Soul Jazz Records Presents

VENEZUELA 70 Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American Earth Venezuelan Experimental Rock In The 1970s

8th July 2016 No shipments outside of North America

Soul Jazz Records’ new Venezuela 70 is the first-ever album of its kind to take a look at the groundbreaking experimental rock music made in Venezuela and created in the 1970s – during a Tracklist time when the country was both a modern cultural and economic powerhouse in Latin America on 1. Vytas Brenner - Araguaney account of wealth from its vast oil supplies. Venezuela lies at the northern part of South America, with 2. Pablo Schneider - Amor En Llamas neighbouring Colombia to its west and Brazil to its south. The north coast borders the Caribbean. 3. Un Dos Tres y Fuera - Machu Whilst much of 1960s Venezuelan rock music emulated British and USA styles, the 1970s saw the Picchu evolution of a new generation of creative artists such as Vytas Brenner, Angel Rada, Pablo 4. Miguel Angel Fuster - Polvo Lunar Schneider and Miguel Angel Fuster, who all explored the possibilities of mixing together rock with 5. Angel Rada - Basheeba elements of electronica, funk, jazz, latin rhythms simultaneously exploring their links with 6. Fernando Yvosky - Barcos De Venezuelan roots music, creating a new sound which blended a multitude of new and old world Papel influences, uniquely Venezuelan. 7. Un Dos Tres y Fuera - Son De Tambor y San Juan These Venezuelan artists looked to the future while exploring their country’s own musical heritage to 8. Vytas Brenner - Bang-Going-Gone create a new cultural identity. Similarities can be drawn with then contemporary movements around 9. Aldemaro Romero y Su Onda the world such as the Trópicalia and post-Trópicalia 1970s scene in Brazil of Os Mutantes, Novos Nueva - Irene Baianos, Secos e Molhados (all of which feature on Soul Jazz Records’ earlier Brazil 70). 10. Miguel Angel Fuster - Dame De Comer A similar parallel can be made in Europe with the experimental German groups of the 1970s (Can, 11. Un Dos Tres y Fuera - San Juan, Amon Duul, Harmonia, Neu all featured on Soul Jazz Records’ Deutsche Elektronische Musik) who Tambor Y Fuera deconstructed and reconstructed the links between rock music and electronics to define a new German 12. Ofrenda Vytas Brenner - Caracas cultural identity. Para Locos Most of these artists featured on Venezuela 70 remain practically unknown outside of Venezuela’s 13. Grupo C.I.M. - Joropo No. 1 borders and yet their progressive forward-thinking music is some of the most sophisticated in the 14. Angel Rada - Panico a Las 5am world – a stunning ‘melting pot’ mix of underground rock, synthetic electronics, funk, jazz and Latin 15. Apocalipsis - Ayudame a Encontrar American rhythms all of which explored new sounds and broke down musical boundaries to create a Mi Camino distinct and unique Venezuelan music and cultural identity. 16. Miguel Angel Fuster - La Quema De Judas

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Release Date: 8th July 2016 Artist: Soul Jazz Records Presents SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

Title: VENEZUELA 70 7 Broadwick Street Soho Subtitle: Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American Earth – London W1F 0DA England Venezuelan Experimental Rock in the 1970s Tel: +44 (0)20 7734 3341 Label: Soul Jazz Records Format 1: Cat. No: SJRCD335, List Price $22.99 [email protected] UPC: 5026328103358 www.souljazzrecords.co.uk Format 2: Cat. No: SJRLP335, List Price $29.99 twitter: @souljazzrecords UPC: 5026328003351