VIAJERO INMOVIL Records is a personal project created in August 1999 devoted to promoting and distributing the music of Independent Progressive groups from Argentina and South America, thus trying to promote all the so-called "Progressive Music": Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock, Neo Prog, Beat Music, Psychedelia, Hard Rock, Folk, Jazz Rock, Fusion, R.I.O., Chamber Music, Post Rock, Avant Tango, etc.
(1975) - Fonocal
CD
Following on from their self-titled debut album, the duo released “En el hospicio”, their classic Folk Rock / Progressive Rock album, which soon garnered massive popular recognition. Here they combined their guitars and voices with dark and surreal themes in the songs’ lyrics, recreating melancholic atmospheres.
Samples - PASTORAL - En el hospicio - YouTube
U$S 14(1978) - PQR-Disques plusqueréel
CD - digi-pack (special pack)
Heralded in its contemporary 70s music press as a phenomenal release, and revered globally for many years to come by Progrock aficionados as a best-kept secret, Anabelas still beguiles the most demanding listener by dint of its unique compositional trajectory that is marked by the implosive amalgamation of Symphonic Prog with Neo-classical, Zeuhl with Free Jazz. European editio couched in a 3fold digipack cover, with a 12 page booklet featuring Bubu’s official biography + an interview.
Samples - BUBU - Anabelas - Bandcamp
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U$S 0(1977) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
Despite their brief trajectory, this fivesome managed to launch a high quality, extremely delicate album, which unfortunately went completely unnoticed at the time. Contrary to what had already been happening at a musical level in 70s’ Argentina, the quintet recorded an LP crammed with Folk Rock/Symphonic Rock features (including hints of Yes) that could be linked to Sui Generis (Instituciones…), Nito Mestre y Los Desconocidos de Siempre or certain passages of Vivencia. Exclusive American & European distribution.
Samples - ETERNIDAD - Apertura - Bandcamp
U$S 13(1975) - RP Music
CD
For the very first time in music history, this gem of Argentine Jazz is being reissued, which is considered to be, without a doubt, the renowned saxophone player’s masterpiece. While in an expansively creative mood, he incorporated non-typical sounds to his music: compositional progressive developments, psychedelic and space trips, besides other additions and inventions that possess a very special sound. Generally speaking, this album is an Avant-Garde experience, introducing a very innovative side of Jazz.
Samples - HORACIO "CHIVO" BORRARO - Blues para un cosmonauta - YouTube
U$S 14(1960) - RP Music
CD
This is an incredible discovery of an old tape featuring four lengthy live performances that took place on November 12, 1960, as part of a double bill concert at the UBA Faculty of Exact & Natural Sciences (Buenos Aires.) “Chivo” was accompanied on this occasion by prestigious musicians of such calibre as Jorge López Ruiz, Fernando Gellbard and Eduardo Casalla, top notch references of local Jazz. The extraordinary saxophone player exhibited all his musical skills and elevated creativity throughout the gig.
Samples - HORACIO "CHIVO" BORRARO - Cuarteto en vivo - YouTube
U$S 14(1973) - RGS Music
LP vinilo
Official vinyl reissue of LP recorded by the outfit that was led by Miguel Abuelo during his exile in Europe. This production is one heck of an eclectic album: features a kind of Hard Prog with Psychedelic trimmings and brief Folk tapestries, refined string arrangements, Symphonic undertones, Pastoral atmospheres, and of course, his wonderfully unique Poetry. Special remastered edition, made in Argentina for the first time.
Samples - MIGUEL ABUELO & NADA - Miguel Abuelo & Nada - YouTube
U$S 33(2021) - I.P.
CD - special papersleeve
Right in the middle of the pandemic and under the strictest of quarantines, this musician from Argentine coastal city of Mar del Plata, summoned diverse artists to remotely record songs from his own catalogue, new compositions, various Fusion, Jazz Rock, and Progressive Rock covers, including versions by Frank Zappa, Luis A. Spinetta, and Chris Squire, among others.
Samples - FABIÁN SPAMPINATO - # Fundemia - YouTube
U$S 15(2021) - Colección Vademécum
Libro
Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 22 x 15 cm. In printing paper with 200 black & white pages / coloured cover.
“Lo único comparable a escuchar la música de Spinetta es hablar sobre Spinetta”.
The idea that seems to run through each page of Luisito Volume 2 is that the only thing comparable to listening to Spinetta is talking about him. Like a Spinettean alchemist, Kasparian does what’s needed to recover scattered fragments -seemingly connected by an invisible thread- of Luis Alberto Spinetta’s life & works, via statements by a wide range of beings who sometime and somewhere, crossed paths with Luis: in person, by phone, Zoom, or Whatsapp. Who cares?! Only 1 thing matters: talking about Spinetta.
U$S 22(1990) - Mucha Madera Producciones
CD
When in Spain, prestigious Argie singer Claudia Puyó, in combo with guitarist Tito Fargo (ex Redonditos de Ricota), bassist Néstor Vetere (ex Dulces 16) and a drummer from Malaga, Anye Bao Pérez, recorded on a cassette, an album which reflected typical sounds of Argentine Rock and sonorities of those times.
Samples - ROMÁNTICOS DE ARTANE - Aparatos para sordos - YouTube
U$S 14(1966) - RGS Music
CD
Without a shadow of a doubt, Jorge López Ruíz is one of the founding fathers and giants of the Argentine Jazz scene. His second album introduces us to Contemporary Jazz, emulating references of such elevated musical stature as Miles Davies, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. With a style inspired by Post-Bop and Cool, he innovated in Argentine latitudes by incorporating his own imprint of local tints.
