urlicht

DeRank : 1,35
DeAge™ : 6283 days • Here since 9 january 2009
Haken: Aquarius
CD Audio I have it
6 may 12
A grand spectacle in 3D, for better or for worse.
Henry Cow: Legend
CD Audio I have it
5 may 12
Like a Mozartian piece, making the difficult simple.
If: If 2
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8 apr 12
If: If 4
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8 apr 12
20 may 12
Paolo and Francesca teetering between 18th-century melodrama and authentic Italian prog from the '70s. Perhaps a bit naive but magnificently spontaneous and darkly romantic.
20 may 12
excellent musicians, with special mention for the keyboardist, Lupo Galifi (former Museo Rosenbach) on vocals for a beautiful, energetic, and melodic progressive album
Isildurs Bane: MIND, Volume 1
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
7 mar 15
Among the Scandinavian wonders of the last twenty-five years, which are so numerous that it would require a separate debasio, there are those that stand out for their art and originality. This fundamental first step of the "mind" series is an absolute delight from the first to the last note.
Jethro Tull: Aqualung
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
13 may 12
How do you create a rock masterpiece with just a simple guitar, a piano, and a flute?
8 apr 12
King Crimson: Islands
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22 apr 12
Koop: Waltz for Koop
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8 apr 12
8 apr 12
Liquid Scarlet: Liquid Scarlet
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
18 may 14
Debut album for these good grandchildren of Anekdoten. The blasts of mellotron are definitely there, the Fripp-like guitar too, a nod to Nursery Cryme as well, and the melodic openings are not lacking. A really beautiful album. Unfortunately, the second one will be inferior, and then they disappeared.
Lucio Battisti: Anima Latina
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
27 jun 12
1974, Battisti steps out of the boundaries of pop and timidly ventures into the outskirts of the vast universe of progressive. The result is a concept album full of warmth, from the first lights of the city dawn to the sunny afternoons of the Reatina countryside to the sunsets of a Brazilian beach...beautiful from the first to the last note. rating 8
8 apr 12
M.I.A.: Cornonstípicum
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
3 dec 15
Inspired, magical, beautiful. Together with Bubu by Anabelas and Depois do Fim by Bacamarte, the highest expression of 70s South American prog.
Magenta: Seven
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25 apr 12
8 apr 12
22 apr 12
23 apr 12
Moon Safari: Blomljud
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8 apr 12
Muse: Origin Of Symmetry
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23 jan 13
Do you remember the film "Farinelli, Voice of the Queen"? Do you recall those pathetic and somewhat crude melodramas from the mid-eighteenth century featuring a talented and quite hysterical castrato? Here they are.
Overhead: Metaepitome
CD Audio I have it
8 apr 12
24 oct 22
Beautiful. Wilson's attention to detail makes a very simple skeleton fascinating.
21 jan 13
Here the courage is present, the instrumental parts are very good even if a bit naïve, too bad about the lyrics and the singing...
29 jan 13
very beautiful
Semiramis: Dedicato a Frazz
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
13 may 15
Some time ago, there was a discussion about who, at the tender age, had released an album that truly stood out. Ladies and gentlemen... here he is! Michele Zarrillo, 16 years old! CHAPEAU!
Ske: 1000 Autunni
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
11 may 12
Refined but never cold, complex but never convoluted, lively and meditative, lyrical and sunny, fragrant with a thousand spices.
Taal: Skymind
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29 apr 12
The Blue Nile: A Walk Across The Rooftops
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
5 nov 12
Precious gem
  • Matteo Tarchi
    6 nov 12
    I agree. Nice group, I’m listening to High and it sounds really good.
  • urlicht
    6 nov 12
    Refined but absolutely not cold, then Buchanan's voice....
The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
CD Audio I have it ★★★★★
4 may 14
indie folk with remarkable prog nuances. beautiful beautiful.
21 jan 13
A beautiful album, symphonic prog with hints of Canterbury, the flaw: a bit of confusion in the overexcited moments (but there are a lot of people playing!)
Tonton Macoute: Tonton Macoute
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
16 apr 12
27 nov 12
A good transition album, but I prefer their live sextuple, where the last track is emblematic, as the farts of Korrea's goat rise above the wall of sound, creating a final atmosphere of exhausted romanticism.
  • hjhhjij
    27 nov 12
    With the background of your Braianinate congas.
  • urlicht
    27 nov 12
    Oh, yes, at that concert, on track 6238, remember, there was your killer drum solo played with those apricot jelly tarts, which, ruined, led you to use the rhubarb ones, which caused the fatal overdose, responsible for the arrival of Pana as a soakkaoxsa percussionist, steering the group towards an aor drift (specifically watch out for the rhubarb).
  • hjhhjij
    27 nov 12
    Oh yes, an improvisation with apricot jam that went down in history, forgotten two seconds before it started and which, unfortunately, was the cause of my downfall. It was a great solo, though.
  • pana
    27 nov 12
    clamorous esteem for my drumming ability :)
Uncle Tupelo: Anodyne
CD Audio I have it
22 apr 12
White Willow: Sacrament
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
8 apr 12
White Willow: Ignis Fatuus
CD Audio I have it ★★★★
15 apr 12
Yezda Urfa: Boris
CD Audio I have it
11 mar 13
It had been a while since I listened to it, what a fucking monster of a record!!!
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    11 mar 13
    I've never listened to it, but I own the vinyl of Sacred Baboon, a great record and an absolute rarity. I'll be getting this one soon as well. Do you know Caverns Of Your Brain by Lift?
  • urlicht
    11 mar 13
    I don't know them, Barra, I've seen that they only made this album in '77.
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    11 mar 13
    Like the Urfa, they are a magnificent band of Prog Made in USA; the elusive album is from '74 but only in '90 did Syn-Phonic release it on CD. Perhaps it is still possible to download it for free, even in the most recent expanded version called Moments Of Hearing, a title that can only invite listening, and believe me, it's worth it!
  • urlicht
    12 mar 13
    It would be nice to have a discussion about late '70s prog made in the USA, a phenomenon that I still haven't quite grasped, between AOR types like Kansas, heavy ones like Rush, original bands like Pavlov's Dog, Urfa, the Lift you mentioned, or clone groups like Starcastle... a world to discover!
  • BARRACUDA BLUE
    12 mar 13
    Great topic, and so much little-known music. American Prog is generally snubbed, lacking well-defined scenes and periods like in Europe, where imported products were preferred. Many never got a record deal, and the luckiest struggled quite a bit to avoid the mainstream imposed by record labels. I will see about picking up the discussion again soon with a review.