Azahar | ja

AZAHAR are a Spanish/Uruguayan/Egyptian quartet who play an exotic mixture of keyboards and electric/acoustic guitars reminiscent of MEZQUITA and TRIANA. You could call it Flamenco rock with some Middle Eastern flavour. The vocals are all in Spanish, as are the liner notes. Their first album, "Elixir" (1977), is a concept album about sorcery and magic dominated by a distinctive Flamenco guitar style over layers of keyboards (synth, mellotron, Fender Rhodes piano and grand piano). It features no drums, only bass rhythm, but still manages to be playful and varied, with a few interesting twists and turns and some intensive electric...

The year was 79 when five young lovers of Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd and decided, after several failed attempts, form a band with professional aspirations. . Little by little, they share their musical interests to achieve their own musical line that meant the most innovative and hard about the new "Rock Andaluz", the cultural movement that, at the time, moved to the masses of young, rebellious against and essentially established forms thirsty for freedom. . In 1980 achieved record their first album that, after the fashion of the time, the group was named "Madinat al-Zahra". This album contained...