Samples - JORGE LÓPEZ RUÍZ - Interpreta a JLP (Jorge López Ruíz) - YouTube
U$S 14(2021) - Fonocal
CD
Together with Pino Callejas, this living Argentine Rock legend points at a fresh approach full of Groove, Blues and Rock, albeit with an always intense Buenos Aires aura. New songs and some reversions make up this in-studio concert disc, where listeners are transported to the same sensations he generates live.
Samplres - MANAL JAVIER MARTÍNEZ / PINO CALLEJAS - Darse cuenta - YouTube
U$S 14(2017) - I.P.
CDr
This solo project was created by Mariano Sebastián Rodriguez (aka One), who via the use of different instruments, created a sound that we could pigeonhole as Symphonic Rock with Contemporary elements. By incorporating resources usually heard in Progressive Metal, his Instrumental compositions go through all sorts of intensities, from belligerent pomposity, to much calmer, more delicate passages.
Samples - ONE - Change - Bandcamp
U$S 12(2021) - Editorial Dunken
Libro
Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 24 x 16 cm. In illustration opaque paper with 256 black & white pages / coloured cover.
Official biography of the band Arco Iris, formed during the late '60s. It is the product of extensive research conducted by journalist Fabio Scartuchio, who together with the group, compiled in this comprehensively complete publication, the history, photos, testimonies of all members, their music and philosophy (which was extremely new for the time, as was vegetarianism), the practice of yoga, and community life. This pioneering Rock band’s protagonists tell us about their musical beginnings, anecdotes and intimacies of their shows and successes, such as “Mañana Campestre” (1971), which became an anthem for the youth of the seventies, and is considered to be hands down, one of Argentine Rock’s most popular classics.
U$S 19(2019) - Melopea
CD
Originally hailing from the Argentine province of Cordoba, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist CCi Kiu introduces us to her second album, which presents a varied concoction of styles. Starting from a song format, she incorporates along the way nuances and arrangements ranging from Pop to Contemporary Music fused with Electronic, Progressive Rock, Jazz, Folk, and several highly original experimentations.
Samples - CCI KIU - Camaleonicx - Bandcamp
U$S 12(2016) - I.P.
Libro
Argentina - Book in Spanish - Format 21 x 15 cm. In printing paper with 257 black & white pages / coloured cover.
History of Argentine Rock from its genesis and evolution all the way up to the present, making a brief, decade-by-decade description, reviewing the fundamental bands, their records and concerts. From the very first moment, specialist historians and journalists have not been able to agree on which specific moment actually triggered the very beginning of Rock in Argentina. The book itself tries to find its' concrete and exact starting point. Once this has been achieved, it tells the complete story. New edition 2021.
U$S 15(2021) - Club del disco
CD - digi-sleeve
Eccentric singer-songwriter Mora García Medici presents a concept album divided into two parts, in which she introduces us to her new approach within a very personal, almost experimental, expressive song, that transits its own paths with Complex Jazz, Electronic, and Progressive elements accompanying the vocals.
Samples - MORA - Desdoblar el bosque - YouTube
U$S 15(2021) - Ediciones Disconario
Libro
Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 15 x 22 cm. In illustration opaque paper with 192 black & white pages / coloured cover.
This book is a substantial introduction for the rebuilding of a criminally neglected chapter within Argentine Rock history. This subgenre generally does not enjoy great relevance in local bibliographies. So, in some way, the authors have intended to shine some visibility on the Symphonic Progressive Rock movement, through 18 representative bands which had big or small impact, but all with great personalities, during the seventies and early eighties’ heyday. Beyond the bands’ individual biographies, the testimonies by some of the main protagonists in each group also stand out.
U$S 16(1973) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
This band, which was native to the city of Santa Fe, emerged in early 1972 after the dissolution of Alma Pura. By that year already, they had composed the music, as well as written the script and story of their work “Indio”, perhaps the first Rock Opera created in any Argentine province, other than Buenos Aires. Its style was based on “Tommy”, featured Indigenous issues in the lyrics, and had a Progressive Psychedelic sound marked by an organ similar to Procol Harum. Local “La Biblia” by Vox Dei, was a big influence too.
Samples - VIRGEM - Indio - En Vivo Radio Universidad De Santa Fe - (1973) - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2021) - HTT / Lizard Records
CD
With great admiration towards Italian Progressive Rock, this Argentine group has remade great classics from this scene, sung in Spanish. You will be able to listen to songs by Premiata Forneria Marconi, Le Orme, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Celeste, and Fiaba, as well as a bonus track written by themselves, paying homage to this important musical movement.
Samples - HÁBITAT - Hans, la niña y el príncipe - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2021) - Club del disco
CD - digi-sleeve
In a similar way to the song "Por", composed by Luis A. Spinetta, in which several words were chosen at random and without any logical sense, Diego Schissi and his quintet grabbed this idea, by composing and titling nineteen unrelated songs. This engineering is eloquent of constant evolution in his musical lingo.
Samples - DIEGO SCHISSI QUINTETO - Te - YouTube
U$S 14(1985) - RGS Music
CD - super jewel box
This was the Hard Rock and Heavy Metal band’s fourth album production. Led by Norberto "Pappo" Napolitano, this time around he was accompanied by Vitico, J.A.F. and Moro. The record kept tightly within its characteristic style and trademark sound of the '80s.
Samples - RIFF - VII - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - Club del disco
CD
The project to produce this live album came up as a tribute to the music of Juan Carlos Cobián. This way, together with his septet, the eminent musician and arranger transformed to his own style, compositions of the prestigious author, taking his music to fields spread among Tango, Jazz, Rock, and Academic Music.
