zphage
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Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 04:43
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Italy as the third of the Axis powers went through the same trajectory that has been outlined in Jap/Kraut-rocksamplers. Other than some Le Orme, Area, and Balletto Dibronzo is there enough wierdness in Italian rock that isn't "prog"?
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Stevo
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 09:33
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zphage wrote: is there enough wierdness in Italian rock that isn't "prog"?
No, I doubt it but they did put out quite a bit of prog that was actually rewarding . I do prefer the heavy end of the material from there to the straighter symphonic stuff I think is better known though.
Somebody on another chatlist posted a list of their top 50 Italian prog lps and what I've heard from it has been great. I think I may have posted the list here some years back so it might be available in the archives.
I also got a 2 volume Prog Rock from Italy dvd set from Dime which has some interesting stuff on.
It seems that certain parts of European prog have a differently nuanced approach to the music than the Brit stuff that earned bad reputation.
More music orientated than chop demonstration orientated methinks.
If you like Baletto di Bronzo's Ys I think you'd like some of the other stuff from the country. I think Ys is pretty proggy anyway, just demonstrating how good the genre could be. It is played with an intensity one doesn't automatically identify with the genre though too. I might come back later & list a few titles of things worth checking out.
Stevo
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LMan
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Edited Oct 24, 2007, 11:07
Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 11:05
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It looks like there are lots of Italian stuff worth investigating. To the ones you mention I would add early-mid seventies Battiato (especially 'Fetus' and 'Pollution'), Biglietto Per L'Inferno's first album and Pierrot Lunaire (especially their second album, 'Gudrun')
I haven't heard any Area or Le Orme stuff though. Any recommendation?
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IanB
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Edited Oct 24, 2007, 13:38
Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 13:37
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Le Orme's 'Felona e Sorona' is pretty indispensible. None of their other records do much for me though 'Contrappunti' comes in a close second even if it lacks the 'x' factor.
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zphage
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 14:52
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The link that Stevo speaks of is gone. But the discussions are still in Unsung, and they are pretty much centered on the same bands.
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Stevo
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 15:53
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Here's one list I was sent in 2004. I think this may not be the one I was referring to, since I think that listed record company etc.
The BTf.it link that was in my 2004 post doesn't work itself but the host of that page is still there. I think there may have been a split as somebody took their top artists list elsewhere. That shop is about the cheapest for Italian prog stuff though. Very cheap p+p too
Alphataurus - Same
Apoteosi - Same
Atlantide - Frencesco Ti Ricordi
Bambibanda E Melodie - Same
Blocco Mentale - Poa
Califfi - Fiore Di Metallo
Campo Di Marte - Same
Citta Frontale - El Tor
Circus 2000 - Same and An Escape From A Box
Dalton - Riflessioni-Idea I'nfinito
Duello Madre - Same
Edgar Allan Poe - Generazioni (Storia Di Sempre)
Electric Frankenstein - What Me Worry?
Flea - Topi O Uomini
Formula 3 - All Albums
Garybaldi - Nuda and Astrolabio
I Giganti - Terra In Bocca
Locanda Delle Fate - Forse Le Lucciole Si Amano Piu
Maxophone - Same
Murple - I Sono Murple
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Nouva Idea - All Albums
Osage Tribe - Arrow Head
Osanna - L'Oumo and Palepoli
Il Paese Di Balocchi - Same
Panna Freda - Uno
Planetarium - Infinity
Quella Vecchia Locanda - Same (stay of their 2nd)
Raccomandata Ricevuta Ritorno - Per...Un Mondo Di Cristallo
I Raminghi - Il Lungo Cammino Dei Raminghi
Ricordi D'infanzia - Io Uomo
Il Rovescio Della Medaglia - All Albums
Samadhi - Same
Semiramis - Dedicato A Frazz
I Teoremi - Same
The Trip - All Albums
L'Uovo Di Colombo - Same
That's about sums it up...
Stevo
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zphage
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 16:16
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Excellent. Thank you.
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gogmagog
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 18:05
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Area or Area International Popular Band as they sometimes go by, put out quite a few LPs. "Crac" from 74? has some scorching avant prog-jazz - Check "Metropoli" 7 minutes of heaven -
and in their vocalist Demetrio Stratos they had a true seer - made Peter Hammill sound like Peters and Lee -
- a later Lp Maledetti (Maudits) is much more avant-garde in style - aggressive abstract noise-jazz -
heard good things about the Arbeit macht Frei Lp but don't own a copy myself.
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Dog 3000
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 24, 2007, 23:25
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I know very little in this area, but did come across an Italian proggo album by Picchio Dal Pozzo (means "Woodpecker of the Well" I think) from circa 1976 which is quite excellent. Very Canterbury/Zappa -- definitely not "wank" prog.
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Stevo
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Re: Woprocksampler
Oct 25, 2007, 08:00
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I posted that list yesterday just before going out so didn't check over it closely. I do notice a couple of things missing now that I have
There's no Cervello for one thing, great lp by band with 16 year old guitarist who's very taken by John Mclaughlin.
No Jumbo or J.E.T either and those 2 are highly regarded. I'll check the archives of another list & see if I can find the list I was thinking of.
Stevo
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