Modern Italian Prog Recommendations

ALotOfBottle wrote: I really like the atmosphere of this thread, love the enthusiasm. Sadly, I'm generally not all that much into modern RPI, of the limited number of albums that I've heard.  I may not have reached for the "right" stuff, yet, though. As I've said, I love The Winstons and also remember liking Homunculus Res also and of the older stuff Osanna, Area, Cervello, Arti e Mestieri, Semiramis, Franco Battiato, and Museo Rosenbach are my favorites. What would you recommend for such a troubled individual?

Hmmmm, well I guess you'd likely `click' more with the modern albums that have a kind of `dirtier' sound that more resembles many of the classic Italian discs, Tymon? You've got me thinking...will have to report back when a few suggestions pop into my head! I'm currently rearranging my album collection which means putting my numerous Italian discs in the one spot, so as I work my way through them, I'll dig out the ones that I think would best suit the sort of thing you're after!

In the meantime, others on here - please feel free to propose the sort of recent Italian discs that don't have as much polish and fancy production on them!

Good news to report too, the latest Unreal City album `Frammenti Notturi' is another great one from them. Very recognisable as an Unreal City album, but they've added significant violin passages and play with a heavier intensity a lot of the time on this new disc. Fans are likely going to love it!

Well, I waited long enough and finally bought Unreal City's second album Il Paese Del Tramonto and while I was at picked up their 2017 album Frammenti Notturni.

What bombastically fantastic music!  Only a couple of listens so far to both, but am leaning towards the 2017 album a "little" more than the second one.

TheH wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: TheH wrote: Il Segno del Commando just released a limited (100) Live in the Studio album. I saw that, I would love one of those LP's, but it's only available at their concerts, so what chance do I have of snapping one up?! Hmmm, Italy is actually part of Australia, right?!   The band sells their last ones now via Facebook!   One on the way to me already

H!!! Ha, I was literally on my way to this thread right now to let you know that they're available! I just had one arrive today from Diego!

Very good second album from Astrolabio, `I Paralumi della Ragione’! Very wild and unpredictable with lots of dirtier noisier bursts, and it ditches the over-polish of a lot of the modern discs. I'll be posting a review in a few hours, it deserves a bit more attention than it's currently received!

http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=53445

noni wrote: Just picked up 2 wonderful Italian albums and its worth checking out folks...... Andrea Orlando - Della Vita Autentica  - 2017........................ 8.5/10 There are 2 tracks which may be a hit or miss but the rest is top notch and makes up for this album!.. Italian vocals but there is plenty of instrumentals on this album. Isproject - The Archinauts - 2017 ........................7.5/10 Very good album indeed

But this one isn't nearly as good. Well, the music is actually quite good. But the vocals really ruin this one for me. Not only are they in English with a very thick accent, but they just wouldn't sound good in Italian either.

I haven´t heard so much new RPI this year, if compared to 2013 or 2016.

The only three RPI/Italian Symphonic albums I could see in my AOTY list this year are: