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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dreadpirateroberts Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2011 at 19:32
Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

Great review indeed. I've had this album only for a few months and I still discover things at each listening. What I appreciate is that the melodies are inseparable from the arrangements. But more than that, it is the artist's intuitions of  the sound of the next 30 years. Respect Mr Battisti.


I agree, easily one of his best!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote LinusW Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2011 at 19:36
That PdP album should be mandatory for RPI fans.  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 18 2011 at 19:50
Chris, Camaleonti is pretty cool.....if you get it let us know what you think of the complete album.  The album preceding it might be worth investigating too.
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Originally posted by andrea andrea wrote:

http://www.arlequins.it/translations/translations.asp


Thank you! I hope it grows too. I'm struggling to understand LuxAde right now.Smile
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Guldbamsen Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2011 at 12:56
Brilliant work Chris and Linus. Just so happens to be 2 of my fave Italian recordsHeart
I´ve thought about writing a review for Anima Latina a couple of times, but now with Linus´, Jim´s and Raff´s decorating the page, I´m not sure I want to...
For some reason I keep coming back to Raff´s. Must´ve read that thing about 25 times.
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Originally posted by Meurgley Meurgley wrote:

Originally posted by andrea andrea wrote:

http://www.arlequins.it/translations/translations.asp


Thank you! I hope it grows too. I'm struggling to understand LuxAde right now.Smile
 
Just to give you a clue to understand what the lyrics are about...
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hellogoodbye Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 19 2011 at 20:55
This early Geekalbum from 1971 has not a very good reputation. I  think it deserves a little more attention. Judge yourself !
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Brilliant work Chris and Linus. Just so happens to be 2 of my fave Italian recordsHeart
I´ve thought about writing a review for Anima Latina a couple of times, but now with Linus´, Jim´s and Raff´s decorating the page, I´m not sure I want to...
For some reason I keep coming back to Raff´s. Must´ve read that thing about 25 times.


Of course you should!
I originally promised another 5 star review for that album, so someone has to make up for it now LOL


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Another ghost, I know. But I can't take this funky progish brazilian song out of my head alone !
 
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Originally posted by LinusW LinusW wrote:

Originally posted by Guldbamsen Guldbamsen wrote:

Brilliant work Chris and Linus. Just so happens to be 2 of my fave Italian recordsHeart
I´ve thought about writing a review for Anima Latina a couple of times, but now with Linus´, Jim´s and Raff´s decorating the page, I´m not sure I want to...
For some reason I keep coming back to Raff´s. Must´ve read that thing about 25 times.


Of course you should!
I originally promised another 5 star review for that album, so someone has to make up for it now LOL

Well it´s a 5 star in my book, so I might do one at one point just to even things out a bit (seriously though - I don´t really bother that much with ratings. One man´s masterpiece is another man´s plate of sick, and that´s just fine by me really). Right now I´m more focused on some really great records I have in my collection - which all are fairly obscure - even within PA...
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Another strange  album from 1978. Instrumental with some female vocals here and there. It's a kind of library music album with a touch of prog. Very cool to listen to. The album includes the spoken voice of Tony binarelli. The CD don't, but has bonus tracks. Hard to find, but not impossible.
 
 
 
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Finnforest Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2011 at 19:26
Nice work from Tarcisio...


 Madri senza terra by ABASH album cover Studio Album, 2006

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Madri senza terra
Abash Heavy Prog

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4 stars I was drawn to this band when I read Marty McFly´s review of this album. it seems quite good, and I was intrigued by the strange combination of Italian prog, heavy guitars (bordering the metal) and arabic rhythms, but that´s exactly what you get here. Abash comes from Puglia, Italy, and this part of the country might have a strong arab influence over the years, for their music sounds quite natural and convincing, even if the combination seems odd. But it does work. Madri Senza Terra is their third offering and shows the group in great shape and inspiration.

While the instrumental parts are very effective and obviously having excellent musicians, the band´s strongest point is their singer Annarita Luceri: her voice is simply beautiful, strong and capable of singing virtually everything, from slow poignant ballads to the heaviest rockers without losing its beauty and uniqueness. A great find. Of course all of that would not work as a whole if they didn´t come up with good songs to match their brilliant musicanship, but fortunatly they are able to write very good stuff. Not only all the tunes are very good, but quite varied too, showting how versatile they can be both in songwriting and in perfoming the material.

The mixture of several sources is very well balanced, with further elements like folk and a little jazz added here and there for good measure. But the fine melodies, the eastern rhythms, the crunching guitars and prog keyboards are the key to understand their sound. Of course Luceri´s voice steals the show every time she opens her mouth. However, their instrumental prowness should not be taken for granted, enhanced even further with the help of the right production and a very strong tracklist. There are no real highlights nor downers, but if you want just one song to show all their potential in one, then go straight to their second track Niuru Te Core. It quite sums up their proposal in just five minutes of power and beauty.

Conclusion: a very nice surprise!! One of the most interesting albums I heard this year and a great promise in the already strong italian prog scene. Very original and still very familiar. Great tunes and nice perfomances. If you´re a fan of melodic prog 9with a little edge on it), then you cannot miss this one.

Rating: 4.5 stars. Highly recommended!!!




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Pierre, thank you again for Persimfans....really liked that, very odd and beautiful, has to be some Battiato influence during parts of it.  We'll put that one before the team.  
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hellogoodbye Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2011 at 22:49
You're welcome Jim. This album  is really interesting. Sometimes it's pure modern ambient music, but with the warm colors of the seventies.
 
    
     
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INFORMATION : For those (like me) who never could buy this very expensive album, I want to say that it will be released again on 27 / 09 / 2011 in a mini LP sleeve CD, Sony BMG MUSIC KOREA.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote LinusW Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2011 at 12:28
^ it's also available on Spotify...

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote hellogoodbye Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2011 at 13:50
When a CD reissue  of this 1974 masterpiece close for me in the spirit to Battiato and Sorrenti ?
 
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Nightfly Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2011 at 13:53
Originally posted by hellogoodbye hellogoodbye wrote:

 
INFORMATION : For those (like me) who never could buy this very expensive album, I want to say that it will be released again on 27 / 09 / 2011 in a mini LP sleeve CD, Sony BMG MUSIC KOREA.
 
That is good news and about time too for such a wonderful album. Big smile
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I also gave the Abash album Madri senza terra 4.5 stars a matter of hours before the review Finnforest rightly highlighted was published. And that with the same opinions, but with different words. Is there not a message in there somewhere ? 

The likes of Abash just highlights a luxury problem followers of RPI should be aware of: There is a heck of a lot good RPI in the Heavy Prog genre too. What Abash is doing there and what Biglietto Per Inferno is doing in RPI remains a mystery. 

In short; don't be blind. Open your eyes and visit the Heavy Prog genre too. Everything there from Italy should be treated with the greatest possible interest. And go out and get the three Abash albums. I have all of them and they are as much RPI as I am a two legged fat man. 



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I'm loving the new Goad album Masqurade. Really going to have to check out some of their earlier stuff.
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