The Italian Prog Appreciation den

DogmaX wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: DogmaX wrote: I think that "Il Paese Dei Balocchi" was one of the most underrated italian prog group ever. They made only a selftitled album and two demos released some years ago... this group it uses a lot of styles, and if we see it as a "Symphonic" concept, I think that this album is way better and ispirated that some "masterpiece" as "Concerto Grosso per i New Trolls" and "Contaminazione". This is the STUNNING opening track :) Hi there and welcome to the site I just got hold of this record last month, and it is a very delicate and mellow album, which slowly is convincing me of its greatness. Just a trademark for a great album in my book, that the album very slowly releases its magic, instead of being an instant hit right off the bat. I am not the biggest fan of Concerto Grosso either, but in terms of importance to the RPI scene, I think it is up there and deserves a place in the history books alongside Terra in Bocca and the Panna Freda debut. Cheers David.  Panna Fredda is good stuff, I like their only album, but their work was "polluted" by a sort of "copy and paste" from another song: listen "Un re senza reame" and "Heaven" by Gracious! and you'll understand what I'm saying :) Anyway, I have to listen Terra In Bocca :)

I wasn't aware of the Panna Fredda 'copy-paste' stuation, I personally thought it was an excellent album. but now I'm curious about Graciuos.
Also, I whole heartedly agree about Il Paese Dei Balocchi being overlooked, but unfortunately that's what usually happens with 'one album wonders'.

So this may be a bit off-topic, but I just noticed that this thread could be abbreviated to "The IPA den" which could give people the wrong idea about what's inside. 

Finnforest wrote: Dear RPI fans, One of my favorite music writers Raffa (Progmistress) Berry has written a great piece on summer music festivals in Italy.  Since the RPI Team has had people asking questions about this very topic I wanted to link you all to this.  Check out the rest of her fine blog while you are there.  http://progmistress.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/live-news-an-italian-summer-of-prog/

Finnforest wrote: Dear RPI fans, One of my favorite music writers Raffa (Progmistress) Berry has written a great piece on summer music festivals in Italy.  Since the RPI Team has had people asking questions about this very topic I wanted to link you all to this.  Check out the rest of her fine blog while you are there.  http://progmistress.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/live-news-an-italian-summer-of-prog/

I have never ever seen a better reason to visit Italy. Unfortunate, I am commited to urgent real life (=middle age man) issues for the rest of this year. But Ryan Air does very cheap flights to Italy from the rest of Europe so....... But, I can't.  

As always; a great article by Raff. A piece that deserve a lot better distribution.

Edited by toroddfuglesteg - July 02 2011 at 09:32

Ah.....what Italian mini shall we pull for this fine summer morning....decisions decisions.....

No but thanks for reminding me, I have to put that one on "the list."   How many Italian titles do you have now?  Have you ever forgone groceries so you could purchase RPI?  That's the first sign of trouble.  Then you start skipping the rent now and  again during the Japan mini splurges

Food? What's that then?

   Hey Finn , this thread is really dangerous to me , cause you have a hell of Avatar , i wish this woman was mine , and i know deep in my heart she's not yours !!   but  what i really want to say about Italian Symphonic Progressive rock is only one  word >   i'm following all bands & artists in Italy since 1970 , i've seen concerts , activities , albums in vinyl & cd's , these bands are really talented , and they're far ahead of any other bands from different countries , but the main issue was & still , Progressive can only be made in International languages , Germans knows that , Japanese & Chinese knew it , and we in the middle east , knew that progressive cannot be made in Arabic ! so as far as i'm concerned , PFM , New Trolls , and some few other bands did a good effort in this issue , but they're all great talented bands !

trackstoni wrote:   and we in the middle east , knew that progressive cannot be made in Arabic ! so as far as i'm concerned , PFM , New Trolls , and some few other bands did a good effort in this issue , but they're all great talented bands !

That's sad to hear that you feel progressive cannot be popular in the Arabic language - do you know many/any Arabic-singing progressive bands? I'd be interested to hear them.

Hi guys! I just wanted to say that if any of those visiting this thread hasn't heard Il Castelo di Atlante, they should do it asap. The classic RPI sound this band has is fantastic. Frankly, I was shocked to see that Capitolo 7 was a 2009 album! Apparently their other releases are excellent as well. This looks like a 'must have moarrrrr' situation. I like it! :D

Oh and about Amanita (mistagged as prog folk as far as I'm concerned) - this was a tricky one, because as much as I love flute, I really really dislike sax. So that got in the way. However I will have to hear it again, because I have constantly been interrupted while listening to it. Hoping for a more pleasant listening experience next time.