{"product_id":"5026328105994","title":"Soul Jazz Records Presents - Venezuela 70: Cosmic Visions of a Latin American Earth: Venezuelan Experimental Rock in the 1970s - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoul Jazz Records Presents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe2016compilationVenezuela70:CosmicVisionsofaLatinAmericanEarth:VenezuelanExperimentalRockinthe1970sisafairlyself-explanatorytitlethatoffersadelightfullyheadycross-sectionofpsychedelicandexperimentalrockthatemergedoutofVenezueladuringthatprolificdecade.BuoyedbyVenezuela'sabundantand(atthetime)highlyvaluatedoilreserves,aprogressiveartculturethrivedfromthe'60sthroughtheearly'80s.InfluencedbyaninfluxofAmericanrock,aswellasLatin,Brazilian,andCubanstylesofmusic,Venezuelanmusiciansbegancraftingtheirownforward-thinkingbrandoffunk,jazz,acid-rock,andelectronic-influencedsounds.TheseareartiststhatwhilelargelyunknownoutsideofLatinAmerica,mademusicassophisticatedandcreativeasthebestNorthAmericanandEuropeanacts.Here,wegetmanicallyfuzzed-outandtrippycutsfrombandslikeUnDosTresyFueraandtheepicallynamedApocalipsis.ThesearebandswhotransmogrifiedtheindigenoussoundsofVenezuela,combiningandoftenreplacingtraditionalinstrumentslikeharps,maracas,andcuatroguitarswithsynthesizersandelectricguitars.Manyofthesesides,likeGrupoC.I.M.'sfrenetic\"JoropoNo.1andOfrendaVytasBrenner's\"CaracasParaLocos,\"areecstaticallydeliveredinstrumentalsthatbringtomindthemostadventurousworkofCarlosSantana.Elsewhere,wegetPabloSchneider'sLatin-blaxploitation-movie-theme-sounding\"AmorenLlamas\"andAngelRada's\"Basheeba,\"whichsoundslikelosttrackfromFrance'sAir.AlsointerestingareVytasBrenner'sbubbly,FlamingLips-esque\"Bang-Going-Gone,\"andthemysteriousspyflamencoofMiguelAngelFuster's\"DamedeComer.\"Sadly,bythe'80s,drasticdownswingsintheoilmarketworkedtoundermineVenezuela'seconomyandbyproxy,markedtheendofthisperiodofprogressiveartandmusic.Venezuela70goesalongwayinkeepingthatcosmicdreamalive.~MattCollar\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52823444193569,"sku":"5026328105994","price":3290.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/5026328105994.jpg?v=1781011430","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/5026328105994","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}