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Gotic were part of the wellspring of Spanish prog bands who emerged during the country's gradual transition to a modern democracy over the course of the 1970s, but unlike other Spanish bands of the era such as Triana they don't go out of their way to incorporate extensive amounts of traditional Spanish music into their style. Rather, it's an expert take on Camel's Snow Goose-era style, with perhaps more lively flute-playing from Jep Nuix than that album and without the wind quartet affectations. It's a fun piece which most prog fans will enjoy, and is one of those little gems that slipped out in the 1970s just after prog's peak passed and which got sadly overlooked.