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erik neuteboom 
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
 Posted: November 26 2009 at 16:56 |
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Barclay James Harvest, Dad's Army, Italian Progrock, the pattern could be : a lot of a's and r's
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 18:23 |
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Yes, that must be it
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: November 29 2009 at 11:27 |
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Well Paul and fellow Italian progrock aficionados, I am looking forward to publish
part 2 of Chapter 4 about the new bands in this thread, especially the last two years
we could enjoy a very prolific Italian progrock scene with floods of interesting new
bands, in the section N-Z of Chapter 4 you will find reviews of:
- Narrow Pass (2006 and 2009)
- Nodo Gordiano
- Nota Bene (2005 and 2007)
- Obscura (with a comment by singer David Cagnata)
- Pandora
- Perif3ria Del Mondo
- Proteo
- Randone
- Cristiano Roversi
- Il Ruscello
- Tapobran
- La Torre Dell Alchimista (2005 and 2007)
- Ubi Maior (2005 and 2009)
- The Watch (2007 and 2008)
- Wicked Minds
Multo grazie for posting and viewing (more than 1500!),
Ciao
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Nightfly
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Posted: November 29 2009 at 14:16 |
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I'll look forward to it Erik.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: November 30 2009 at 15:02 |
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Today I received the SoulenginE promo EP (2 tracks), very interesting instrumental
blend of '70s prog and jazzrock, I have written a review and asked the Background
Magazine team to add it to part 2 of Chapter 4 before publishing. By the way, soon
SoulenginE their debut CD Mind Colours will be released.
On Facebook we received this euphoric reaction from Very Down Under:
The Italian Section is just fan-tas-tic! My heart just aches knowing how much beautiful italian Prog I've been missing out on over the years. Background is to be commended for drawing from the catalogues of past and present artists and albums, and conveying not exactly the complete history, but a worthy springboard to dive into the Italian bliss of progressive rock for those of us new to it, none-the-less. Take a bow, my friends! Paul Watson, Auckland, New Zealand, November 24 at 9:56am
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domizia
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Posted: November 30 2009 at 16:09 |
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Oh, SoulenginE are great. Yesterday Alex Carpani performed at MEI (Iternational Indies Fair) Faenza, Italy, and his guitarist for the occasion was Ettore Salati from SoulenginE, they played also a track from SoulenginE's future album, among Alex Carpani's compositions, and I was taken aback, literally!
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RPI=>Camelot Club Prog ...but also>MaRaCash records.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: December 01 2009 at 15:47 |
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Multo grazie for your post Domizia, interesting to read and it's a good example that the current Italian progressive rock is very prolific with floods of promising new bands, from Pandora, Il Baccio Delle Medusa to Il Ruscello, Nodo Gordiano, Ubi Maior and ... SoulenginE.
But I also notice lots of other interesting progrock activities all over the world, today I listened to the new Moonrise (Poland), Little Tragedies (Russia), Amarok (Spain) and Gargamel (Norway), I hope you will take time to discover one or more of these bands in order to support the lesser known and unknown new progrock bands
Forty Years Italian Progrock 1969 - 2009 :
Chapter 3: The Years Between 1980 And 2002, see:
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: December 03 2009 at 13:10 |
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Nightfly
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Posted: December 03 2009 at 15:04 |
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^ Erik, quite an eclectic sound with some nice jazzy touches. Not so mad on the vocals though but overall pretty good.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: December 03 2009 at 15:13 |
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Well Paul, thanks for your comment, I am very curious to their sound, today I got an e-mail from Ma.Ra.Cash Records that they will send me a promo CD of Altare Thotemico their debut CD, I am very pleased with all the reactions from Italian progrock bands and labels. At this moment I am listening to the new Gan Eden album
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: December 06 2009 at 11:27 |
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Yesterday Matthias from Btf. send me this e-mail:
Nice one Eric!!! Please keep in mind for your "comeback chapter", that in the beginning
of 2010 there will be the reunion of Biglietto per L'Inferno and Raccomandata con ricevuta di ritorno. Best regards,
Matt And today new Italian band The RedZen promised me to send me a promo EP, they are busy with their debut CD.
Info:
Ciao.
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Nightfly
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 14:07 |
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Erik, a new Biglietto Per L'inferno album would make me very happy. I wonder if it's a possibility or if it will just be live shows.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: December 12 2009 at 09:19 |
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Tomorrow Background Magazine will publish part 2 of Chapter 4 (New Bands) featuring
reviews about work of Narrow Pass, Nodo Gordiano, NotaBene, Obscura, Pandora,
Periferia Del Mondo, Proteo, Randone, RanestRane, Cristiano Roversi, SoulenginE,
Tapobran, La Torre Dell' Alchimista, Ubi Maior, The Watch and Wicked Minds.
 Ciao
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Nightfly
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Posted: December 12 2009 at 14:16 |
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That's great news Erik, your excellent work is well on the way to completion. |
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: December 13 2009 at 15:51 |
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Sorry but there is delay with the publishing of Chapter 4, part 2.
In the meantime I have this for you to compensate the delay a little bit
: Ciao
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domizia
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Posted: December 14 2009 at 02:19 |
For sure I will, Erik, thanks! You know I always try to discover and promote among the listeners (my Camelot Club Prog clients!) those lesser known but very valid prog bands from all over the world, because they really deserve it, since sometimes people are simply not informed enough- otherwise they would love these bands to pieces. I was listening to the current demo of The RedZen a few days ago, they really blow my mind out.  I'll keep reading your great work, you should make a real book out of it, I think! Thanks for posting my Altare Thotemico cover, also  .Edited by domizia - December 14 2009 at 02:19 |
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RPI=>Camelot Club Prog ...but also>MaRaCash records.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: December 14 2009 at 11:01 |
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Background Magazine has published:
FORTY YEARS ITALIAN PROGROCK
Chapter Four : New Bands
Part Two : N/Z , see:
 Hello Domizia, multo grazie for your kind words and about that book ... I am planning to write a book about progrock entitled Lesser Known, Unknown And Overlooked Progrock Bands. But it will take some years before I really start with that because at this moment I want to take more time for drawing (like you I love the surrealists) and playing guitar.
Ciao
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Nightfly
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Posted: December 14 2009 at 14:33 |
Erik, Nodo Gordiano have really captured my interest. One to get hold of in the new year I think.
Congratulations on the latest addition to your RPI special, fascinating reading once again.
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erik neuteboom
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Joined: July 27 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 7659 |
Posted: December 14 2009 at 15:04 |
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Paul, thanks
and ... you are right, Nodo Gordiano is a very special one, new Italian progrock to discover! Today I listened to the new Hostsonaten, it alternates between 24-carat
symphonic rock and avant-garde, pretty varied and you also have to be up to the sound of a cello,
trumpet and bagpipe ... along lush choir-Mellotron and fat Minimoog synthesizer flights
 And I listened to the new Conqueror album, a mini-CD with wonderful, a bit laidback music featuring
warm female vocals and pleasant keyboard work. Now I am waiting for the The RedZen CD and the
Altare Thotemico album, both bands promised to send it to me as promo's, multo grazie
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Nightfly
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Posted: December 15 2009 at 07:41 |
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Erik, about Hostsonaten, i have both the Winterthrough and Autumn Symphony cd's and I was wondering if the Springtides cd is meant to be part of the season cycle or if it's just coincidently titled as one of the seasons. I say this bearing in mind that Springtides was really just a collection of demos and not recorded as a complete work. Any ideas?
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