All Prog From Italy Appreciation Thread

nice to see you around Guillermo...  hope all is well. Can't wait for those reviews

I saw Erik is back.. .. nice to have him around again... the place wasn't the same without him

memowakeman wrote: Hi people, so many good reviews lately, i am happy to see this thread is really alive and the love for this beautiful Italian music is spreading! This weekend i have some free time that i`d like to spend in writing some reviews, my next "album to review" are:   La Famiglia Degli Ortega - s/t Il Baricentro - Trusciant Il Volo - Essere e non Essere The Trip - Atlantide   I noticed Erik is back, take a look to his reeview of the Le Orme DVD!!!

Great choice of music there,  haven't heard the first one, time to check the bible...

La Famiglia Degli Ortega

"Their only album from 1973 can hardly be described as a progressive LP, being mostly folk-influenced and with large use of acoustic instruments and multi-vocal parts in West Coast style. Among the eight tracks even an italian translation of english traditional John Barleycorn. Despite this is the album is well considered among some collectors."

I've never heard of it before but I already like it (huge fan of vocal harmonies right here)

 

oh yes...  I heard that album some time back... you would like it Ryan.  Don't have it.. not exactly my style.. but it was good.

^ pshh, just do what I do...pretend you have more!  If you use last.fm or some internet radio stations, you'll quickly hear enough to have informed opinions. And of course the "official" Italian prog website is a great place to learn about it outside of PA.

Edited by jimmy_row - May 24 2008 at 17:33

you can do better than that...just wait until someone is gushing about this new album they just picked up and jump in with something like "oh yyyeaaah bro, the mellotronz on that one kick assss", or you can take the sly route and look up the musicians names and show off yer knowledge, "woa, Patizio Fariselli really cooks on that one, Flavio Premoli eat your heart out!"

yes, bonus ego points will be awarded, and translating lyrics will get you a fancy title like "Italian Symphonic Prog Specialist"; at that point Linus and I will be required to be your servant, bringing grapes and catering to your every whim. (thats what they keep us laymen around for)

hahaha, very little is known about what actually goes on over there...but I've heard strange noises at night that frigtened the bejesus out of me (apparently, they were "experimenting"), and folks have been known to disappear...or worse, become completely disenfranchised with the concept of "melody" all together *shivers up my spine" MAKE IT STOP!

...y'know I hadn't considered that.  Oh and you're catching on brother, I don't even know who Jarno Sarkula is, you get a heapload of ego points (plus kudos for making a joke at Henry Cow, hehe).

He also performed burp on Dandelions in the Smoking Ruins Of Stalingrad's post-rock-noise masterpiece Krackeljack. Perhaps his biggest achievement so far.