FLÜGHT

Flught were found in 1979 in Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, originally consisting of Sergio De Labra on keyboards, Jorge Preza on bass and Pablo Prieto on drums.They were soon joined by guitarist Victor Ruiz and played Progressive Rock influenced mostly by Italian acts such as Le Orme, Banco or Il Rovescio della Medaglia.Musicians went and came, the result was Flught to be shortened to a duo of De Labra/Ruis at the time of their first self-titled release in 1982.

''Flught'' consists of two sidelong instrumental compositions, led by the work of De Labra on synthesizers and acoustic piano.The first one, entitled ''Transparencias'' and clocking at 21 minutes, sounds more or less like a solo effort by De Labra.The majority of the track follows some short of Baroque/Neo-Classical path, filled with piano interludes and themes in a very soft style, flirting at moments with New Age music, with only the district presence of Ruis' guitars.The breaks featuring De Labra's synth work are really good and reminiscent of the BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO works, but these are very limited to raise the track significantly in terms of energy.

The second composition, the 17-min. ''En un viejo castillo'', is a bit different and features the guest appearance of bassist Armando Gonzalez.This is much closer to the works of Electronic artists as well as MIKE OLDFIELD's early efforts.The start is rather dissapointing, long Electronic soundscapes with hypnotic repetitive bass lines, but just before the middle it's Ruis' presence, which gives the composition some color with his guitars.Soon De Labra and his piano will take over again in a smooth romantic style with the occasional touches by Gonzalez and Ruis, but most of the material remains rather uninteresting.

To call this album Progressive Rock or even Symphonic Rock would be a failure.''Flught'' is more of an Electronic/New Age effort with total absence of drumming and just a few doses of guitars and bass.It is an effort strictly recommended to fans of background music, the rest should simply avoid, not to mention that most of the material is forgettable.