The Spanish Progressive Rock Encyclopedia

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Labanda

From:

Madrid

Musicians: (original line-up and changes between parenthesis)

Luis Silva (mandolin, viola), Pedro Guerrero (guitars), Joaquín Blanco (bagpipe, flute and percussion), Álvaro Domínguez (violin) (by Jean Françoise Andrés), José María Silva (bass and acoustic guitar), Josué Vea (guitar) (by Aristubulo Cuenca) and Carlos Yebra (drums) (by Antonio Vázquez)

Discography:

Labanda (1980)	Fiesta Campestre (Rockmeria) (1981)	Un Millón de Kilómetros (EP) (1987)	Buenos Tiempos (1989)	Rural Tour (1992)
No Todo es Seda (1995)

Singles:

Pavananchel / De Dia/De Noche
(1979)

Sueños Diabólicos / Abridme Galanica
(1979)

Celtas con Filtro / Fiesta Campestre
(1982)

Río Coroño
(1989)

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Opinions and other informations:

All instrumental Celtic folk-prog group. Labanda is straight-ahead Celtic folk and very well done. Fiesta Campestre is the one I recommend. Excellent mix of Celtic folk and prog including Camel- inspired guitar. All the musicians (seven of them) are world class. They play (apart from the usual instruments) bagpipes, violin , recorder, mandolin, etc. Rural Tour is a live album. (Juan Joy)

Celtic-type folk-rock. Much like a folkier, instrumental version of Horslips, incorporating lots of fiddle, gaita (Spanish bagpipe) and pennywhistle. Recommended listening: Fiesta Campestre. (Mike Ohman)

Most of their records were released by Zafiro. In Rockmería invited guitarrists like Julio Gil-Sanz and Rosendo Mercado played. Other musician that participated in the project was Flaco Barral (ex Azahar). The original group disolved in 1986 and the recordings after that year were not recorded by the original set-up.