Playlist : ARCO IRIS : 2 radioshows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info : http://progressive.homestead.com/ARCO_IRIS.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * RCA Arco Iris : "Arco Iris" (or " Rainbow") (ARG,1969)**** Tr.5, "Te Quiero, te espero" 3 min Tr.6, "Luii" 1 min Tr.7, "Cancion de cuna para un nino astronauta" 5 min Tr.8, "Y una Flor (El Pastito)" 3 min 12 Strong, consistent and very pleasant acid folk début. * Groove Arco Iris : "Blues de Dana", (or "Blues of Dana")(ARG,1970)**° Tr.4, "Para Vos" 3 min Tr.7, "Cancion para un mujer" 5 min 8 The title track and a few others are blues inspired, or bluesrock, like "Para Vos" others are more "folk" styled. Some of the tracks are more mainstream compared to the other albums. "Cancion para un mujer" is psychfolk. * Music Hall Arco Iris : "Tiempo de resurrección", (= "Time of resurrection") (ARG,1972)**°° Tr.1, "Tiempo de Resurrecion" 6 min Tr.3, "Garza Celeste" 6 min -12 -32 Not completely consistent in style, these 2 tracks still are in their original acid folk style. Bonus tracks : Tr. "Vasudeva" 3 min Tr. "Nuestro amanecer" 4 min 7 -39 * Music Hall Arco Iris : "Suite Nº1", (or "Nº1 Suite") (ARG,1972)***°° Tr.1, "Suite n°1" 14 min Tr.4, "Y Yo Quiero" 12 min 26 -65 Blosseming of their style in acid folk. Soft vocals, electric bass, acoustic guitar only. sung in English. These two tracks are very good ! * Music Hall Arco Iris : "Sudamérica, o el regreso a la Aurora" (= "South America, or the return to the Aurora") (ARG,1972)***°° CD1, Tr.2, "La Cancion de Nahuel" 6 min Tr.3, "Canto del Pajaro Dorado" 4 min Tr.4, "Viaje Astral" 3 min Tr.7, "Gira" 4 min Tr.13, epilogo : "Salvense Ya" 3 min 20 CD2, Tr.2, "Cancion de los Peregrinos" 3 min Tr.3, "Amancay" 3 min Tr.4, "Hombre" 17 min Tr.9, 10, "Viaje por las galerias subterraneas" ? 3 min Tr.13, " Sudamérica " 4 min 30 -115 This is a first highpoint of the style of Arco Iris, with some more whistle instruments and arrangements. It is a kind of rock-opera which can be read on different levels. In some way it's the resurrection of the soul of South American people too, living close with the earth, and the joy it brings forth. *Music Hall Arco Iris : "Inti-Raymi" (ARG,1973)**° Tr.1, "Inti Raymi (elevando una plagaria al sol) (part 1) 3 min -120 Sometimes this is a bit like "the Suite" LP or like "Sudamerica" without being as solid and effective. The title track is best. Still one of the less interesting albums. * Music Hall Arco Iris : "Agitor Lucens V" (ARG,1974)****° LP1, Tr.2, "Lucero Andino" 4 min Tr.3, "Vientos Celestiales" 4 min Tr.4, "Bas Bus -Si el senor me dio estas manos" 2 min Tr.5,6 "Bas Bus" 5 min Tr.8, "Las Luces Eternas" 15 min 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Radioshow 2 LP2, Tr.1, "El regresso del pajaro dorado" 7 min Tr.6, "Paraiso Sideral" 7 min Tr.7, "Un tiempo y tiempos y la mitad de un tiempo" -> 207 min Tr.8, "Lucens V" 5 min Tr.9, "Tema I" 5 min -27 This is another conceptual piece, much more progressive as ever. Perhaps this shows Arco Iris at moments at its best. The 1442 long track has a fantastic progressive passage with electric guitar, electric bass, organ, drums. Especially the guitar solo is incredible. While the first album was more acoustic, especially the first track of the second LP continues in this vein. Second track has some jazzrock touch. Also some folk elements here and there. Then the progressive fusing guitars, drums and bass are back on. "Lucens V" is a "nanana" vocal track by Dana, with flutes, bass, quite guitar. (She's listed on the LP as "spiritual guide" and choirs). Track 9 is a jazzfusion-rock track lead by the sax mostly. With nice fusion bass by Bordarampe. * Cabal prod. Ara Tokatlián & Enrique Villegas (& Guillermo Bordarampé) : Inspiracion, (ARG,1975)*** Tr.1, "Camino a Samarkanda (= The way to Samarkanda) -balada-" 5 min Tr.3, "En la Ola de tu Ojos (=on the wave of your eyes) -balada-" 5 min Tr.5, "Danara -balada" 4 min 14 -41 Two sides of jazzy improvisations. First side as a duo, second as a trio. First track is moody jazz improvisation of sax with piano. Second track is layers of flute of a New Age jazz