Friday, 17 January 2025

MIA's Nono Belvis + Kike Sanzol in Que Estan Celebrando los Hombres




 
I suppose everyone is familiar with the Argentinian group MIA, catalogued in that link. The acronym is for Músicos Independientes Asociados. Evidently their seminal album Transparencias was just a perfect hallmart of progressive folk mixed with chamber composition, skillfully written and played. And the 1978 one Cornonstipicum was also incredible.  These 2, guitarist / bassist Nono Belvis and drummer / vibraphonist Kike Sanzol however were not in the original lineup and didn't show up until En Vivo from 1977.  I didn't realize they made this MIA-like album, in 1982, until recently.

The music thus is percussion-heavy acoustic folky stuff, but quite admirably composed. The dual acoustic guitarwork on the track called Blanca Presencia is absolutely heavenly in my opinion:



For some atmospheric stuff but with Nono's electric guitar pulled out of its case, Una Specie de Hueco:



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