While the debut album of this Argentinian symphonic prog band already was a masterpiece, the follow-up - arriving after no less than 14 years! - is just plain magic. Unmistakable trademark of the sound of this band is the heavy use of a Yamaha CP-70 e-piano, which yields an enchanting Tony Banks "Undertow" feeling. Admittedly, the album loses its inspiration on the last three studio tracks, but nevertheless it demonstrates clearly, what these guys might have been achieving - if only death wouldn't have been lurking around the corner... R.I.P. Jorge Antún... Thank you so much, as well as your bandmates - YOU MADE ME SMILE! Still trying to figure out what the latter have been doing after "Pablo"... Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
The Spanish multi-instrumentalists Manoel Macía and Rafael Pacha can look back on a long series of outstanding solo albums, respectively. Over time, they've also recorded a couple of splendid works as a duo. If you know their solo releases, you'll find that their joint efforts aren't far away from the former. Even better, they constitute a seamless symbiosis of two abounding creative powers, somewhat in the tradition of the great Anthony Phillips. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)