Spanish flamenco-prog. Mas Allá de... consists of four long
tracks. The first two are poppy, meandering and boring, but the second
two manage melodic fusion and flamenco tendencies, which form the
basis for the much superior Noche Abierta. This is a more mellow
album, but the melodies are bright and true, the flamenco feel is
spirited, and the light fusion touches remind of Camel. Songs like
"Soñé Contigo" and the title tune are memorable, but
everything comes together on the soaring instrumental "La Roca del
Diablo", their best individual song. (Mike Ohman)
They could be defined as a perfect mix of spanish southern (Andalucia) ryhtms and sounds with Symphonic Rock. The
arrangements were very detailed and their first record was a piece of
art, highly valued among collector of the whole world. A very
expensive vynil only 35 minutes long. Only four songs were in it: "Mas
allá de nuestras mentes diminutas", "Solución a un viejo
problema", "Alameda" and "Pasa un dí:a". 4 impressive themes to
be admired. In that first record the alndalusian influences were not so
clear. Regarding the second, not so impressive, but there were also
very good trakcs in it, such as "La roca del diablo" o "Alegrias de CAI",
with nice words and more evident flamenco influences. A nice album.
But the band themselves were never pleased with the outcome of the
third one. EPIC forced them to compose some easy songs to be
included in the album, concerned to the sales of the album. This way,
"Canción de la primavera" is more commercial than the former
ones, but also contains some good themes like "Mercadillo del piojito"
(a Cadiz street market that every monday works in Cadiz around the
futbol stadium). I think that their music was always very underrated,
the musician were always very united, like a family. Their performance
was very nice. Is one of those bands that if you meet them you can
love them forever. (Aurelio Vergara)
The most famous musician given by the andalusian rock and one of the
best jazz pianists of Spain arose from the ashes of Cai: Chano Domínguez. He has an extensive discography and numerous
collaborations with other jazz and flamenco artists. Cai's first record was
released by an independent company (La Cochu; ref. LC-001) thus it is
very hard to find. Very appreciated by collectors.
(Jose Manuel Iñesta)
A magnificient band, that got really high according to the preparation and
resources they had by that time. They were able to touch the feeling of
dissapointment and rebelliousness of those time's youth. In Cádiz and
sorroundings, where they were from, they were appreciated maybe as
no other andalusian rock group. Their "ethereal" lyrics connected with
people that spoke like that by then. After all, they were young guys of
that time, that live and express themselves like the others. (Rafa)
In 2007 they rejoined susbituting the keyboards for a wind section.
In addition to their official discography, there exists also a bootleg
recorded in 1981:
Directo en el Cortijo de los Rosales
Review of the record "Más Allá..." (in spanish)
Review of the record "Noche Abierta"
Review of the record "Canción de la Primavera"
Review of the record "Directo en el Cortijo de los Rosales" (in spanish)
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