Estructura es uno de los clásicos latinoamericanos, un grupos
venezolano de los más notables que ha dado el rock progresivo.
Especialmente recomendado para los amantes del rock sinfónico, conocido por varios por ese gran disco que fue "Más Allá de tu Mente", aquí con su trabajo homónimo. Rock sinfónico muy melódico con voces femeninas como protagonistas, y toques entre Renaissance y Curved Air pero con los consabidos elementos latinoamericanos que le dan un gustito particular. Si ya escuchaste "Más Allá de tu Mente" (ya presentado en el blog cabeza) seguro que levantás la oreja porque sabés que esto es de calidad. Y si aún no los conocés, prestales atención porque otra vez te podemos llegar a sorprender con lo que cae por estos pagos cabezones. Y seguimos la semana a pura buena música...
Álbum: Estructura
Año: 1980
Género: Rock Sinfónico
Duración: 37:54
Referencia: Discogs
Nacionalidad: Venezuela
Estructura proviene de Maracay y su formación data de 1977. Como dijimos anteriormente, Estructura fue uno de los grupos venezolanos progresivos mas notables que existieron.
Este es el segundo y tan buscado disco de esta agrupacion progresiva venezolana de fines de los setenta y comienzos de los ochenta. El sonido en la onda de Yes de la epoca Wakeman mezclado con los aires a Renaissance que le dan las voces femeninas, mas el propio estilo de Estructura transforman el disco en una pieza conceptual de primera.
Venezuela during the 70's and 80's produced several interesting prog acts, forming a very reduced but solid scene. Although the bands were very diverse in sound, the predominant form of progressive rock was symphonic, represented by bands such as Tempano, Vytas Brenner, Ficcion and Parthenon. Estructura is a product of its time, being heavily influenced by such artists as Yes, Genesis and Queen. One thing that characterized most bands of the Venezuelan symphonic prog scene is the addition of Latin-American elements to their british prog oriented sound (the best example of this is Vytas Brenner) and Estructura is no exception.Michael Gandelman
Estructura's second and last effort is an attempt of emulating Rick Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth both musically and stylistically. As a result, we have a very pleasant and often bombastic symphonic keyboard led piece with a narrator (telling a weird story about a fantastic journey, really similar in style to Jules Verne's work). The vocals, although in spanish, are astoundingly similar to the ones on Wakeman's album and almost the same keyboard set (with the exact same moog sounds on some sections) is used. At the end what we have here is a tribute to Rick Wakeman with some sections more reminiscent to other symphonic prog keyboardists such as Patrick Moraz and Keith Emerson and a latin touch every now and then.
The album as a whole is very coherent and cohesive, although it is distributed in several short tracks it is intended as a whole. The lyrics and concept aren't well developed but you can notice that all the musicians involved are very talented (but not really original), because lets face it: if you want to imitate to perfection some of the most talented musicians in prog you have to be very very good. Besides the keyboards, something that is worth mentioning is the guitar work sometimes similar to Steve Howe's (specially on Sueños) and sometimes more heavily oriented.
Among the most original pieces we can find the opening tracks (En Su Busca and En El Tiempo), Su Presencia, El Regreso and Mensaje a la Humanidad. Which are nice and well written pieces that show the capabilities of the band as a creative force.
Throughout the album, excellent musicianship and some hints of originality are shown. This is not a bad album but it isn't excellent.... a more original third album by this talented group of musicians might have reached a 4 (or maybe 5) star status... but I guess we'll never now...
01. Quisiera
02. Arco Iris
03. Sharon
04. Blanco y negro
05. Aun no puedo ver
06. Mar vestido de mujer
07. Paginas de tiempo
08. Krakatoa
Alineación:
- Marisela Pérez / Voz
- David Mamán / Teclados y voz
- Antonio Rassi / Guitarra
- María E. Ciliberto / Guitarra y voz
- Agni Mogollon / Bajo
- Walton de Jongh / Batería
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