MANDUKA + LOS JAIVAS: LOS SUEÑOS DE AMÉRICA

Los Jaivas embarked for a South America journey in 1973. Not really to escape the dictatorship of their country (Chile) since such a regime was reigning almost everywhere in this continent. It was more of a discovery of other cultures which interested "Los Jaivas". And the integration of alien elements into their music. At least, the band mentioned so on their web-site.

This album adds very few "progressive" angles to their native and fully ethnic music. If a certain "Santana" influence could be felt in their first album "El Volantín", this one is purely related with their own folklore and therefore doesn't really appeal to me.

Some more time will be needed to have a more rock (prog) feel to their South American folkish songs. There aren't really great tracks featured on this album. The long (over twelve minutes) title track maybe. But even that one couldn't captivate my attention for the whole of its duration.

A weird album, and your understanding of the Spanish language won't help you either in capturing this work. At least it didn't do for me.

One star. Useless. Lo siento.