^ Thanks for the info Mr. H!
Can't believe that after all this time we'll see a new Ezra Winston release. They seemed to have some momentum at the time, and then....fizzle. They stopped.
(I know that Il Castello di Atlante was still going recently, because I saw them live in Milwaukee a few years ago.)
I'm a Le Orme lover now. Have smog, canto, Uomo and felona. Up there with banco and goblin. Maybe I'll get a couple more pfm while I'm on an italian kick
not so many new italian band been say
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Bacio della medusa
Castello di atlante
Tempio dell clessidre
Unreal city
Maschera di cera
Doomsword
Mandragora Scream
Rhapsody of Fire
Opera IX
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A beginners guide to new (post 70s) Italian bands:
Top 30 Albums (no order, no repeated bands (I counted Zuffanti Bands as one))
(of course there are hundreds of runner ups)
La Torre dell' Alchimista - Neo
Egonon - Risvelgio
Ske - 10000 Autunni
Il Bacio della Medusa - Discesa agl'inferi d'un giovane amante
Eris Pluvia - Rings of earthly Light
Jet Lag - Delusione Ottica
Nuovo Era - Io e il Tempo
Garamond - Quant'Altro
Gran Turismo Veloce - Di Carne, Di Anima
La Maschera di Cera - s/t (and tons of other Zuffanti projects)
Deus Ex Machina - Equilibrismo Da Insofferenza
Unreal City - La Crudeltà Di Aprile
La Coscienza di Zeno - s/t
Universal Totem Orchestra - Rituale Alieno
D.F.A. - 4th (and all their other albums)
DAAL - Dodecahedron
Il Tempio delle Clessidre - s/t
Ingranaggi della Valle - In Hoc Signo
Areknames - Love Hate Roundtrip
Malibran - Oltre L'Ignoto
La Fabbrica dell' Assoluto- L'Ultimo Uomo d'Europa
Ianva - Italia: Ultimo Atto
Nichelodeon - Il gioco del Silenzio
Il Trono dei Ricordi- s/t
Entity - Il Falso Centro
Ezra winston - Ancient Afternoons
Logos - L'enigma della Vita
Randone - Ultreia
Yugen - Labirinto d'Acqua
Labirinto Di Specchi - Hanblechya
Fuck it I will do 6
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Banco
Deus Ex Machina
Area
Museo Rosenbach
Osanna
Thanks @TheH - that is quite a list, and some great new stuff!
I have to add Accordo Dei Contrari to that list.
The recent Alpha Taurus / Cherry 5, and Museo Rosenbach are all worth picking up for any self-respecting RPI fan
That list could easily be expanded to top 40 or 50 if you add on it bands such as Moogg, Gatto Marte, London Underground, Distillerie di Malto, Calomito, Fonderia, Zaal, Allegri Leprotti, Pandora, I Treni All'Alba, Magnetic Sound Machine, Slivovitz, Il Ruscello, Nodo Gordiano, Breznev Fun Club, Syndone, Akt, Lagartija, FEM Prog Band, Barock Project and Homunculus Res.
Luckily for us, RPI lovers, it never ends. Just look at the debut by La Fabbrica dell' Assoluto. Assolutamente fantastico!!!
It was intended to be a Top 5 list at first, then I got carried away.
There are easily another 30 Albums who I could have listed as Top 30.
I think I could do a Top 100 without Problems (without any filler stuff)
to complete the Top 100 (of course I forgot lots of great Albums, I 'm getting old)
Abash - Madri senza Terra
opicina - Figure Danzanti
Locus Amoneus- Clessidra
Tale Cue- Voices beyond my Curtain
Distillerie di Malto - Il Manuale dei piccoli Discorsi
Altare Thotemico - s/t
Accordo dei Contrai - Kublai
Syndone - Odysseas
Presence - The Sleeper Awakes
Mad Fellaz- s/t
Il Giardino Onirico - Perigeo
Sophya Baccini's Aradia - Big Red Dragon
Il Segno del Comando - Il Volto Verde
Moogg - Le Ore l Giorni gli Anni
Chiave di Volta - Ritratto Libero
Lothlorien - Il sale sulla Corda
Civico 23 - Siero progressivo
Progenesi- Ulisse: L'Alfiere Nero
Divae - Determinazione
Pane - Orsa Maggiore
Sithonia - Lingo il sentiero di Pietra
Le Maschere di Clara - Anamorfosi
VIII Strada - La Leggenda delle grande Porta
Narrow Pass - A new Day
Astralia - osmosis
Corde Oblique - The Stones of Naples
FEM Prog Band Sulla Bolla di Sapone
Filoritma - Passaggi
Corte Aulica - Il temporale e larcobaleno
Paolo Angeli - Nita L'Angelo sul Trapezio
Notabene - Sei Lacrime d'Ambra
H2O - UnoPuntoSei
Architrave Inipendente - Azetium a Otto Piste
Garden Wall - Assurdo
Il Babau & I Maldetti Cretini - Dio Dio Mio, Che Cosa Abbiamo Fatto
Nodo Gordiano - Nous
Lagartija - Particelle
Barock Project - Misteriosevoci
Barrock - Oxian
La Porte Non Aperte - Golem
Dropshard - Silk
Homunculus Res- Limiti All'Eguaglianza Della Parte Con Il Tutto
Slivovitz - Bani Ahead
Pandora - Sempre E Ovunque Oltre Il Sogno
I Treni All'Alba - 2011 A.D.
Allegri Leprotti - Au Zulo
Three Monks - The Legend of the Holy Circle
Lamanaif - L'Ultimo Infinito
Ornithos - La Trasfigurazione
Taproban - Strigma
Minstrel - Faust
Astrolabio - L'Isolamento dei Numeri Pari
Montefeltro - Il Tempio di far la Fantasia
Foglie di Vetro- s/t
Oxhuitza - s/t
Mosaico - Vola
The Natural Mystic - Mother Nature, The Trees and the Magic of Seasons
Fonderia - s/t
Euthymia - L'ultima Illusione
Mad Crayon - Preda
Catafalchi Del Cyber - Benediktus Und Vobis Quoque, Catafalcus Est Tu
Cantina Sociale - Cum Lux
A Piedi Nudi - Ecclesi
Moongarden - RoundMidnight
Breznev Fun Club - L'onda Vertebrata
Zion - 9P Nove Pianeti
Paint Box - Monitor
Greenwall - From the Treasure Box
Conqueror - Steems
Arpia - Liberazione
I have 6 le orme albums now. Top band. I already have good collections of goblin and banco. I also have 4 Pfm albums(English and Italian versions). 1974 is when they were great. Dunno why they would not continue with the same vocalist for chocolate kings though. I'd rate them 4th from these 4 bands
I hate to have to add a rather sad note to this thread, but the OP, ProgUK (David Robin) died a couple of months ago.
He was a great friend, husband and father, and a very talented person as one of the best event filmmakers (his list of industry awards is impressive, to say the least) in the country, lecturer and an exceptional drummer with the Steely Dan cover band, Steelyjam.
We were friends for over 20 years and went to many concerts and gigs together (BajaProg, fusion gigs at The Baked Potato, and many, many more).
Seeing this thread rekindled my sadness over the loss.
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
Definitely awfully sad.
your right about la fabbrica dell assoluto and i forgot in my lisr FEM one of my favorite album
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