Monday, August 8, 2016
Iguazu - s/t. 1984 England
Very obscure UK band with a Latin tinged
fusion sound. First half of their sole album is a light and breezy
fusion with flute and acoustic guitar in the lead role with wordless
male/female vocals. At this point, I was recalling Galie from Mexico or
perhaps Brazil's Cheiro de Vida. The second half becomes aggressively
edgier, with more guest stars on electric guitar, synthesizer, and
saxophone - almost to the point of freaky, and thus the revelation of a
great find is at hand. However there's no denying its 1984 heritage
(especially in the keyboard tones and overall production). Despite that
fact, this is something of an essential work.
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Very good album. It's actually played by some
ReplyDeleteAll Star lineup (before they became famous).
It's Sting's Guitarists Dominic Miller's band
featuring guys from bands like Level 42, T'Pau,
PiL, Stevie Winwood, Michael Jackson etc. etc.
All the best,
TheH
Very cool. I didn't know that! Thanks for the info TheH!
DeleteLineup as far as I remember
ReplyDeleteDominic Miller (Guitars, Synths, Vocals, Percussion),
[Sting]
Dave Heath (Flute),
[The Kennedy Experience, Nigel Kennedy]
Andy Barron (Drums),
[very well known Jazz Drummer]
Scott Firth (Bass)
[Pil,Melanie C, Joan Armatrading, Morcheeba, Steve Winwood,Toni Braxton, Elvis Costello etc. etc.]
Paul Carmichael (Bass),
[IOU Band, Soft Machine, Barbara Thomson’s Paraphernalia etc. etc.]
Mike Lindup (Synths),
[Level 42]
Spencer Cozens (Synths),
[Jacqui McShee’s Pentangle,John Martyn]
Peter Griffiths (Synths),
[John Foxx, Bronski Beat, Shoc Corridor]
Dominic Alldis (Synths),
[Founder of Canzona Music lable]
Anne Wood (Violin),
[Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre, Deacon Blue, Massive Attack, Elvis Costello]
Lindsay Moore (Lead & Backing Vocals),
Jeff Gordon (Saxophone),
Bill Innes (Saxophone),
[Wet Wet Wet,Fish]
Taj 'Wammy' Wyzgowski (Electric Guitar Solos),
[T'Pau, Ray Wilson, John Martyn]
Eugenio Suarez (Percussion).
TheH