The Spanish Progressive Rock Encyclopedia

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 October Equus 

 From:

    Madrid  

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


Ángel Ontalva (guitar), Víctor Rodríguez (keyboards), Amanda Pazos (bass) and Chema Fernández (drums) (by Daniel Jiménez by José Valera).

 Discography:



October Equus
(2006)

Charybids
(2008)

Saturnal
(2011)

Permafrost
(2013)

Isla Purgatorios
(2013)

Singles:

Hydra (EP)
(2004)

 Web page:

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 Opinions and other informations:

    

OCTOBER EQUUS is a rock quartet that play intrumental compositions of a high complexity. Their style is fed with influences from XX century academic music (Bartok, Stravinsky, Varese, Messiaen...), progressive rock from the 70s (King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, Zappa), jazz from 60s and 70s (Ornette Coleman, Monk, Mingus, Dolphy...), and Rock In Opposition (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Univers Zero, Sammla Mammas Manna...). The realms are clear but they also have a vocation of modernity. (from the band's website)

Live recordings:

           

Memories v.1 2009  Live at RIO festival 2014  Live at El Lobo 2005  Live at Gouveia 2009
        (2012)               (2015)               (2015)               (2015)

Review of the record "October Equus" (in spanish)

Review of the record "Charybids" (in spanish)