Nono Belvis, Kike Sanzol, MIA in 1982

Oddly missing from the MIA online discography, an Argentine group hopefully everyone is well familiar with, sparse information here.  (M.I.A. stands for Músicos Independientes Asociados.)

Briefly, they made beyond-brilliant progressive at its finest albums with a perfect meld of folk, chamber, fusionary elements, and occasionally delicately sparkling and beautiful songs through the mid to late 70s period with Transparencias (1975), Magicos Juegos (1976) and the masterpiece in my opinion Constorpicum (1978).  So far as I recall, because I haven't listened to that stuff in ages, the En Vivo in between was disappointing and so was the other live set called Conciertos.  Nonetheless because it's less well known I included it downstairs for download.  I thought that was the end of the band, but subsequently it turns out a collaborative work showed up in 1982 with artists Nono Belvis (bass player) and Kike Sanzol (drummer) -- a band created or linked by the oddity of their names no doubt.

The music here is quite interesting and varied covering abstract, free jazz styles, percussion tracks, folky acoustic guitar, and even fusion, all over the place.  Not necessarily as brilliantly composed as the MIA material though.  When one listens to the softer track called Minimo de Quietud we are reminded of all the progressive material built up over the 70s in master artists like Alas, Americans Oregon and Ralph Towner, etc., etc.  That combination of vibes and guitar plus original chords and ideas is just what I miss from that musical period.