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0.720 Aleacion - 0.720 Aleacion (special)

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Mexico is famous for it's psych scene of the late 60s into the early 70s, releasing some real classics very late in the day, after psychedelia had faded from much of the rest of the world. While it is lesser known, Mexico also had a very good progressive rock scene in the early to late 80s, after progressive rock had faded from much of the rest of the world! This was always one of my favorites of the releases from that time. It's a sort of semi-acoustic folky prog with nice acoustic guitar work (sometimes giving it a "The Long Hello" quality) mixed with violin, piano, Mexican folk percussion and other folk instruments. 17 short tracks, all filled with a real charm! Every now and then I rediscover this one on the shelf, pull it out to give it a spin and it always wins me over one more time. If you don't know this, it's unique and nice and recommended!

"0.720 Aleación was a one album group that arose from the dust of the great Mexico City earthquake of 1985. They appear to have been together just to record a self titled album and a latter performed at benefits for the victims. The group consisted of Job Hernandez on bass, Carlos Castro on drums, Abraham Vinas on flute, Carlos Torres on violin, and Eduardo Zamarripa on guitar. The styles were described by the band themselves as a hodgepodge of Canterbury, Krautrock, Spanish, Italian and French prog. The overriding influence comes from, again in the bands words, their indigenous roots. The band left only one recording to us, their magnificent and quite moving self titled album. It is highly recommended as a folk prog album with lots of influences from continental Europe thrown in as well."-progarchives.com



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