Modern Italian Prog Recommendations

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   Cheers, Sam. I wonder why that is? I can see the videos on my end, and that's even on the computers at work that have just had all this new screwy software added on that seem to block every two pages! 

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Aussie-Byrd-Brother Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aussie-Byrd-Brother Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 29 2017 at 03:45
	Cheers, Sam. I wonder why that is? I can see the videos on my end, and that's even on the computers at work that have just had all this new screwy software added on that seem to block every two pages!

Meltdowner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10232	Post Options Post Reply Quote Meltdowner Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 29 2017 at 03:38
	^ I don't remember if I heard that one before. It sounds great! By the way, the videos don't appear, I'll leave here the links if anyone else isn't able to see them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moh3NkrZq9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9sNAJVJmYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLyaJvjn1QM

Aussie-Byrd-Brother Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aussie-Byrd-Brother Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 29 2017 at 03:12
	Band and album number one deserving of some fresh attention, and a bit of an essential title for those wanting a great modern Italian collection: Band: GRAN TURISMO VELOCE: Album: Di Carne, Di Anima Year: 2011 Described perfectly by the Prog Archives own Jim (Finnforest) as “An infectious and exciting pollination of classic RPI and modern attitudes, GRAN TURISMO VELOCE is poised to make a huge splash with a wide variety of progressive rock tastes”. The group formed in 2008 in Grosseto, Tuscany, with the band taking their name from the famous Italian sportscar whose popularity spread throughout Europe in the 1970s, and the fact that in those years Italian progressive rock was doing the same. Soon the band was working with Loris Furlan of Lizard Records and their debut was released in the Spring of 2011. On ` Di Carne, Di Anima’, the band, singing in Italian, took their influence from those 1970s prog bands and blended it with modern electronic, jazzy rock, and even some metal moods. Perfectly balancing the symphonic older style of classical piano bombast with a very grounded modern and melodic tougher sound, it remains a perfect recent Italian release for those who want to avoid a tired retro retread! Those who heard this album upon its release predicted big things for the group, and sadly since then the buzz around them has gone a little quiet. Every now and then talks pops up of more progress having been made with new music, but nothing has really emerged just yet. Hopefully 2017 perhaps? But for your listening pleasure, the first three tracks of the CD: (that last one is a killer instrumental that perfectly captures that mix of old and new styles!) Prog Archives band listing: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=6389 Prog Archives album listing: http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=33311

Aussie-Byrd-Brother Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951	Post Options Post Reply Quote Aussie-Byrd-Brother Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: June 29 2017 at 03:09
	Michael of the Italian Prog team here...So everyone knows there's plenty of classic Italian prog releases from the Seventies period, but what about the modern era (or let's say the Nineties onwards)? The modern Italian prog-rock scene has not only had many great comeback albums from the big names of the genre from that country from the vintage period, but more importantly there's also a ton of younger bands carrying on the flame and offering some completely thrilling and vital new works that deserve a lot more exposure and recognition. Recently fellow Prog Archives member Cindy (Omphaloskepsis) and her husband asked what I considered to be the `best of the best’ modern Italian discs...which lead me to draw a blank and freeze up, instantly overwhelmed by such a request! I mean, I have no shortage of great titles that instantly come to mind, but the best of the best...? So a new thread was proposed that could be anything from people listing their particular top 10-20 lists of modern Italian favourites, or highlighting particular standout releases of what they consider good examples of the classic RPI/Italian Prog sound in a modern setting. Hopefully we might come a bit closer to working out what the important or special works have been over the last twenty or so years. So please feel free to offer your selections, your thoughts and recommendations!