Samples - JUAN PABLO NAVARRO SEPTETO - Los dopados - La música de Juan Carlos Cobián - YouTube
U$S 14(1974) - RGS Music
LP vinilo
Re-release of the LP made by Psychedelic/Progressive Hard Rock quartet led by guitarist Jorge Montes, who launched this unique album with certain reminiscences of Jimi Hendrix, added to classic Hard Blues.
Samples - MONTES - Cuando brille el tiempo - YouTube
U$S 33(2021) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
Black eXpression is a brand new project led by guitarist and composer Eduardo Martínez, bringing up an all-instrumental song collection going from 70s classic Progressive Rock to modern Hard Rock, inspired by the likes of Dream Theater, Flamborough Head, Xang and Rush, mixing guitar textures with heavy synths in a virtuoso music duel.
Samples - BLACK EXPRESSION - Regreso a casa - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2015-2019) - Icarus Music
2 CDs
Celebrating 25 years of their career thus far, the band has presented a live album with recordings of their most recent performances. This two-CD package includes twelve tracks going through different trajectory phases, demonstrating all the group’s power and talent.
Samples - PRESTO VIVACE - Estimulos sinusoidales - En vivo 2015/19 - Deezer
U$S 20(2020) - Melopea
CD
These prestigious musicians merged their respective musical qualities during the pandemic. Each one from home, they began to assemble this album, which features an extremely rich production in colours and harmonies, close to Tango and Jazz, specially because of the timbre between piano and accordion.
Samples - JUAN CARLOS INGARAMO & HUGO FATTORUSO - Tango escarlata - YouTube
U$S 12(2016) - I.P.
CD - digi-pack
Emerging in the western sector of Buenos Aires city’s suburbs, this quartet has undoubtedly kept alive the traditional flame and spirit of seventies-style Hard Rock style, as well as sung in Spanish Classic Rock, and also conceiving songs with Symphonic intentions.
Samples - AVELUZ - Punto mágico - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2020) - Fonocal
CD
Legendary bassist, singer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, once again forms another Power Trio, this time with Lorenzo Vox and Diego Ceccato. With more contemporary-sounding features full of Psychedelic surprises, following the spiritual and conceptual line of the TAO.
Samples - RINO RAFANELLI & LA RIMANBLOOM - TAO - YouTube
U$S 14(2020) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
Based on Enrico Rocca's musical ideas, the artists summoned to the FRK Project began to weave an unusually eclectic web of Avant Prog & Jazz tunes with Symphonic and Pastoral passages of great beauty, combined with bizarre, dreamlike moments and small pieces of challenging description. A highly original piece!!
Samples - FRK - El gremio de los satisfechos - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2020) - Ediciones Disconario / Colección Portarretratos
Libro
Argentina - Libro en Español - Formato 23 x 15 cm. en papel de imprenta con 200 páginas blanco y negro / tapa a color.
Vox Dei is an essential chapter in the history of Argentine Rock, offering extraordinary work through many albums. You would have to make an endless list of favourites, as they're all incredible. The contribution they have made from the City of Quilmes and the identity provided to create a way of making Rock, is unique. This book reflects a great chunk of the band's lengthy trajectory with comments and anecdotes from its members, as well as many other musicians, who also shared the group's musical path.
U$S 16(2020) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
Libro
rgentine - Book in Spanish - Format 23 x 15 cm. In illustration opaque paper with 312 black & white pages / coloured cover.
La historia de Crucis es tan rica como su música. Desde muy jóvenes, los integrantes de la banda iniciaron una trayectoria que, tras varios años de perfeccionamiento, alcanzó de repente un lugar de preponderancia. Con sólo dos discos a su haber, Crucis logró llenar teatros y estadios, algo poco habitual dentro de la escena del Rock Progresivo/Sinfónico argentino. El recorrido arrollador, aunque breve, del grupo contó con una legión de fieles seguidores. Para la redacción de este libro, los autores entrevistaron a los músicos que alguna vez formaron parte de Crucis, recogiendo citas de entrevistas a terceros, así como a amigos cercanos, responsables de distintas funciones dentro del management, la carrera y la temporalidad de la banda. También se buscaron datos de la prensa general y otros testimonios relevantes a la historia del cuarteto. Se realizó un arduo trabajo de campo para recopilar toda la información, artículos, publicaciones, entrevistas de época, material gráfico y otros elementos, todos extraídos de los medios disponibles. También hay un extenso análisis musical de toda la producción musical de los muchachos, numerosas fotografías, carteles y otras referencias importantes.
U$S 19(2018) - Melopea
CD
Starosta emerged from the province of San Luis back in 2009 and step-by-step forged their sound within the Progressive / Symphonic Rock genre, into which they added elements of Funk, Jazz and Blues, with Psychedelic overtones. Their Spanish-sung songs, possess a part of the legacy left behind by Luis Alberto Spinetta, as well as local tonalities.
Samples - STAROSTA - De dioses y otros cuentos - Bandcamp
U$S 14
(2020) - Melopea
CD
In these new recordings, Christian Van Lacke (referenced only under his surname) is again accompanied by important guest musicians who contribute their talents to a series of songs impregnated with typically-styled Folk Rock, Blues, Progressive Rock, and Psychedelic genres from the 70's.
