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Both with a long career and a lot of experience behind them, Carlo Bordini and Gianluca De Rossi team up to finally release an album together. Known for having played in Italian Progressive Rock bands such as Rustichelli and Bordini, Goblin, Cherry Five and Taproban, the duo offers this record with a markedly 70s sound…

Two years spent for composing, arranging, recording and mixing “Canvas”,the last double cd by Venegoni & Co. A strong band, put together by guitar player and composer Venegoni, to perform a repertoire which is not strictly prog, jazz, fusion, folk or classic but, hopefully, the musical sum of all these influences. The Cd features many great musicians: Jason Rebello (keyboard player with Sting, Jeff Beck and Wayne Shorter) on acoustic piano, Enzo Zirilli and Federico Ariano on drums, Alessandro Maiorino, Mauro Battisti and Paolo Franchini on acoustic bass, Roberto Puggioni (Arti & Mestieri) on fretless bass, Piero Mortara (Arti & Mestieri) and Francesco Sappino on acoustic piano and accordion, Silvano Borgatta on keyboards, Diego Borotti on sax soprano and Sandro Esposito on percussions.

Formed in May 2009 and boasting current and ex members of notable modern Italian progressive groups such as Il Bacio della Medusa, Taproban, DAAL, The Watch and Prowlers, Fufluns (named after the Etruscan God of nature, health and growth in all things) is led by Medusa frontman Simone Cecchini, and the group perform melodic song-based Italian pieces in a lightly symphonic prog manner fused with gentle traces of the Italian canzone d'autore (singer-songwriter) storytelling tradition and plenty of that pure RPI fire worked in as well. Instrumental passages are frequent, but the tune itself is always the most important facet, and it makes for an interesting and beautifully played debut work full of character and charm.

After their debut CD Istinto (2003) and the successor Storie Fuori Dal Tempo (2005), the Italian five piece band Conqueror has released its third studio album entitled 74 Giorni in 2007. Again the band has made notable progress, melodic, tasteful and varied compositions (some instrumental) delivering a wide range of instruments: a wonderful blend of soaring keyboards, powerful bass runs, a tight drum beat and sensitive electric guitar in Il Viaggio, lots of shifting moods with pleasant work on guitar and flute in Orca, a Sixties-like organ sound (The Animals/The Doors), wah-wah guitar, a flute solo and fluent synthesizer flights in teh alternating Non Maturi per l'Adilà , romantic piano play in the short Cormonrani…

'Silver Key' is a Neo Prog band from Milan, Italy that started out as a cover band for Marillion and Fish. Even though they officially formed in 1992, it wasn't until 2012 before they released their first album. Their new album, called 'Third', is their third album strangely enough, but, except for Davide Manara (keyboards and synths), none of the members that recorded the first album are still in the band's line up. Currently, the rest of the band consists of Dino Procopio on vocals, Roberto Buchicchio on guitar, Ivano Tognetti on bass and Mr Drummer on drums and percussion. 'Third' was released in April of 2019. The album consists of 10 tracks spanning a total time of 51 minutes. The first three tracks exceed 7 minutes…

Void, the debut record by Italian progressive fusion newcomers The RedZen, is an admirable effort. As a mostly instrumental album full of the usual prog sounds - sharp guitar riffs, symphonic keyboards, thick bass lines, and tight syncopation - it works well, but like so many new acts in the genre, it fails to make a unique statement.