Sunday, July 29, 2007

Anglagard
Buried Alive
(1994)
Sweden
Para mí, una de las mejores bandas salidas de los últimos años. Música compleja, elaborada y ejecutada de forma brillante. Con influencias de King Crimson, este album en vivo los muestra con todo su potencial. No tiene desperdicio.
For me, one of the best bands thar arised in the last years. Complex music, arranged and executed in a brilliant way. With influences of King Crimson, this live album shows them with all their potential. No waste in it.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Genesis
Live in London 1974
(1975)
England
Review by François Couture
For a Genesis bootleg, this is one of the best available from the Peter Gabriel era. The tape comes from the soundboard and sound quality is very good. The date printed on the cover is obviously wrong, since this is taken from a show from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway tour, which started in November 1974 and ended in May 1975. The Wembley show happened on April 15, 1975. The track list is also full of errors. Apart from the fact that track two should read "Back in N.Y.C." and track four "The Carpet Crawlers," more importantly track three is not "The Chamber of 32 Doors" but contains instead "Hairless Heart" and "Counting Out Time." Track six is a suite containing "Silent Sorrow in Empty Boats" and the introduction to "The Colony of Slippermen," which segues artificially (since it was never performed that way) into "Ravine," followed by "The Light Dies Down on Broadway" and "Riding the Scree." About half of the show is presented on this CD. Highlights include a demented ending to "Counting Out Time," a moving version of "The Carpet Crawlers," and an excellent "Evil Jam" (which is the atonal free-form jam credited on the album as "The Waiting Room"). The band is in very good shape (even though Tony Banks plays a couple of wrong notes) and the mix puts Steve Hackett's guitar more to the front — it was buried on the studio album. For the fan, this bootleg is a must.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Malibran
The Wood of Tales
(1990)
Italy
The italian band Malibran was born in 1987, in Catania - Sicilia. At the beginning they had a different drumer and a solo vocalist (metal-styled) that were replaced later. In July 1989 a Prog Festival was held in Rome with 4 bands participating: Malibran, Leviathan, Edith and Notturno Concertante. After this show their first album The woods of Tales appeared in 1990. After this debut, the band received good critics for their 70's oriented style and their compositions. So here you have it to judge it by yourselves.

La banda Italiana Malibran nació en 1987 en Catania, Sicilia. Al principio su formación tenía otro baterista y un cantante de formación Metal reemplazados al poco tiempo. En Julio de 1989 un Festival progresivo fue llevado a cabo en Roma con 4 bandas participantes: Malibran, Leviathan, Edith y Notturno Concertante. Después de este show su primer album The Wood of Tales salió a la venta en 1990. Luego de este debut, Malibran recibió buenas crítics a su estilo setentista y a sus composiciones. Así que aquí está para que lo juzguen por ustedes mismos.

Monday, July 09, 2007

El Reloj - New Links
Cronología II
(1976)
Argentina
Hard progressive rock of the 70's from a band that was not recognized at its time. Hard guitars, powerfull drums and bass support and some keyboards for this second album from a main exponent of the hard rock of Argentina. Please listen it really loud. It deserves it.

Rock hard progresivo de los 70 de una banda que no fuera reconocida en su época. Fuertes riffs de guitarra, una poderosa base de bajo, batería y teclados para este segundo album de una de las principales bandas del hard rock de Argentina. Para escuchar bien fuerte. Lo merece.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Espíritu
Crisálida
(1975)
Argentina


This concept album is the first symphonic rock work of Espiritu. Here with Gustavo Fedel in keyboards who show a superb domain of the synthetizers giving Espiritu a tremendous Yes like sound in complicity with the virtuous basist Claudio Martinez. Hope you enjoy it as I do! As our posts are less than in the beggining due a big lack of time, I will start posting them in Flac when available, and due the size of the file I am using MU, maybe RS. Hope it suits you, otherwise I'm sorry...

Este album conceptual es el primer trabajo de rock sinfónico de Espíritu. Aquí con Gustavo Fedel en teclados que muestra un excelente dominio de los sintetizadores dandole a Espíritu un tremendo sonido a lo Yes en complicidad con el bajista Claudio Martínez. Espero que lo disfruten como yo! Como nuestras subidas son menores que al principio por una gran falta de tiempo, empezaré a subir discos en Flac cuando sea posible, y por el tamaño de los archivos usaré MU o tal vez RS. Espero que les ande, sino lo siento mucho...