ALAS - PINTA TU ALDEA
LP (12"/10" Album)
Price: € 29.95
(VAT included)
Stock level: IN STOCK
Available for
immediate delivery
Read our FAQ before ordering.
Label: PQR-DISQUES
Release date: 16/06/2022
Barcode: 0799559025861
Catalog no.: PQR0000009
Item ID: 521799
First official release of this one-of-a-kind gem by Argentinean progmeisters Alas, in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies, with a newly designed (and band-approved) back cover. 'Pinta Tu Aldea,' recorded in 1977, and formerly released by EMI in 1983, belongs to the cohort of outstanding artworks that sound as fresh and relevant today, as when they were originally recorded. Here, Alas digress from their ELP-esque affinities which permeate their debut album, in quest for a unique sound that would blend for the first time the avant tango idiom of Piazzolla with the multilayered prog arrangements of Gustavo Moretto, with a helping hand from Carlos Riganti and Pedro Aznar. 'Pinta Tu Aldea' laid the very foundational building block of an eclectic sub-genre, namely, avant-tango/prog jazz and folk fusion. This has nothing to do with tango for purist tango lovers, obviously, but with a freeform adaptation of tango instrumentation and composition paths to the exigencies of to the exigencies of progrock in conversation with jazz-fusion, folk and electronics, culminating in an expressionist landscape of unparalleled virtuosity, a bedazzling puzzle of motifs that might be rearranged ad infinitum in a maze of ever-shifting porous boundaries. This is hardly tango you can dance to, but surely tango to headbang to, inasmuch as cabaret metal might hardly qualify for cabaret enthusiasts. This is tango's unabashed unfettering from its formalist constraints and its squirmish takeover in a hybrid cosmopolitan appropriation.
More on the PQR-DISQUES label...
|
ESTRUCTURA - ESTRUCTURAEstructura is one of the first prog outfits that formed in Venezuela, with a pure symphonic pedigree. Both of their albums feature stellar musicianship, an explosive co-existence of neo-classical with hard-prog, punctuated by celestial keyboards and interspersed with ... read more » |
€ 33.95 |
|
BUBU - ANABELASHeralded in the contemporary '70s music press as a phenomenal release, and revered globally for many years to come by progrock aficionados as a best-kept secret, Bubu's 'Anabelas' still beguiles the most demanding listener by dint of its unique compositional trajectory that ... read more » |
€ 15.95 |
|
SKRYVANIA - SKRYVANIA (+CD)A true diamond in the pantheon of French progressive rock, Skryvania's sole album that was released in 1978 is currently the scene's most expensive artefact, with copies selling for over 3000 euros (if found). The album's musical merit is hardly contestable. Although ... read more » |
€ 34.95 |
|
KRACQ - CIRCUMVISION (+CD)The re-release of yet another diamond in Europrog's chamber of obscurities has been brewing for quite some time. 'Circumvision,' the sole progeny of Dutch progsters' Kracq, is a typical case of atypical music genius that emerges at the vanishing point where diverse musical ... read more » |
€ 31.95 |
|
EQUILIBRIO VITAL - KAZMOR EL PRISIONEROEquilibrio Vital spawned 2 remarkable albums of equal gravitas that are on top of prog collectors' lists. 1984's 'Kazmor El Prisionero' is a concept album that not only appeals to prog and psychedelia aficionados, but will also surprise fans of prog and folk metal. Although ... read more » |
€ 33.95 |
|
HERONIMUS FIN - BLOODGUILTHeronimus Fin are nothing less than a sustainably authentic, and, given their longevity, genuinely sustainable neo-psychedelic combo. Formed in 1994, and hailing from Birmingham (UK), with 6 albums under their belt and a new one coming up in 2023, they are among the very ... read more » |
€ 44.95 |
| Use our Advanced search to find more... | ||