Samples - VAN LACKE - Viajero - YouTube
U$S 12(2020) - Melopea
CD
Heavy Rock and Psychedelic Blues Super Power Trio featuring mythical drummer Rolando Castello Junior (Aeroblues), talented guitarist Christian Van Lacke (Tlön, Tortuga, Comeflor) and rhythmic powerhouse Max Alvarez (Ambassador.) Together they display all their sonic potency via dreamlike voyages under the classic Argentine Rock school of the 70's.
Samples - ROMPENUBES - Rompenubes - YouTube
U$S 12(2020) - Fonocal
CD
While reviewing his career in Music, Javier Martínez secluded himself for a whole day in the Romaphonic recording studio, in order to journey through the Manal collection of records, as well as part of his solo career, including two previously unrecoded songs. Recorded as if it were a live show, he approaches his classic sung in Spanish Blues trademark sound.
Samples - MANAL JAVIER MARTÍNEZ - Concierto en el estudio - YouTube
U$S 14(2020) - Mondo Rabioso Ediciones
Libro
Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 22 x 15 cm. In printing paper with 313 black & white pages / coloured cover.
This is the second book authored by Sergio Coscia, featuring more than 200 chronicles. It includes pertinent, painful and uncomfortable reflections on political, social and cultural issues, as well as experiences and characters drawn from the exciting world of the “Mondo Rabioso” record store, which beats in the very heart of the City of Buenos Aires' downtown sector.
U$S 15(2020) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD
Sixth chapter delivered under his own name, by this musician and composer. The leader of Habitat presents a new series of personal compositions, written under similar previous musical aspects: explorations of Ancient Music, Academic Music, Celtic Music, and Progressive Rock. The album also includes two live bonus tracks recorded during his residency at CAMAC (16th century Abbey, Marnay-sur-Seine, France), October 25, 2016.
Samples - ALDO PINELLI - Desde la abadía - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2020) - Club del disco
CD
Noteworthy musicians formed this group (García-Epumer-Ferrón-Gancberg) via their link with Luis A. Spinetta, to somehow keep the formidable style that “El Flaco” left behind, alive. Currently composed Jazz Fusion songs bunched with three songs recovered from oblivion for the special occasion.
Sample - JAGUAR - Detrás del río - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - Twitin Records
CD - special pack
Almost by decantation, Marco Sanguinetti received a proposal to record the music of Gustavo Cerati. Without any hesitation, he duly accepted the challenge and managed to add his personal Classical and Jazz School touch to these compositions, thereby adding even more beauty to these songs, vastly considered today as Argentine Music classics.
Sample - MARCO SANGUINETTI - Inmoral - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1979) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
With a brand new line-up, Redd commenced the recording of their second studio album with members of Trigémino (Juan “Pollo” Raffo and Marco Tulio Pusineri), thus providing their music with a new Progressive Rock / Symphonic overtone. This album, recorded all the way back in 1979, was never released on vinyl at the time; it was only rescued several years later as a CD release. This new reissue, remastered by Esteban Cerioni shortly before his departure, also contains a previously unreleased Instrumental cut, that could have been included in the original LP, together with three other previously unavailable live tracks.
Samples - REDD - Cuentos del subsuelo - Bandcamp
U$S 13(1976) - Fonocal
CD
During the mid-70's, OM stood out in the local scene, surprising everyone by their virtuosity and quality, playing a Progressive Rock style similar to contemporary Italian bands, and adding touches of Jazz Rock. Only 500 cassettes were released back then, and after many years’ wait, it was finally possible to rescue a tape to prove the veracity of what people were saying at the time, and who were fortunate enough to see them play live. This CD edition includes a live bonus track of OM as a trio.
U$S 14(2020) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
2 CDs - VIR
Rock Pioneers from the Argentine province of Tucumán, this band were part of the 1971 B.A. Rock festival. Their songs exuded the spirit of the 70's, in which Psychedelic Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, and Folk Rock represented a faithful reflection of the band’s style, which had certain similarities to Almendra or Coven, and marked a strong influence on the group’s successor, Redd. This double album contains on its first CD, studio recordings made in 2004. The second CD shows us how the group sounded live. The first eleven songs date from the historic show, "El Cuartetazo" (1974), when they shared the stage with Aquelarre. The remaining tracks were culled from the “Circulo de la Prensa de Tucumán” concert, which took place in July, 1972.
Samples - LA PEQUEÑA BANDA DE TRICUPA - Ayer y Siempre - CD 1 - En Estudio (2004) - Bandcamp
Samples - LA PEQUEÑA BANDA DE TRICUPA - Ayer y Siempre - CD 2 - En Vivo (1972-74) - Bandcamp
U$S 18(1973) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
After their 1972 debut album, the second lineup of Sacramento II recorded a second album that was never released. The group had already decided to make a sonic about face towards Heavy Prog and Progressive Rock, somewhat close to Pescado Rabioso and Coven. Allegedly, the original tapes were erased on the tape recorder, but from the earlier works, five studio takes remained on another cassette.
Samples - SACRAMENTO II - Moviendo la carreta - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2019) - Blue Art
CD - digi-pack
Great sonorous rescue of the tapes Carlos Melero recorded on November 8th, 1991 at the Gran Rex Theatre, in downtown Buenos Aires, during which he retrospectively ran through songs from his most successful albums, without forgetting his unforgettable theme from the “Last Tango In Paris” movie.
Samples - GATO BARBIERI - En vivo en Argentina (1991) - Deezer
U$S 15(2019) - Ultrapop
CD
Their third album finds them well established within the band’s musical goals, progressive variables ranging from aggressive 70's Hard guitars to ultra-harmonic, current-sounding melodic passages, as well as incorporating shades of Stoner Rock.
Samples - POLICROMÍA - El ocaso de los héroes - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2018) - Elefantes en la habitación!
