After the split of Las Antorchas Victor Motta Aviles and band mate Omar Cortes Gaviño teamed up with Victor's brother Guillermo and continued as Antorcha. They played a sort of Acid-Rock but developed a style of their own. Actually not my kind of music but I like their anarchistic attitude and they receive extra points for the demented sound on few of their tracks. After a handful of E.P.'s they finally released an album in 1976. Shortly after they called it quits and 30 years later VAM Records (VAM 001-CD / 2006) put out a CD with all the tracks from their 45's plus "Mira" from their cassette-only release from 1976.
Tracklist: - Canción No. 1 - Nada - Amiga - En El Jardín Del Edén - Grass - Going Down - La Tierra - Crisalida - Sodomáquina - Inconclusa - Mira - Bracero - Intento No. 2 - Quiero Vivir Personnel: Omar Cortes Gaviño (bs, vcls) [ABC] Victor Manuel Motta Aviles (keyb'ds, rhythm gtr, vcls) [ABC] Guillermo Motta Aviles (keyb'ds, lead gtr, vcls) [ABC] Mario Salazar Hernández (organ, vcls) [B] Antonio Salcedo (drms, vcls) [C] Band origin: Mexico City (Mexico)
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Las Antorchas were formed by five college students and originated out of Mexico City. They released only one E.P. on Orfeon but had enough material for a longplayer. They split around 68/69 but after a line-up change they continued simply named as Antorcha. Under that moniker they recorded five singles and an album, released 1976. VAM Records collects all their known material as Las Antorchas on one CD (VAM/Orfeon Video Vox CMS-205« / 2006). The organ is sometimes horribly off-key and the vocals don't make a big impression. The worst track is their cover of "Hello, Goodbye" (Hola Adios), one of the few Fab Four songs I rather dislike. However they have a few good cover versions and strangely enough this collection works as a whole. Not to forget the excellent "Dime", a really great acid-punk track but not representative for their sound. Conclusion: they were not as good as Los Ovnis/Apocalipsis etc. but better than Tijuana Five or Los Belmonts (if that helps in any way). The CD comes with liners and VAM also released their subsequent material as Antorcha, but more about them in my next post.
Tracklist: - La Antorcha - Opus 14 Interior 12 - Tu Me Enseñaste - Dime - Tu Me Enseñaste (instrumental) - Shake - Un Poquito Más - Confesion - No Espero Ya Por Ti - Substitute - Anoche Fue - Nunca Te Amado Mas - No Lo Hagas - Sabia - Hola Adios - El Soldado - Canta Conmigo - Dime (instrumental) Personnel: Jorge Gonzalez (lead gtr, vcls) Fernando Mercado (gtr, vcls) Omar Cortes Gaviño (bs, vcls) Victor Manuel Motta Aviles (keyb'ds, rhythm gtr, vcls) Bernardo Minerva (drms, lead vcls) Band origin: Mexico City (Mexico)
Discographie: E.P.'s: 1. Un Poquito Más/No Lo Hagas/Anoche Fue/Shake (Orfeon EP-734) 1967
This is by request (not my rip, I found it somewhere in cyberspace). Los Chijuas were from Chihuahua/Mexico and made as far as I know five albums between 1968 and 1972. Their second album, which is represented here, is a mix of covers, garage and psych. The problem is that they have a couple of great songs ("Changing The Colors Of Time" and "The Sun Is Going Black" on their first album) but the rest of the material is rather weak. "My little red bean" and "My little house" are the stand-out tracks here.
Tracklist: - Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da - Muchachita - My Little Red Bean - Bang Shang A Long - Drinking Teardrops - My Little House - En Su Barrio - Chewy, Chewy - What Is The Color Of God's Skin - Nature's Lover - Oyeme - Doing Our Thing Personnel: Jose Ganem (gtr, vcls) Henry Becarril (bass, gtr, melodica) Louis Oliver (organ) Julian Ganem (drms) Band origin: Ciudad Juarez (Chihuahua/Mexico)
Discographie: Albums: 1. Los Chijuas (Musart EDM 1389) 1968 2. Los Chijuas (Trebol T 10010) 1969 3. Los Chijuas, Vol. 2 (Trebol T 10099) 1970 4. Otras (?) 1971 5. Los Chijuas (?) 1972
45's: 1. Changing The Colors Of Life/? (Musart 4445) 1968 2. El Esquimal/El Sol Se Esta Obscureciendo (Musart 10534) 19??
[2. Peruvian release]
E.P.'s: 1. El Esquimal/Cancion De Verano Side/Dime Que Me Quieres/Ahora O Despues (Musart EX-46105) 1968 2. Chewy Chewy/Oyeme/Estan Cambiando Los Colores/El Sol se esta Obscureciendo (Musart EX-46195) 1968 3. Senorita Rita (Musart EX-46343) 1970 4. Hey Girl/Song To Life/The Sugar Cane/Where Gonna Cut (Musart EX-46478) 1970
Rare, original and hard to get music is the demand of that blog here. If a record is still available through mailorders I won't post it (but I make exceptions if I get the feeling the dealers force up the prices). Enjoy the music and... ...leave comments (or leave me alone).
After the split of Las Antorchas Victor Motta Aviles and band mate Omar Cortes Gaviño teamed up with Victor's brother Guillermo and continued as Antorcha. They played a sort of Acid-Rock but developed a style of their own. Actually not my kind of music but I like their anarchistic attitude and they receive extra points for the demented sound on few of their tracks. After a handful of E.P.'s they finally released an album in 1976. Shortly after they called it quits and 30 years later VAM Records (VAM 001-CD / 2006) put out a CD with all the tracks from their 45's plus "Mira" from their cassette-only release from 1976.
