2020 Hindsight... My Italian Baker's Dozen
1) Logos- "Sadako e Le Mille Gru Di Carta"
2) Nodo Gordiano- "Sonnar"
3) La Maschera Di Cera - "S.E.I."
4) Ellesmere- "Wyrd"
5) Witchwood- "Before the Winter"
6) Quel Che Disse Il Tuono- "IL Velo dei Rifessi"
7) Hora Prima- "L'uomo Delle Genti"
8) Ubi Maior- "Bestie, Uomini e dei"
9) Celeste - "Il Principe Del Regno Perduto"
10) IL Paradiso Degli Orchi- Samir
11) Submarine Silence- "Did Swans Ever See God"
12) Blind Golem- "A Dream of Fantasy"
13) (O.A.K.)- " Nine Witches Under a Walnut Tree"
Last edited by Crawford Glissadevil; 03-05-2021 at 05:29 PM. Reason: update
Please feel free to post your 2020 lists. As there are some late arrivals and some still underway I will wait a few weeks to post mine.
My Favorite 22 Italian Prog Albums from a very good year...2016!
1) La Bocca Della Verita- "Avenoth" (Earth running out of resources, so we invade planet Avenoth. LBDV rockets from the 70s to the 21st Century. Vintage modern.
2) Afasia- " Nelle Vesti Del Mio Ego" (Italian Dream Theater- Concept album in four dimensions. Greek mythology, Prison madhouse, tragic love, and physics intertwined in a resplendent metal metaphor)
3. Ingranaggi Della Valle- "Warm Spaced Blue" (Dark, exotic Cthulhu concept. Drummer reminds me of Bruford)
4) Pomenade- " Noi al dir di Noi" (Red wine rich vocals, refined instrumentation)
5) Witchwood- Handful of Stars (Hammond drenched Deep Purpleish, Heep and witchy flute)
6) Metamofosi- Purgatorio (Gothic crooning concept. More heavenly than purgatorial)
7) Il Paradiso Degli Orchi-" il Corponauta ( Exotic mellotron, unpredictable, meditative flute)
8) The Winstons- "The Winstons" (Vocally stunning Canterbury)
9) Universal Totem Orchestra- " Mathematical Mother" (I looked into the refrigerator and heard a god say, "Zeuhl")
10)Consorzio Acqua Potabile- "Cap & Alvaro Fella: Coraggio e Mistero" (Addictive raucous celebration of life with Jumbo's vocalist)
11) Stafano Testa- " Andrea il Traditore" (Deep and personal. Accordion, flute, cello, classical and electrical guitars.)
12) Ad Maiora- "Repetita Luvant" (varied, catchy, daring and dynamic)
13) Syndone- "Ero & Thanatos" (Large color pallet, gorgeous vocals, soft and heavy)
14) Nathan- "Nebulosa" (Bits of Yes, Floyd, and Crimson drizzled in Le Orme sauce)
15) Mad Fellaz- "Mad Fellaz ll" (Unpredictable, myriads of instrumental passages with occasional woodwind vocals, top tier eclectic prog)
16) Hostsonaten- " Symphony No.1 - Cupid & Psyche" (oboes, French horns, bassoons. Grandiose, extravagant symphonic)
17) il Rumore Bianco- "Anthropocene" (dark, theatrical challenging. Rewarded with multiple listens)
18) Deus Ex Machina- "Devoto" (Jazz fusion influenced by Zeppelin)
19) il Castello Di Atlante- "Arx Atlantis" (Complex at times bombastic. Superb drumming)
20) Submarine Silence- " Journey Through Mine" ( Influenced by "Wind and Wuthering" era Genesis)
21) Sfaratthons- La Bestia Umana (Slightly melancholic, Italian backstreets, lonely flutes and emotive vocals)
22) Vuoti A Rendere- "Ruggine" (Personal, direct, stripped down, jazzy electric organ and piano, sax, guitars)
Last edited by Crawford Glissadevil; 01-17-2021 at 04:02 PM.
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Great list, agree on almost all of them. I don't know Afasia, will check them out.
I will add that all three Mad Fellaz albums are terrific.
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Nice to see the Ubi Maior mentioned, may be my favorite of 2020, but I haven't heard the O.A.K. yet, didn't know it existed. I will also check out a couple of the others that I haven't heard. I check this thread out every week or two, thanks for the great work keeping it going! It seems to be nearly impossible to keep up with everything coming out of Italy.
Thanxs for being interestet, and you are rigth it is impossible to keep up. Even though I closley monitor hundred of Artists there is easily
the same amount of bands not even touched here.
I try to do some beyond the obscure lists soon..
It might be easier now as almost all Projects are stuck in the pandemic at the Moment..
The archival third by Ezra Winston (LP in July) will now have also a CD release (YEAAH!)
Surprise comeback by Odessa
https://odessa.hearnow.com/lalba-del...mDFkm3_8Lgiuh0
A lot to catch up on after being gone for a few months. Really enjoying the Melting Clock. I'll order it soon!
The new BAROCK PROJECT – The Boxset, which contains the band’s studio record history, will be released on February 19th.
6 cd, including:
– Misteriose Voci / Rebus in a completely remixed and remastered edition.
-Coffee In Neukölln / Skyline / Detachment in remastered edition.
-Seven Seas
Plus 5 bonus tracks and the detailed history of each record.
Orderable soon here on www.barockproject.net and on www.aereostella.it
According to the band leader the second Album by Gran Turismo Veloce might be released this year.
I don't believe in that as I paid for that Album About 8 years ago (or so).
Barock Project should be rather easy to get. Aereostella is owned by members of PFM.
I normally shop here:
www.btf.it
http://store.maracash.com/
Of course sometimes you need to buy from the band itself. Therefore I add Facebook links on my occasional look out lists.
For your side of the great Pond it might be a better idea to look out for the usual US Vendors. Sorry but I have no idea About
ressources in Canada.
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