Planeta Imaginario | en

Originally formed in 1999, PLANETA IMAGINARIO is a Spanish band from the region of Catalonia: their style is clearly oriented toward the jazz trend of prog rock, yet it is somewhat friendly to additional psychedelic touches and chamber adornments. The band's line-up has undergone through some variations, but the structure of guitar-keyboard-bass-drums plus a brass section has remained consistent. The band's debut album "¿Y Qué Me Dices?" (2004) was recorded as a septet, while the 2008 follow-up effort "Biomasa" finds the band as an octet - it all depends on the number of wind players. The band cites SOFT MACHINE, HATFIELD & THE NORTH, Pat METHENY and ZAPPA as major influences, as well as ICEBERG and KING CRIMSON (in the most powerful passages of their repertoire); the textural approach of DEBUSSY and playful subtleties of SATIE are also mentioned. The band's compositional strategy combines order and improvisation. Chris CUTLER, a much respected prog legend and critic, praised this band regarding their "fine arrangements" and "intelligent compositions". .