LP vinilo
The ensemble has finally come to an end with this, their fourth album, which is released on vinyl LP. They’ve always kept a certain coherence in their work, exploring Song and Instrumental compositions, within an unusual Contemporary Music format, and with Latin American roots.
Samples - ENSAMBLE CHANCHO A CUERDA - Posdata - Bandcamp
U$S 32(1982) - I.P.
CD - digi-pack
Even though we may describe this album’s genre as Latin Fusion, we can also find Mahavishnu Orchestra-styled Jazz Rock and River Plate Fusion in the Opa, Tango and Folklore tradition; all done with exquisite elaboration and Progressive Rock influences, under the typical sound of the times.
Samples - SAYA DE BAYETA - La música de Acsú - Soundcloud
U$S 14(1977) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD
Extraordinary unreleased live recording of the official “De todas maneras” album presentation. With a new line-up, they performed a memorable night at the Coliseo Theatre, sampling their great virtuosity by bringing Avant-Tango closer to Progressive Rock, through the inclusion of Jazz Rock passages.
U$S 13(2017) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
During the mid-70s, there existed a Progressive Rock / Symphonic Instrumental group that sadly did not transcend as it should have. Many years later, and from the ends of the earth, Rodolfo Planes re-enacted the music of his youth, which possessed a similar sound to Focus, Steve Hackett, and Camel.
Samples - SUPERNOVA '75 - Suite Supernova - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2019) -
LP vinilo
With the outfit’s leader now properly settled in Buenos Aires and a new line-up, their second album has been released on vinyl LP. Once again, experimentation is the name of the game: a melange of Neo Psychedelia, Math Rock, Post Rock, elements of Mathcore, Electronics and strength of The Mars Volta.
Samples - ENSAMBLE PERIPECIA - Cataclismo - Bandcamp
U$S 32(2019) - El Encuentro Editorial
Libro
Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 17 x 11 cm. In printing paper with 262 black & white pages / coloured cover.
Updated version, reduced to a pocket edition format of the "Rock de Acá - 2" book. The second of this volume (translated as “Rock From Here”) features Argentine artists who were part of the 1970/1975 period, telling the story of their own music in their own words
U$S 9
(2019) - El Encuentro Editorial
Libro
Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 17 x 11 cm. In printing paper with 250 black & white pages / coloured cover.
Updated version, reduced to pocket edition format of the “Rock de Acá – 1 – The first years” book. This volume covers the early years up to 1970, including stories told by its own protagonists.
U$S 9(2019) - Club del disco
CD - digi-pack
In its second delivery, Folk roots are very evident in rhythmic figures, as melodies and singers’ voices enter into an exciting cross between Folk, written tradition, Jazz, River Plate Music, & Argentine Rock.
Samples - ICALMA - Para animar las pasiones - YouTube
U$S 14(2017) - I.P.
CD
First outing by this non-traditional septet, playing songs under a common denominator based on elements of Argentine Folk, MPB, Jazz, and even Academic Music. Featuring a timbre and harmonic palette well in touch with Argentine Popular Music.
Samples - ICALMA - Icalma - YouTube
U$S 14(2008) - Discográfica del Sur
CD
This album is a synthesis of choices made by the Paralelo º33 Percussionist / Vibraphonist, who moves with ease within Academic Contemporary Music, Jazz, Collective Improvisation, and, as proven here, in ways that remit to Argentine Folk overtones.
Samples - FABIÁN KEOROGLANIAN - Claroscuro - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1965-1967) - RGS Music
CD
Argentine edition of this CD featuring the entire recorded output by this classic, legendary Uruguayan Beat group. The disc includes their one and only LP (from 1966), accompanied by lots of unreleased tracks. The band's style was heavily influenced by early period Rolling Stones and Beatles.
Samples - LOS MOCKERS - Los Mockers - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1974) - Sony Music
CD - digi-pack
After Pescado Rabioso, L.A. Spinetta put this group together and took it into a Progressive, melodic and emotional path.
Samples - INVISIBLE - Invisible - YouTube
U$S 14
(2018) - Chancho Discos
CD - digi-pack
Hailing from Lima, Peru, this threesome capitalizes on the recent explosion of bands mixing Math Rock and Post Rock. Their second album continues in full experimentation mood, with complex breaks and ethereal Instrumental atmospheres. They’ve chosen to include brief vocalizations reminiscent of Emo, as well as danceable rhythm percussions.
Samples - WANDERLUST - Naufragio - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2018) - Chancho Discos
CD - digi-sleeve
Residents of the Chilean capital of Santiago, this trio creates a risky Instrumental proposition, in a confluence of Ambient, Post Rock, Jazz, Chiptune, and other contemporary genres. Impressively fluid, thanks to punchy digital sounds, enveloping distorted guitars and hypnotic percussion.
Samples - SISTEMAS INESTABLES - O - Bandcamp
U$S 14
(2018) - Chancho Discos
CD - digi-sleeve
Post-Rock / Ambient band originally hailing from Santiago, Chile, whose Instrumental project is characterized by exploring the crossing and comparison of rhythmic patterns, development of atmospheric structures and stories of a dramatic nature.
Samples - LA CIENCIA SIMPLE - III V VII - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1967/97) - RGS Music
CD
This release contains cuts that have remained lost for over thirty years! Nearly the entirety of these tracks are totally unreleased, and the majority of them introduce us to the beginnings of the mythical Argentine band, and its transition from beautiful Beat to Psychedelia.