improvisation. Third track is in so called spiritual jazz mode (sax, piano, bass). "Danara" is a jazz improvisation of flute, piano, sax and bass, with also some spiritual jazz touch. In general this is a nice moody jazz album by Arco Iris members still with an Arco Iris assiociation. * Cabal Arco Iris : "Los elementales"(= "the elements") (ARG,1977)***° Tr.1, "Gob" 6 min Tr.3, "Cristalizando los rayos del Sol" 4 min Tr.4, "Djin" 5 min Tr.6, "Necksa" 5 min Tr.7, "Paralda" 9 min 29 -70 "Los Elementales" is perhaps a somewhat underestimated album. First track has very good Canterbury guitars, and a fine, somewhat freaky jazzrock approach. This sound is another logical evolution for the group. Most tracks has these fusion-jazzrock elements, and I think they work very well, especially the first and last most freaky tracks. * Music Hall Arco Iris : "Mañanas campestres" (or "rustic Mornings") (ARG,1979)**° Tr.5, "Kuckuricku" (1973) 6 min Tr.9, "Llego el Cambio (Dana)" (1974) 3 min 9 -79 Compilation album of early work between 1971-1974. This is the B-side from the single "Adonde Irás, Camalotal" n°32.090) * Music Hall Arco Iris : "Faisán Azul", (or "Blue Pheasant") (ARG/US,1981)**° Tr.2, "Chacarera Dance" 11 min Tr.3, "Danais" 6 min 17 -96 This is a complete change in style again, because now the group uses much more Latin folk elements (also panflutes this time). There still is use of some jazz- improvisation, which is now a skilful, but more a stage-kind of entertaining style, which is less progressive. The musical explorations and the spiritual progression in music has been stagnated a bit to the stage of "mood" creation. This way the arrangements still have enough freedom in evolution to show a good sound. This was recorded in US. Still an enjoyable enough album. * Jazz & Fusion Arco Iris : "La Paz Salvará el Arco Iris" (=Peace will save the rainbow)(1997)** Tr.1, "Tierra del Fuego" 6 min Tr.6, "Corazon Piedera Verde" 5 min 11 Pretty relaxed, sometimes almost over-relaxed jazz-fusion with the pan-flute, an instrument recalling the lost days of inspiring energy of Latin America. Good but not essential. Also, panflute is an instrument I really don't like at all, and I can say the same about synthesizers. The softness in the music gives it a New Age touch. The compositions itself still are within the fusion area I guess. Interview with Ara from Arco Iris is cancelled for a pre-recording and later broadcast, until next week because of time difference for making a live telephone possible. 2004: Danais Tokatlian, wife of Ara sadly died. I hope this show works as a fine tribute. From http://www.enciclopediademisiones.com/enciclopedia/leer.php?id=2833 : Danais Wynnycka was born in the Ukraine, like her parents. She was a survivor and third daughter, after two sisters passed away to short age. Her mother was a sensible and demanding psychologist. Her father was a diplomat and singing lyrical songs. For that reason Dana grew up in Rome, until in an accident, her father lost his appraised gift more: the voice. This distressed everything in such a way that they travelled to Tibet looking for a solution. Although he did not recover his voice, he found a teacher spiritual that changed his life. He lived three years in a monastery, of where he returned with his family to give them also a spiritual guide, slightly westernised. From the more negative vibrations that emanated Italy from two post-war periods, they now emigrated to a full site of positive vibrations, in the opposed pole of the Himalayas: the Mountain range of the Andes. With him it brought his wife and Dana, who was then 10 years old. "the Mountain range is an important pole of feminine energy. It is necessary that the Argentineans realize this, and they take advantage of it, although our geographic place is so isolated and near the pole. All our country is a very good place at vibratory level, and is so that there are great changes possible. Until that vibration becomes reality, the negative part makes pressure against it. As greater the light, as greater its shades". Dana was a kind disciple of the lessons of its father. She said that "never I was in the pavada ? one, nor