V.A. (GARAGE) / DEMOLER : ROCK PERUANO 1965-1974 / CD

ヤヤヤヤヤヤヤヤ・・と全ガレージ好きを地獄の底に叩き落したキラー・オブ・キラー"Demolicion" のサイコスを始め南米ペルーの地には「LOS」の冠詞を持つ活きの良いガレージバンドが数多く生息していたことで知られます。本CDはそんなペルーのガレージ/サイケ(1965-1974)を一同にまとめた正に「地獄トリップTOペルー」な素晴らしいコンピです。前述のサイコスは勿論、ロス・シェインズ、タルクス、エル・アラモ、こちらもキラーな"No Resisto Mas"はロス・ゴールデン・ボーイズ、更に"No Me Dejes"のロス・ヨークスなどなど暑さにヤラレたビート・クレイジー満載。 恐ろしい圧政に苦しんでいたという60年代のペルー、そこから生み出されたこの曲の数々のヤバさは無関係では無い。

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Repsychled Records has stepped out in style with this killer compilation of Peruvian rock bands from 1965 to 1974the first that draws tracks from all three main Peruvian labels, and the first to be entirely from the original masters! How can you go wrong with a disc that starts with the killer proto-punk song that got Peruvians rockin' and rollin' for the first time,Los Saicos' 'Demolicion' (1965); there's a reason that this CD takes its name from the chorus of that song. After Los Saicos got things rolling in Peru, there came garage bands like Los Golden Boys, Los Belking's, Los York's and Los Shain's (all represented here), who between 1966-1969 were the top bands at parties and concerts.During the golden age of 1969 to 1971, bands like (The St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter and Laghonia started to compose original tracks in Englishinfluenced by UK and US rock bands, but bringing a special creativity to their efforts... the reason people still chase down their music now. Moving on, there's the mighty psychedelic "fog" of Los Texao; El Alamo appears for the first time on CD ('Pusher men,' a song which talks about "the Marihuana"); also here are the classic tunes 'Meshkalina' from Traffic Sound and 'Something going' from Telegraph Avenue. El Polen, the first Peruvian psychedelic folk band, brings us a nearly twelve minute songa trip with acoustic guitars, violin, mandolin and quechua lyrics; full-blown acid folk for sure! Tarkus brings the heavy rock side, with music akin to a mix of Black Sabbath (hard guitars) and Almendra (soft vocals). Jean Paul 'El troglodita,' comes on with a heavy rock blues, with the members of Laghonia as his backing band, a great discovery; We All Together are represented by 'Symbol queen', a great soft pop original which features an ARP Odyssey synthesizer.Los Destellos and Zul (1974) developed a fusion style between rock, cumbia, huayno and Latin rhythms. And Gerardo Manuel, singer for Los Shain's, (The St. Thomas) Pepper Smelter and el Humo, brings us the perfect closing track, 'Mira bien hermano,' a song about the oppression of the military government, one of the reasons for the end of rock music in Peru in the early 1970's. As with all Repsychled reissues, this release is fully licensed, and as we said, it contains tracks from three different labels: MAG, Iempsa and Virrey. All tracks were remastered: even songs released on earlier Repsychled label reissues were remastered again. The 72 minute full-blooded CD comes in a tri-fold digipack which includes two 20-page booklets: one with full color photos of each artist, and a second with liner-notes in Spanish and English. Enjoy it at high volume!!