Why not, Flamenco Rock as a PA genre?
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Topic: Why not, Flamenco Rock as a PA genre?
Posted By: Popovych
Subject: Why not, Flamenco Rock as a PA genre?
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 11:32
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Hi Mates, I'm a Spanish Prog fan. Last days, I've been thinking about there isn't a spanish genre by itself, in Progarchives. I think that Flamenco-Rock could be a PA genre. Groups like Triana, Smash, Storm, Cai, Iman Califato Independiente, Mezquita, Alameda, could be an own musical genre. Flamenco influences, Moorish melodies, spanish guitarr.... What do you think?
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 11:39
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I have this one by Sabicas which is flamenco meets psych. A wonderful record!! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 11:44
| Please no !! But the band Carmen (see interview) is excellent though. You forgot to mention them ! Grrrr !!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: seventhsojourn
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 12:54
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Hi Popovych, welcome to ProgArchives! Prog Andaluz has been suggested several times but I'm afraid to say it's not going to happen any time soon. Check out Luca's thread which has some nice recommendations and links to other threads that might interest you:
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=79700" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=79700
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Posted By: Popovych
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 13:02
| Thanks mates! I'll see son this post! |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 13:13
I would also like to add that the music from Spain is excellent and deserve praise. 
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 20:15
Actually, the food, wine, women and scenery of Spain are all excelente ! I'd look forward to hearing some Spanish flameco prog, as I'm only familiar with Dimeola's tinkering with it. Among God's creatures two, the dog and the guitar, have taken all the sizes and all the shapes, in order not to be separated from the man. Andrés Segovia
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toroddfuglesteg wrote:Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: November 06 2011 at 22:18
------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: November 07 2011 at 06:19
| Maybe this genre could be associated with the Progressive Folk genre? |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: November 07 2011 at 18:27
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Hey! Welcome and join the fight! I still think that "Rock Andaluz" should be separated from other Prog sub-genres! ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com) 
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Posted By: GalacticDeath
Date Posted: November 11 2011 at 08:40
| hmm never heard of flamenco rock before. That's some pretty good stuff actually. Definitely has it's own distinct sound. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 11 2011 at 09:22
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I'll give you the ultimate Flamenco Rock experience: Morena Y Clara - No Llores Mas. Surreal. More Lynch than Lynch. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 06:29
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Welcome Popovych!
I'm another spanish progger (catalan) although I currently live in Belgium.
There's a lot of great Flamenco-Prog indeed (personally I prefer calling it Prog Andaluz but it doesn't matter) and it has enough personal traits as for being considered a sub-genre on its own.
My only problem with that approach is that those traits are purely related to the use of elements of the particular folk / popular music in a particular region of the planet.
I'm not too familiar with much prog from "non-standard"regions or countries (I mean other than the UK, USA, Italy, Spain, France, Germany etc) but I guess that many other bands incorporate musical influences from the popular music in their country, and if we start labeling each as a sub-genre we would end up with hundreds of sub-genre names which would tell us little about the music other than where does the music come from, I mean it might be kind of silly to end up labeling bands just as "prog andaluz", "catalan prog", "turkish prog", "bulgarian prog", "argentinian prog" etc etc.
Although actually we have a sub-genre for Raga-Indo so maybe you're not so far off?
Anyway I agree that there's a lot of great music in prog andaluz and I take the occasion to encourage those who are not familiar with it to discover it. The bands mentioned in the OP are a nice summary of the most relevant, and this link to all the spanish bands in PA may also help but you should dig a bit to find the andalusian ones.
