La Batteria that I posted above are more or less really Fonderia in disguise.

Logos -  L' enigma della Vita
Latte e Miele - Passio Secundum Mattheum: The Complete Work
Nodo Gordiano -Nous
Syndone -  Odysséas
Randone - Ultreia
Stranafonia - Il Nuovo Rinascimento
Zion - 9P - Nove Pianeti
Lagartija - Amore di Vinile
Runaway Totem - Viaggio Magico
Ophicina - Figure Danzanti
CAP - Il Teatro delle Ombre

Edited by TheH - January 30 2015 at 18:20

Todd wrote: Thanks H, always love your input. I didn't consider the CAP as it was a compilation, but that is certainly one of my favorite purchases of 2014!  Hadn't heard the Ophicina or Zion, thanks for the heads up.

Randone and Logos were the two Italian ones I listened to in 2014 - both very good, prefer the former.

The new Unreal City sounds very interesting too

aapatsos wrote: Randone and Logos were the two Italian ones I listened to in 2014 - both very good, prefer the former. The new Unreal City sounds very interesting too

A very interesting album you might want to check out - Periplo's Diario di un malessere passeggero. Periplo is a project by Luca Scherani, keyboardist of La Coscienza di Zeno (whose new album should be released this year) and Höstsonaten. The album is more in a RIO/Avant vein than classic symphonic RPI, but you can definitely hear that uniquely Italian style in the music. Here's the link to their Bandcamp page: http://mellowrecords.bandcamp.com/album/periplo-diario-di-un-malessere-passeggero-new

Raff wrote: A very interesting album you might want to check out - Periplo's Diario di un malessere passeggero. Periplo is a project by Luca Scherani, keyboardist of La Coscienza di Zeno (whose new album should be released this year) and Höstsonaten. The album is more in a RIO/Avant vein than classic symphonic RPI, but you can definitely hear that uniquely Italian style in the music. Here's the link to their Bandcamp page: http://mellowrecords.bandcamp.com/album/periplo-diario-di-un-malessere-passeggero-new

Edited by Rick Robson - February 03 2015 at 04:53

Cherry Five - Cherry Five
Mamma mia!.. These guys really take the hell out of me!.. And so damn moving music till the very end of it! The name of this gem says it all:

EARLY ITALIAN PROG,POPSIKE,HARD      SINGLES

Here is something Wallace posted a whiles back at Hoffman.
But it is more apropos on this forum.


In six parts:


PINO SCOTTO PULSAR - MAN ON THE ROAD '79 good hardrock alla Canadian group Charlee, harmonica, electric guitar going from channel to channel
ACID GROUP - ADORATION DE LA TERRE '76 instrumental wailing freak-out, sounds like influenced by heavier side of Kraut popol Vuh!
MUSIC OPERATION -LOOK AROUND PT 1&2 top track! vocals at start remind me of Hungarian band Syrius. really good stuff, fast electric guitar, violin...
GOLDENMEN dark acid organ, this is Statale 16. Mastermen might recall a lp where Statale 16 was on one side ,another band on the other.
AMLETI -AURORA -GIOIA DE VIVRE another great band, reminds of early L'Orme, good vocalist & keysplayer (organ & synth)
SENSAZIONI - IL VIAGGO orlroight!
LYDIA E GLI HELLUA XENIUM - GUAI A VOI - INVOCATION '73 female vvocalist prog, its unforgivable that so many of these top singles never landed a lp contract for these bands
PARADISO DI ROBOTS - SAME killer!
UT - TRANSMIGAZIONE '74 instrumental prog starts off with haunting reverb-ed flute and acoustic guitar(??) sounding like harp, then organ and the full shebang
BLUE SHARKS - A WATT TOO MUCH '72 oh I dont know: like funky instro blend of Spencer Davis Group & Sly & Family Stone maybe
ESCALION - CIVILIA killer!
SBRANCO E LE PURGHE ELETTRICH -PROVINO INEDITO yeah!

I VERMI - COLLINA PT 1&2 organ at the beginning reminds of Triumverat's first lp "Mediterranean Tales" or the Orme "Collage"
CIRCUS 2000 - la STREGA (witch) '70 this band, of course, did make it to lp. two lps in fact
ROBERTO RIGHINI - MONDO MALATO -NON ERA UN SOGNO '71 killer!
THEODORO RE DEI POETI - PREPARATI BAMBINA killer!

jacksiedanny wrote: How does the latest  La Coscienza di Zeno "La Notte Anche Di Giorno"  compare with the other two? Anyone heard?

I only heard it once (which is never enough), but was not particularly impressed. It did not sound as good as either of their previous albums, and I did not care too much for the synth's somewhat overbearing presence. That said, I'll have to listen to it at least another couple of times to be able to judge.