M.I.A.

"Cornonstipicum"

(1978)

Track List:

1 - La coronación del Farre (Daniel Curto - Lito Vitale). 4:22
2 - Imagen III (Daniel Curto). 3:53
3 - Crifana y Tamilstenes (Daniel Curto). 7:51
4 - Las persianas no (Lito Vitale). 0:44
5 - Piedras de color (Lito Vitale). 2:00
6 - Cornonstipicum (Nono Belvis, Lito Vitale, Juan del Barrio). 17:40

Line up:

Daniel Curto - Electric Guitar

Lito Vitale - Keyboards

Kike Sanzol - Drums

Nono Belvis - Bass

With the collaboration of other musicians that they contribute flutes and saxos mainly.

When one speaks of Argentinean bands of progressive rock in the 70 almost always makes an appointment to Crucis like the best, but I believe that there was other better ones, and a good example they are these M.I.A. (Músicos Independientes Argentinos), of where the came out popular Lito Vitale later on.
M.I.A. they took three albums out of those which this it is the third, and they practiced, at least in this album, symphonic rock 70's with touches of jazz-rock coalition and Canterbury Sound.
The influences I would say that they come from Camel, Genesis, Steve Hackett, Anthony Phillips, Hatfield and the North and some slight touch to Gentle Giant, but demonstrating in all moment a great personality.
Keyboard melodies and guitar, classic pianos, choirs type Hatfield and the North, airs jazz, acoustic guitars, alone of keyboard I am used Peter Bardens, beautiful flutes and some instrumentalists of first line that amaze us with an album delight, all instrumental one.
The whole album is of a level that doesn't have anything to envy to the big ones of the I generate, from the impressive suite of symphonic rock "Cornonstipicum", until the brief piece for piano "Piedras de Color", going by "La Coronación del Farre", "Imagen III" or "Crifana y Tamilstenes", fear instrumental of the best symphonic rock.
An indispensable album that will go mad to the fans of Camel, Steve Hackett or Anthony Phillips, or of current bands as Finisterre or even Hostsonaten.

Punctuation: 9/10

Ferran Lizana