Best Italian Prog Album of 2009
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Topic: Best Italian Prog Album of 2009
Posted By: Windhawk
Subject: Best Italian Prog Album of 2009
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 17:45
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The Italian Progawards site announced it's nominations for the best albums in various categories some timke ago. Or rather, the final nominations were announced some time ago, following several rounds of announcements. Which of these do you think deserves a vote? Several votes can be given :-) It'll be interesting to see what the readers of this ste thinks when compared to the selected jury casting the votes for the Progawards site :-) ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 17:58
| Tie between Delirium's Il Nome del Vento and Arpia's Racconto d'Inverno (review forthcoming) - two magnificent, though very different, albums. |
Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 18:01
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As a jury member of Progawards I'll refrain from voting (in this poll that is) *chuckles*
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 18:20
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Interesting topic. If I'm to make a retrospective of 2009, as in recalling only the genuinely impressive works, then all but one wouldn't make the cut - the one I'm hinting at being Flektogon by Nodo Gordiano, which happens to be really good (although, even here, it has to do with the epic, the rest being in orbit). I also found Conqueror to be in-form, producing a short, simple, yet musically beautiful EP (Sprazzi di Luce). If embracing more (if also more indulgently), then Arpia's acoustic broadened story is, indeed, a very nice surprise. I also thought Synopsis was finally the one Quasar Lux Symphoniae album I can call good. Thing is, I had more than these in mind throughout the year (to name just Castello Di Atlante's, Delirium's, Malibran's or Latte E Miele's achievements), but when drawing the line at the end, repeated listenings made me savour them a whole lot less. There's clotting in the music's form, sloppiness in its fluid course, pompousness in the progressive typical chords, at least for my musical ear. The rest of what I've heard (Odessa, Moongarden, Ubi Maior, Hostsonaten, Narrow Pass, Mindflower) is too average to make any kind of top lists. And Antonius Rex have orchestrated a full disaster. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 20:00
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I haven't heard most of those. Of those on the list Delirium is my pick,but my favourite isn't on the list. That would be IL RUSCELLO's "Paesaggio Solare(Estate 1972)". ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 20:05
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Il Castello di Atlante's Tra le Mura Antiche is in my top five for the year. It is what Kansas would be if they were Italian. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 21:15
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There are a couple that I would choose, Delirium, and Nodo Giordano, can't decide which like better ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: February 05 2010 at 21:49
A great year for Italian prog in 2009, better than last year in my opinion.  My faves: http://www.myspace.com/deliriumitaly - Delirium – Il Nome del Vento http://www.myspace.com/arpia1 - http://www.myspace.com/arpia1 - Arpia – Racconto d'Inverno http://www.myspace.com/lattemieleprog - Latte Miele – Marco Polo sogni e viaggi http://www.myspace.com/ilruscello - Il Ruscello - Paesaggio Solare ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 15:42
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Minstrel- Ahab is pure pleasure.
Rohmer- same was a huge surprise ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: February 06 2010 at 16:11
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Delirium for me, followed by Il Castello Di Atlante.
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Posted By: Windhawk
Date Posted: February 14 2010 at 13:11
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The finalists were announced at Progawards today - the eventual winner will be one of the following releases: Antonius Rex "Per Viam" Barock Project "Rebus" Filoritmia "Passaggi" Hostsonaten "Autumn Symphony" Latte e Miele "Marco Polo, sogni e viaggi" Malibran "Trasparenze" Moongarden "A Vulgar Display Of Prog" N.y.X "Down In Shadows" Nodo Gordiano "Flektogon" Quasar Lux Symphoniae "Synopsis" Zita Ensemble "Volume 2" ------------- Websites I work with: http://www.progressor.net http://www.houseofprog.com My profile on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/haukevind/ |