I had fiancès ?. I listened my father and learned with him the bases of the spiritual search. I always used the principles of the medicine Ayurveda, the Feng Shui, acupuncture, the homeopathy, macrobiotic with him. With Altar we are vegetarian, never in the life we proved meat, neither we took alcohol, nor we used drugs, nor we smoked". Dana studied Rights, that was the education of her father. Then she left to study journalism, roaming that was left. "In a summer in the coast, I was chosen to 'Miss Sea'. Then I knew designer Jean Cartier, that prepared me to become mannequin. With which I won in the parades I paid the studies of my definitive race: I made Musicotherapy in the University of the Salvador." The nexus with Arco Iris made one lady of which helped with the changes express it of clothes to leave to the footbridge: she said to him that friends of their son were interested in their Eastern philosophy. "As soon as I knew them, I followed with them as their spiritual guide. I had a special capacity to give answers that filled peace to these boys of 18 years. They called her a teacher, because in addition she knew much of yoga and Zen culture. Altar, then, was another member of the group. All had a great admiration and respect to me, but without any sexual intention. Not because sexual the outside bad thing, but because very we were occupied in a spiritual pursuit. For me, education was first, so it did not repair either in those things." However, this young wise person did not take in gaining a séquito of admirers: "Several were enamoured with me, and very beautiful songs of love wrote to me. Gustavo Santaolalla very was in love with me. The famous "Blues of Dana" was composed with that feeling. With him we formed a very special pair, a species of affection... Then Altar began like a to take care of to me. And Gustavo went of a day for the other to the United States... So it would not love to me much. However, Altar went it much saying to him to my mother whom it loved to me and it admired to me." Soon after they arrived at the United States, Altar became its official fiancé and asked her hand to the mother of Dana. "I accepted his love like pair, more than anything by the effort that made to surpass itself, spiritually. Finally, we married the beach in front of, in Santa Monica. He was beautiful. Hardly the ceremony finished, we ran to put us to the sea." The only thing that did not arrive to them, was a son: "When we wanted to have a son, one did not occur. In the first place, I believe that was because both we married virgin, and already great. She either did not obsess the subject to us like beginning to make studies and treatments. And we did not have sexual relations either very frequently. Perhaps for that reason a son did not arrive. But she did not worry to us either: our relation is eternal, is more of soul than of body ". It was right." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- outro : * EMI Soluna : Energia Natural (ARG,1977)**°°' Tr.3, "Ella Despertaba" 4 min Tr.8, "Una vida para amar" 7 min Tr.1, " Esérama Encendida " 4 min 15 -111 Nice folkrock album and first project by Santaolalla and Gianello after having left Arco Iris. "Ella Despertaba" is an incredible romantic beauty highlight. It has Charly Garcia as guest musician. * Serie Coll. Bubu : Anabelas (ARG,1978)***°° Tr.3, "Suenos de Maniqui" 10 min -121 Tr.1, "El cortejo de un dia amerillo" 20 min -141 Free avant form of symphonic progressive, somewhat comparable to some items from the Italian scene. A very original but not an easy peace of art. Best to start with last track. Total airplay time of two radioshows : 300 min ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other playlists : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/2004.html General index page : www.radiocentraal.be/psychevanhetfolk More detailed index page : http://psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com/index.html Receive weekly this playlist before the radioshow with new reviews and additional comments : / ontvang wekelijks playlist vòòr de radio-uitzending : Subscribe / schrijf u in : psychevanhetfolk-subscribe@yahoogroups.com