Samples - LA COFRADIA DE LA FLOR SOLAR - Histórico - YouTube
U$S 14(1973) - RGS Music
CD - super jewel box
Band led by Miguel Abuelo during his exile in Europe. This eclectic album is a kind of Hard Prog with Psychedelic elements, brief Folk tinges, refined string arrangements, Symphonic inroads, Pastoral settings, and Miguel’s fantastic poetry. Special edition, remastered in Argentina for the very first time.
Samples - MIGUEL ABUELO & NADA - Miguel Abuelo & Nada - YouTube
U$S 14(2006) - Epsa Music
CD
Talented Argentine pianist and composer of International renown and prestige, who in the company of violinist Nick Danielson, performs a mixture of Chamber Music, Avant Garde Tango and Jazz, creating complex musical structures comparable to those of Gatto Marte.
Samples - FERNANDO OTERO / NICK DANIELSON - Revisión - YouTube
U$S 14(1967) - RGS Music
CD
This CD contains twelve previously unreleased gems by the legendary "Tanguito", who features on vocals and guitar. These tracks were recorded at the mythical TNT studios in Buenos Aires, during the afternoon of October 20, 1967. As a bonus, the CD presents three songs which have never been covered by any artist whatsoever before or since then.
Samples - IGLESIAS, JOSÉ ALBERTO (Tanguito) - Yo soy Ramses - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - El Encuentro Editorial
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Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 17 x 11 cm. In printing paper with 172 black & white pages / coloured cover.
Pedro y Pablo burst onto the Argentine Rock scene right at its genesis, contributing a disruptive look at Argentines’ daily lives, with "La marcha de la bronca", a song that marked the course of their extensive career. Miguel Cantilo’s sharp pen and Jorge Durietz’ harmonious presence were the ideal counterpoint with which they established an iconic acoustic and visceral sound that defined their first album in 1970.
U$S 8(2019) - I.P.
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This young Neo Psycho-Prog trio explores different sounds ranging from Crimson-rooted Prog Rock, through Hard Psychedelic tints, a certain power of Stoner Rock, all the way to River Plate scene hues.
Samples - RHINOCERONTE - Nueva fidelidad a las ideas de siempre - Bandcamp
U$S 12(2019) - Anadisc Producciones
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Solo project by Ariel Martín Loza (former bass player with Láquesis), who offers a varied work of Instrumental songs ranging from Hard Prog (as with his previous band), Prog Rock, Art Rock, Celtic Music, Funk, and Fusion.
Samples - EIEMEL - Eiemel - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1976) - Acqua Records
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During the height of the flux that sought to merge Jazz with Rock with indigenous rhythms, by using powerful wind sections a la Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago or the Argentine local Alma y Vida, brothers Héctor and Luis Cerávolo, together with Swedish bassist Bo Gathú. formed this band by adding trumpeter Gustavo Bergalli, and Uruguayans Héctor “Finito” Bingert and Rubén Rada.
Samples - S.O.S. - Sonido Original del Sur - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - RGS Music
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Complete reversion of the 1973 Pescado Rabioso album, “Artaud”, one of Luis Alberto Spinetta’s most iconic records. Various musicians without much of a popular trajectory, albeit with an extremely high degree of artistic quality, participate in each track.
Samples - VARIOS ARTISTAS - ARTAUD - Homenaje a un gran disco - YouTube
U$S 14(2009) - P.A.I. Records
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This album began his phase as a sextet leader. The music reflects the personality of the River Plate district. The songs were written mainly by the bassist. The band consisted of Victor Skoruski (saxes), Abel Rogantini (keyboards), Marcelo Kitay (guitars), Daniel Miguez (drums), Leandro Savelón, and Máximo himself on bass. His mates from El Cuatriyo, Fernando Lerman and Alejandro Manzoni, together with Daniel Kovacich, Daniel Messina, Leandro Kalen, Claudio Rossi, and Laura Albarracín (who sings lead in “Lo que haré” – by Rodolfo Alchourrón), were invited to participate in the sessions.
Samples - MÁXIMO RODRÍGUEZ SEXTETO - El tiempo de nuestro lado - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2004) - P.A.I. Records
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In its second offering, the sextet presents a Jazz Fusion album featuring shades of Tango marked by the pulse of Buenos Aires, reflecting experiences and sensations of the busy city. There’s also Argentine Folk, River Plate scene Music, Brazilian Music, a Gurarania (Argentine Mesopotamia) and even Waltz!
Samples - MÁXIMO RODRÍGUEZ QUINTETO - Miradas de Buenos Aires - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2000) - Anadisc Producciones
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Quintet led by bass player Máximo Rodríguez, dedicated to create a musical language combining Jazz harmonics with rhythms and melodies that reflect the cultural heritage of the River Plate musical scene.
Samples - MÁXIMO RODRÍGUEZ QUINTETO - ¿Quién dijo que 20 años no es nada? - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2019) - El Encuentro Editorial
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Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 17 x 11 cm. In printing paper with 172 black & white pages / coloured cover.
“En el país de la libertad” (In the country of freedom), encompasses the first 16 years of León Gieco in Buenos Aires, since his arrival from Cañada Rosquín, until the release of his iconic “De Ushuaia a La Quiaca” album, including all the records he released through Argentine music label, “Music Hall” during this period. With Folk and Rock influences, right from the start he started writing songs which highlighted the essential values of life, such as using freedom as a flag, struggle and vindication of the people, by becoming inspired by people and characters hailing from the many provinces of Argentina.
