA 
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: January 10 2009 at 05:28 |
I understand your surprise but, although the two threads appear in the report, they are born with two different purposes.
'All Prog From italy' thread was created in order to promote all the RPI and IP. This thread was created because I wanted to explain certain things about my meter trial in reviews in the past been criticized for the very high valuations. |
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: January 10 2009 at 05:22 |
Great reviews, Erik!!!
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Mandrakeroot
Forum Senior Member
Italian Prog Specialist Joined: March 01 2006 Location: San Foca, Friûl Status: Offline Points: 5851 |
Posted: January 10 2009 at 04:26 |
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Thanks for all the answers that you have posted.
I never imagined anything as I thought of receiving fierce criticism in some passages of my post.
Frankly I was one of the first man/ girl in PA blindly to believe in the RPI and to defend it. Today I can not give up and, therefore, I will continue to fight so that (with immense utopia) the RPI triumphs!!!
English movement & Italian movement are at the same leval. This is immensely true! |
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silvertree
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 31 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 317 |
Posted: January 10 2009 at 04:01 |
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Just like DamoXt7942, my first discovery was PFM and thanks to prog fans and then Internet, I was able to dig up this wonderful world of music which is Italian Progressive Rock.
For me, Italian Progressive Rock is as important as the British movement. Oh, I forgot to say that I'm French ! (French prog rules too
 )I have some obscur favourites like Il Paese dei Balocchi or Odissea.
However, I don't think the recent generations are even close to the magic of the 70s bands.
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DamoXt7942
Special Collaborator
Joined: October 15 2008 Location: Okayama, Japan Status: Offline Points: 17493 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:29 |
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Good blog, Mandy!
Bravo for Rock Progressivo Italiano!
P.F.M. was my first of all Italian progressive rock artists...naturally? They're one of the most famous Italian progressive rock bands of all, aren't they?
Indeed I was very glad to hear their music, but ONLY ONE Italian band couldn't satisfy me in fact.
After that, my lookin' for lots of Italian bands, was exactly natural action for me. And...the most impressive RPI albums were Palepoli by Osanna and Darwin! by Banco at that time.
Italian progressive rock has a mysterious charm. Especially, for Japanese. Maybe...I suggest...it has Oriental flavour.
Long time ago, when I was a PA amateur, I've posted a thread as follows... http://www.progarchives.com/FORUM/forum_posts.asp?TID=53916
Recently, to improve and develop my Italian prog world is my duty.
Thanks, RPI...and thanks mandy, all Italian team members, and all PA members Edited by DamoXt7942 - January 09 2009 at 21:23 |
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Alberto Muñoz
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Joined: July 26 2006 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 3577 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 18:57 |
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I love RPI too!!!!
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NotAProghead
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Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 7842 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:56 |
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Mandy, I agree RPI is the world you (and we) can live in.
But is it necessary to make another separate thread if we already have this one (by the way, it was you who started it in 2007): http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36487 ?
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Raff
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 29 2005 Location: None Status: Offline Points: 24429 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 16:02 |
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I was not yet a teenager when the whole RPI movement was moving its first steps. My first experiences as a prog listener were with the likes of Le Orme, Banco and PFM (whose songs were frequently played by the national radio stations), and my very first prog album was Delirium's Dolce acqua (for the whole story, check my review). As time went by, I felt more attracted to English-language music, and drifted away from Italian prog. Now, almost 40 years later, I'm slowly rediscovering RPI thanks to one of PA's biggest fans of this subgenre (who also happens to be my husband
), and I'm not surprised at the number of people who are falling in love with it. There are some real gems to be found in RPI, albums which can very easily be compared to anything coming out of the English-speaking countries.... And, in spite of the difficult times Italy is going through lately, the scene is still alive and well! |
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Takeshi Kovacs
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 27 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2454 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 15:51 |
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I'm a big fan. I love the passion of the music (the opening few minutes of Zarathustra are incredible for example....love his voice). Then you've got great 70s albums like Felona, Ys, Storia, Uomo di Pezza, Forse etc.
Furthermore, you have bands picking up the gauntlet in the 90s e.g Nuova Era (fantastic album Il Passo Del Soldato), and even today, Bands like Il Bacio Della Medusa show that RPI is alive and kicking, along with live albums from Le Orme etc. I'm even picking up some of the lingo and can sing a few lines of the songs in Italian. Soon, I might even have to have a dedicated iPod for this genre, as I'll be reaching my capacity limit soon. Can't understand (and didn't realise) that there was some anti RPI sentiment amongst some forum members to be honest. Even so, if you like a certain style of music, who gives a **** what other people think eh! Edited by Takeshi Kovacs - January 09 2009 at 15:52 |
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 Open the gates of the city wide....
Check out my music taste: http://www.last.fm/user/TakeshiKovacs/ |
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Prog-jester
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 05 2005 Location: Love Beach Status: Offline Points: 5863 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 14:42 |
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Locanda delle Fate
nuff said 
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erik neuteboom
Prog Reviewer
Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: January 09 2009 at 13:06 |
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I love Italian Prog too Mandy, see
: Ciao
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