MUERTE EN LA CATEDRAL

Litto Nebbia is an Argentinian singer-songwriter,who was original founder of the psych/rock band Los Gatos along with keyboardist Ciro Fogliatta,one of the major acts of the early Argentinian rock scene.Los Gatos disbanded in 1970,however Nebbia had already started his solo career in 1969 with an album under his name.Four more albums would follow in a typical singer/songwriter style:''Litto Nebbia Vol. 2'' (1970), ''Nebbia's Band'' (1971), ''Despertemos en América'' (1972) and ''Huinca'' (also 1972).

With ''Muerte en la catedral'',released in 1973 on RCA,Nebbia begins to add different elements from the growing progressive rock scene in his music,without leaving his psychedelic and folk roots behind.The album is quited dated I have to say with today's standards,but it contains some good moments of music.Helped by several musicians,Nebbia offers a work somewhat split between acoustic folk/psych and lightweighted prog with plenty of vocals.The acoustic material is in the typical Nebbia style,simple tunes with sensitive vocals,nothing trully exceptional.The most intricate side of the album delivers a slightly complicated sound with rich instrumentation,featuring clavinet,glockenspiel,synths,trumpets and electric guitars and tracks drawing influences from symphonic rock,horn rock and chamber music.These ones won't definitely satisfy the average progger,but they are good examples of what Nebbia was able for.

''Muerte en la catedral'' didn't grow very well through time,on the other hand it is a respectful psych/folk/rock album with a good amount of progressive influences and possibly a future purchase at a reasonable price for anyone wanting to broaden his psych/prog collection.