PFM is legendary for their live prowess, often reinventing their studio tracks on stage. The 39-CD set is heavily padded with these legendary live testaments.
Their late-career renaissance continued with highly ambitious concept albums like Emotional Tattoos (2017) and I Dreamed of Electric Sheep - Ho sognato pecore elettriche (2021). These records proved that their creative fire and technical prowess remained fully intact, bridging the gap between classic prog and contemporary sci-fi concepts.
You cannot discuss the of this discography without praising L’isola di niente (Island of Nothing). In lossless, track 4: "La Luna Nuova" (The New Moon) reveals a dynamic range from a whisper (Mauro Pagani’s transverse flute) to a deafening crescendo (Pietro Pieve’s Hammond organ). The MP3 version compresses the initial pianissimo into noise. The lossless FLAC preserves the "breath" before the drum fill. This is the audition track.