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ITOIZ
ITOIZ
1978 , SPAIN - EURO 15.00
Label: ELKAR
ALBUM REVIEW
The first LP by ITOIZ is regarded as one of the best Basque albums, and it is definitely the most sought-after and expensive one! A real folk-progressive masterpiece! As reported on the On-line Spanish Prog Encyclopedia :‘Outstanding group from the Basque country. This is certainly up there with the best Spanish bands…Their style is a mixture of folk (Basque folk, that is, not flamenco), prog-rock and a little jazz. They have excellent vocals, but as they sing in the Basque language, I have no idea what they are saying. (The Basque language has no similarities to Spanish or to any other known language and nobody knows where it came from.) The musicianship is top notch and includes generous flute. Highly recommended’. As reported on Dag Erik Asbjørnsen’s Scented Gardens of the Mind: ‘It’s a soft graceful album with poetical qualities featuring piano, strings, organ, flute and sudden bursts of lead guitars… The pompous arrangements remind Genesis and Camel although Itoiz also draw from their own folklore’. Ref. Genesis, Camel.
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