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From electronic beats to indie rock anthems, the label's catalog spans across various genres, appealing to a wide range of music enthusiasts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blues-para-un-cosmonauta","title":"Blues Para Un Cosmonauta","description":"\u003cp\u003eFans of Coltrane will certainly dig this historical 1970s spiritual jazz album from Argentina which left an everlasting imprint in the local jazz scene. From the eerie \"Blues para un cosmonauta\" —which could easily fit in the Twin Peaks soundtrack—, to the majestic \"Líneas Torcidas\" or the mid-tempo groove of \"Mi amigo Tarzán\", new landscapes in jazz are explored without hiding, at moments, the musicians' bebop pedigree. Venturing into unchartered dimensions, the album breaks with traditionalism and combines jazz and new electronic instruments into a contemporary concept that is both cosmic and sensual, a sound where timbre and space play a crucial role. Here, no track sounds like the other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The charismatic, multifaceted saxophone player Horacio \"Chivo\" Borraro is joined here most notably by Fernando Gelbard —who pioneered electronic keyboards and analog synths in Argentina, playing here Fender Rhodes and Minimoog— and Brazilian musician Stenio Mendes —who plays the 12-string craviola and contributes two tracks. Jorge González on bass and Néstor Astarita on drums —both part of Gato Barbieri's rhythm section in the early 60s— and Chino Rossi —responsible for much of the unusual percussion and special effects that give the album its unprejudiced aura— complete the line-up of Blues para un Cosmonauta.  ·  · Official reissue of historical spiritual jazz from Argentina, recorded 1973. 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The three musicians grasp here for the kind of musical freedom that could then only be achieved outside of their country. A boundary-pushing experimentation that makes your soul flow and is to be enjoyed at large. Recorded in 1975 and released in Pierre Barouh's label Saravah. 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Having played in the shadows for other artists such as Milton Nascimento, Gato Barbieri or Som Imaginario, Naná is here finally in the spotlight.  Recorded in 1973 in France for Pierre Barouh's Saravah label, this is the album that definitely imprinted Naná's name in the international scene, on his track to becoming one of the best percussionists of all times. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Altercat","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50383656419659,"sku":"2022536","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red LP","offer_id":50383656223051,"sku":"2022535","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/a4229767264_65_7b27a9ff_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726275140"},{"product_id":"inspiracion-2","title":"Inspiracion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis top-notch spiritual jazz album from Argentina will leave fans of Pharoah Sanders and John Coltrane astonished. Recorded in 1975 and still surprisingly off the radar, this is one of the deepest jazz albums from South America. \n \n Inspiración is the meeting of two generations united by music: Ara Tokatlian and Guillermo Bordarampé, members of the influential 70s rock band Arco Iris (which Tokatlian cofounded with the now Oscar award-winning composer Gustavo Santaolalla), join forces with Enrique \"Mono\" Villegas, an admired jazz pianist who had been active since the 1930s. \n \n Meditative, soothing and serene, Inspiración is music your soul yearns for.\n\nOfficial reissue with sound off the master tapes, including a reproduction of the original 16-page booklet. 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More explicitly than its predecessor, the texts in Coraje denounced the atrocities of the military junta that ruled the country, and the album was inevitably censored before being released. The tapes, thought to have been burnt and forever lost, were recently discovered in the archive of the late Jorge López Ruiz, allowing us to finally listen to Coraje fifty years after being recorded.\n\nMastered from the original tapes by Pablo López Ruiz.\n\nIncludes foldout sheet with bilingual notes by author José Tcherkaski and an English translation of the album's song texts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Altercat","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50415535554891,"sku":"2190768","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_28ae5bd0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726691015"},{"product_id":"un-hombre-de-buenos-aires","title":"Un Hombre De Buenos Aires","description":"\u003cp\u003eJazz, funk, and bossa vibes kiss each other, all wrapped up in JLR's trademark cinematic feel. 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Essentially the brainchild of Argentinian jazz's leading figure Jorge López Ruiz, the project Viejas Raíces marked López Ruiz's departure from the traditional forms of jazz. The trio that recorded this album, consisting of López Ruiz joined by his life-long friend drummer Pocho Lapouble and gifted Chilean pianist Matías Pizarro, created a thrilling blend of jazz and Uruguayan candombe, surrounded by an undeniable cinematic feel spurred by López Ruiz's long experience in the soundtrack field. 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Formed by four musicians of diverse musical backgrounds, the band members proved to be exceptionally skilled despite their limited experience, remarkably drummer Pedro Barceló who, aged just 17 at the time of recording, delivered a trepidant 9-minute solo and grew to become one of the most in-demand session musicians in Spain. Napi Carratalá's guitar makes sure his inclination for psychedelic rock doesn't go amiss and the undisturbable Chiki Navarret provides the funky bass lines that hold the band together, while the French saxophonist Alain Fabrizio blows the jazz influence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePartly because of the band's location away from the music industry centers of Barcelona and Madrid, and mainly because of the carelessness that surrounded the band's activities, the album failed to attract any commercial success and fell into oblivion, becoming today a highly collectable cult album and the only available memory anchor for those who saw them live. 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