ALTURAS DE MACHU PICCHU

Los Jaivas

Prog Folk

4.24 | 375 ratings

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Antonio Giacomin

Best progressive rock album from south America; paired only by Bubu "Anabelas".

If you read my review of Bubu�s "Anabelas", you will see that I consider this one slightly better. But "Alturas de Machu Picchu" is second only to this one, I consider it even better than my beloved "Influ�ncias" from Marco Antonio Araujo. Let�s discuss reasons for it.

First, the listener must consider historical context around "Los Jaivas"; very important the reading of its biography here in progarchives or in any other source. It has a directly relation with Parra�s family, which has in Violeta Parra some of the most important artist in Chilean history. Until today the band has Parra as surname of their members. The other issue about them is the political problems they faced with authoritarian governments in Chile and in Argentina; only finding peace in France. Being under political pressure makes artist to decrease or to increase A LOT their muse, and in my perception "Los Jaivas" was able to align their musical skills with desire of freedom; yielding us with an excellent artistic achievement.

Talking about the music itself, one point I would like to comment is the strong amount of folk contend in this album. We can hear clearly music with roots in the Andean mountains, as long as we see that insertion of it throughout this album in a very proper way. Several typical instruments were used, including that famous kind of flute that was presented to common knowledge by Simon&Garfunkel in in the song "El Condor Pasa".

This is a must have album. Not only because of artistic quality presented here, but also because of the importance this band has to Chilean culture. If you have to have an album from Chile, it must be "Alturas de Machu Picchu". And you should also have "Anabelas" and "Influ�ncias". I strongly recommend you this three five stars albums.

Antonio Giacomin | 5/5 | 2021-10-11

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