U$S 8(2019) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
Here is a rotund about face in the band’s musical direction, as their 6th album finds the threesome with a keyboards, guitar and bass format. What they’re performing now is Melodic Symphonic Music, albeit still pretty complex, with a certain link to the Canterbury sound. Devoid of any sound layers, no drums and with isolated programmed percussion, this is very different from anything they have done before...
Samples - HONDURAS - El cimarrón - Bandcamp
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(2019) - P.A.I. Records
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Combining rhythms with the character and aesthetics of South American Music, adding timbres and the Improvisational spirit of Jazz Rock, this new album features allusions to Argentine Folk, Tango, Milonga, and Candombe. All these elements flow through structures and procedures commonly associated with written tradition music, resulting in an unstable mixture of erudition and street smartness. Included is a code to download this disc in digital format.
Samples - RAFFO - Llueve sobre la Biblioteca Nacional - Música de Flores Volúmen 5 - YouTube
U$S 15(2019) - La Rompe Records
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The legendary band consists today of Willy Quiroga, Carlos Gardellini and Simón Quiroga, who played their greatest hits and some surprises live on September 2nd, 2017, at “Mr. Jones Pub”, in Ramos Mejía, province of Buenos Aires. A night abundant in lovely memories and emotions...
U$S 14(2019) - Club del disco
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Reaffirming the consolidation of a musical aesthetic based on melodic and rhythmic counterpoints, via which all musicians keep a heterogeneous communion, their 3rd album manifests the current Argentine Jazz situation, where guitar & sax melodic scales prevail, upheld by the drummer’s trademark rhythm.
Samples - PIPI PIAZZOLLA TRÍO - Rata - Deezer
U$S 14(1979) - Mucha Madera Producciones
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A trilogy of Urban Music, Folk Rock and Jazz Fusion songs, sung in 3-part vocal harmonies. Atonal had the honour of hosting Litto Nebbia, Néstor Astarita, Jorge González and Pablo Romagnoli as guest musicians, who provided consistency to the group’s compositions. This CD reissue of their only album, also adds several bonus tracks.
Samples - ATONAL - Plegaria urbana - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - Tommy Gunn Records
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Drenched in the essence of Argentine 70’s Progressive Rock (Invisible, Color Humano, Aquelarre), as well as King Crimson influences, their songs contain an accomplished lyrical and sonorous concept, masterfully executed by a quintet formation.
Samples - ATLANTICUS - Exactamente ahora - Spotify
U$S 14(2019) - I.P.
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By expanding the limits of XXI century Tango, this album surprises for its versatility in the quest for unimaginable fusions. Not only can we combine Tango with Rock, but we can also incorporate more popular genres, without necessarily ceasing to be Progressive Music. Papersleeve new format edition.
Samples - PAMPA TRASH - Burzako - Deezer
U$S 12(2018) - I.P.
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The boys’ 2nd album incorporates various musical textures in a framework referring to trends in current Progressive Song structures. In this case in particular, the lads emerge with a prism of melancholic songs reflecting movement; a universe where many Fusion influences collide (Rock, Jazz, Bossa Nova, Argentine Folk, Theatrical Anthropology, Cinema, and Literature.)
Samples - ISMO DE LAS FAUCES - Emerger - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - Lizard Records
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This is an open project around highly prolific musician Aldo Pinelli, this time accompanied by a small orchestra. An Electro-Acoustic congregation with Environmental / Folk / Prog propensity, linked to the music of Steve Hackett, Italian Mediterranean Music in Le Orme’s “Florian”, Pastoral Melodies, Ancient Medieval Music Rituals, and the Academic School of Classical Music.
Samples - CLAN ALDO PINELLI - Patagonia - Bandcamp
U$S 16(2019) - VIAJERO INMÓVIL Records
CD - VIR
Through the means of his particular Stick instrument, Diego Souto builds a solid compositional sound, developing complex harmonies, polyrhythmias, loops, and peaceful melodies, as he experiments within his own sonic universe. Inspired by Brian Eno's “Ambients” and Robert Fripp’s “Frippertronics”, his music is neither ethereal nor ambient, but rhythmic and melodic. Sounds don’t slowly fade away here, but remain until the audio chart, so to speak, is complete.
Samples - SOUTO - Arquitectura sónica - Bandcamp
U$S 13(2019) - Buh Records
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The third album, can be understood as an Avant-Garde Jazz album which is also connected with the spirit of Rock in Opposition. The ostinati converse with free forms, in sequences that can lead to attacks of noisy abstraction, which spring from both Rock and Free Jazz, then go back and build complex sonic architectures.
Samples - SALES DE BAÑO - Geometría del vínculo - Bandcamp
U$S 35(2015) - I.P.
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After the dissolution of Vade Retro, the band's keyboards player and composer, Lucas Bustos, commenced a brand new musical adventure with the same ongoing intentions of playing Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Jazz Fusion, as well as autochthonous rhythms with similar influences to those which inspired two greats: Luis Alberto Spinetta and Charly García.
Samples - ISMO DE LAS FAUCES - Ismo de las fauces - Soundcloud
U$S 14(1974) - RGS Music
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Later version of their first album. Remastered with 2 bonus tracks.
Samples - VOX DEI - Cuero Caliente - Youtube
U$S 14(2019) - El Encuentro Editorial
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Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 17 x 11 cm. In printing paper with 170 black & white pages / coloured cover.
When everything was nothing, the beginning was nothing. The history of Argentine Rock wasn’t born from nothing. Though it exists thanks to Rock & Roll, Jazz and Blues, it would not be the same without Tango or local Folk Music. With a prelude by Miguel Grimberg, this initiatory book tells the history of music on this continent, beginning with the African slaves’ arrival in 1500, their syncretism with European and native cultures, all the way until the first formative years of Argentine Rock, offering the necessary information to motivate the reading of the "Rock de Acá" Book Collection.