http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=207" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/Bands-country.asp?country=207
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 08:13
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Goma's a good one. This is from 14 Abril. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: toroddfuglesteg
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 12:32
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I think everyone is comfortable with the genres and the genre definitions now. So your interest in Spanish/Andalucian prog rock is best promoted by setting up an Appreciation society here. Something I would like to be member of myself. I just got some Medina Azahara albums today and I am really looking forward to spin these albums in the near future. So please feel free to establish an appreciation society and do post Youtubes and good tip offs to the rest of us. |
Posted By: ProgressiveAttic
Date Posted: November 12 2011 at 19:32
Just to be a bit contentious... Here you have three examples of bands that blend local folk elements into prog without producing a distinctive new subgenre: *Israel's Sheshet (more to do with Jazz-Rock, Symphonic Prog and Gentle Giant = a perfect fit for eclectic): *Venezuela's Vytas Brenner (a mixture of symphonic prog and latin jazz-rock with some Venezuelan folk touches = also eclectic prog): *Now from Spain itself we have Cai (also with some Andalucian elements but more symphonic and fusion oriented): ----------------------- On the other hand we have groups such as Triana that have a very unique sound and whose compositions are more influenced by Andalucian (or Flamenco) music than anything else (and IMO -with the risk of pissing some people off- the sound is much more distinctive than RPI -which to me sounds too close to Symphonic Prog because of the predominant classical influences-). ... but at the end (again, with the risk of pissing some people off) it is as Prog Folk as any group in Indo-Raga or Folk Prog itself. ------------- Michael's Sonic Kaleidoscope Mondays 5:00pm EST(re-runs Thursdays 3:00pm) @ Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio(http://www.deliciousagony.com)
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Posted By: LoNegro
Date Posted: November 23 2013 at 13:51
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I know you probably think: "This noob guy is annoying us with this topic again", but I have been reading this post: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=63585&PN=1 and I will answer here, because it is a similar topic.
Another
interesting reason supporting Andalusian Rock as a subgenre is that many people in PA frequently tag some of the
bands referenced above as andalusian rock. *http://www.arabiandrock.org/ |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: November 23 2013 at 16:00
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Hi,
I've said all along that there is a lot of music around the world that is influenced by their own arts and their own history, and that they created a lot of progressive music, and that voice has largely been ignored, and I want to thank you for helping put this into light again.
There is a concern though ... there are over 200 countries in the world and playing soccer in Fifa ... and how the heck will you create 200 threads about 200 different cultures? Now you have a problem.
But some areas are very lively. Germany had its "krautrock", Italy had its form, which had a lot of influences from classical music, France had its own, which was very independant, and later places like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico also created a lot of music that is very good, but we are not good listeners for it.
I don't want to soften the impact or the show of force in the music, but I would be concerned with creating one, and not the other.
Perhaps, PA can create an international section and allow a few countries added in there, but I would not be surprised to see the list of countries in our database to be near or above 100 of them.
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Date Posted: November 24 2013 at 04:47
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Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 22:25
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Ha! Hello Popovych,
I honestly love your genre suggestion. This could be an added value to the site. Besides the fact in terms of the world’s demographic population, Spanish is the 4th most spoken language in the world (Mandarin 1st and English 2nd), Spain also played a big part in progressive music, i.e. the 6 string acoustic guitar, and the form of the modern classical guitar is credited to Spanish guitar maker Antonio Torres around 1850. Antonio Torres' design greatly improved the volume, tone, and projection of the instrument, and has remained essentially unchanged to date. Spanish guitar tunes are unique, clever/complex while producing most memorable tunes. 8 string guitar which came later is not Spanish and sounds completely different too. Italian prog is known for being symphonic progressive aka with great orchestration. Spanish too is symphonic, different however it is most touching too, if you have time pls listen to this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-4H4310JFg&list=FLW3NlyKPJqFL8OnvvATV4YQ The youtube link is Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo, by a genius Spanish composer from previous century who unlike others was the first to bring the guitar at the forefront of an orchestra. P.S. Al DiMeola’s parents came from Spain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-4H4310JFg&list=FLW3NlyKPJqFL8OnvvATV4YQ" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-4H4310JFg&list=FLW3NlyKPJqFL8OnvvATV4YQ |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 22:49
| Spanish guitar especially music composed by Joaquim Rodrigo was celebrated and played by Avant Garde Jazz artists here's an example: Concierto De Aranjuez - Chet Baker & Paul Desmond plus Ron Carter with same title track as I mentioned above, Concierto De Aranjuez - Chet Baker & Paul Desmond & Jim Hall :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mc2GPTZaxk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Mc2GPTZaxk |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 22:52
I must add that Pepe Romero and Paco de Lucia, also played/play this same song.   
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Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 23:31
Certainly did...he was on all 3 albums they released. Angela Allen, who was also in Carmen and Glascock's girlfriend, sings backing vocals on Tull's "Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die" album. Carmen were amazing. I like this thread.....there should be some kind of sub genre for this........whether it is Flamenco/Spanish/whatever. If the Italians and Germans can have their own sub genre, why not the Spanish?! |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: February 07 2014 at 23:42
hahahahaha!!! 
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: February 08 2014 at 01:52
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Personally I do not find that rock and flamenco mix very well. In most of the tracks I've heard, they seem to coexist side by side, but not together. Nevertheless, that sometimes works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL3uKLMFkWo
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