U$S 8(2019) - Colección Vademécum
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Argentine - Book in Spanish - Format 22 x 15 cm. In printing paper with 200 black & white pages / coloured cover.
The human and musical ecosystem that orbited – and still does – around the immortal genius of Luis Alberto Spinetta: brothers, musicians, luthiers, managers, friends, his dentist (schoolmate and recipient of a famous song), his doctor, and his historical assistant. This choral story is built from interviews that provide a kaleidoscopic image of one of the most transcendental Argentine artists of all time...
U$S 22(2019) - I.P.
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With several changes in their formation, this fourth album incorporates new overtones, without losing the peculiar imprint sustained by percussive predominance. Standing out are the string arrangements, varied Classical melodies and Ethnic Rhythms.
Samples - PULSÓNICA - Entre Mundos - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2018) - Viajero Inmóvil Records - Distribución Digital
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Are we really cognizant of the impact that our words may have on others? This second work explores such theme, and narrates a fictional story that describes the memories of a given character. This album features pretty much the very same musical style as that of its' predecessor debut.
Samples - SYDERALUS - Inner silence - Bandcamp
U$S 15(2019) - EPN Records
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These versions were recorded between October 2014 - March 2015, and had been somewhat forgotten, until they decided to release these recordings on vinyl. Amidst dark and sinister twisted-like songs, they actually deform, according to their own particular style, compositions by Radiohead, Dead Can Dance, David Bowie, King Crimson, and Argentine Folk legend Atahualpa Yupanqui, among several others.
Samples - EPN TRÍO - 1Covers - Olvidadas - Bandcamp
U$S 32(1972) - RGS Music
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Second recorded delivery by the mythical Argentine twosome. Psychedelic Folk Rock & Blues Rock was their game, stylistically situated somewhere between Sui Generis and La Cofradia de la Flor Solar.
Samples - PEDRO Y PABLO - Conesa - YouTube
U$S 14(2011) - Sofá Records
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Together with a new lineup comprised of Rodrigo Dominguez on drums, Jerónimo Carmona on double bass and Carto Brandán on drums, they implement Jazz Bop elements from their Contemporary Jazz influences, with a very expressive technique, which reconciles the lads with certain harmonic forms.
Samples - MARCELO GUTFRANID CUARTETO - 2do plano - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1994) - P.A.I. Records
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Outstanding guitarist Marcelo Gutfraind during his stay in Boston (USA), formed his quartet of Contemporary Jazz with Dave Barraza (tenor sax), Fabian Bausch (double bass) and Jaime Moore (drums). The album possesses certain forms of fluid playing, while being rhythmically impeccable, which reveals the actual excellent harmonic treatment by the band.
Samples - MARCELO GUTFRAIND CUARTETO - Experimentos de ida y vuelta - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2003) - BAU Records
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It is by being part of the Contemporary Jazz scene that guitarist Marcelo Gutfraind offers us his very first recorded output under his name, and he is accompanied by Rodrigo Dominguez on saxophones, Jerónimo Carmona on double bass and Oscar Giunta on drums. This is a solid and devastatingly convincing style, in addition to the attainment of incredible harmonic heights, where his guitar and the sax enjoy a constant dialogue.
Samples - MARCELO GUTFRAIND - Río abajo - Bandcamp
U$S 14(2012) - Sofá Records
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Contemporary Jazz Trio, consisting of keyboards, electric guitar and drums, a lineup which reconciles with certain harmonic and expressive forms within Jazz Bop, linked to John Abercrombie, and a style of lyricism most commonly identified with Bill Evans.
Samples - ALAN ZIMMERMAN - MARCELO GUTFRAIND - CARTO BRANDÁN - Notre - Bandcamp
U$S 14(1974) - RGS Music
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This here is the one and only album released by another Argentine iconic seventies outfit: the Psychedelic / Progressive Hard Rock foursome skippered by guitarist Jorge Montes (formerly a member of Septima Brigada). The cuts featured on this disc have certain reminiscenses of Jimi Hendrix thrown into the mix, together with the local flavour of classic Hard Blues.
Samples - MONTES - Cuando brille el tiempo - YouTube
U$S 14(1980) - Blue Art Records
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This legendary Argentine Progressive Rock band was born in the City of Rosario (province of Santa Fé), and shared the stage with the likes of other mythical outfits such as MIA and Redd, who played a similar style of Prog Rock. This historic rescue of live-in-concert-recorded tapes, was part of a cassette that they used to sell at their shows. This edition includes three bonus tracks. The group split in 1981 by pressure of the military censorship of the day and their first disc never got to be released. Irreal featured among their ranks, such Argentine Rock stalwarts as Juan Carlos Baglietto and Adrián Abonizio.
Samples - IRREAL - Irreal - YouTube
U$S 14(2019) - I.P.
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Mantra arrives at their third album by maintaining their obvious 70's influences, both from the perspective of classic European bands from that era, as well as the historical Progressive sound of their own country. Mantra's ever-changing and complex music, makes permanent references to many of the lads' heroes within their elaborate compositions.
Samples - MANTRA - Próximo - YouTube
U$S 17(2018) - Ciclo 3
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To mark the 30th anniversary of the recording and release of this fundamental album in the career of Lito Vitale, the musician renewed and extended this material, in the company of his loyal quintet and the University of San Juan (province of, Argentina) Symphony Orchestra.
Samples - LITO VITALE QUINTETO - Ese amigo del alma - 30 aniversario - YouTube
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