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Kotebel [FLAC+MP3}[br]
Sympho-Prog/Avant-Prog
Spain
FLAC / MP3
Image+Cue / Tracks
Lossless / 320

Due to the peculiar characteristics and influences, Spanish Prog bands are hard to describe inside the parameters of one Progressive Rock sub-genre, well get ready because KOTEBEL 
is even harder, at the first listen of any of their albums you notice that the main structure is basically Classical (In a broad sense) and Symphonic but you find many other different atmospheres 
one over the other as a collage, but specially a Prog Fusion touch provided by the piano and Synthesized violin.

KOTEBEL was formed in Madrid (1999) by the Venezuelan pianist and composer Carlos Plaza using a different approach than most Symphonic bands that start in Rock and add Classical 
influences, Plaza started with Classical music and added a great variety of different sounds, influences, atmospheres and flavors, creating a spectacular ensemble that sounds better with every release.

Being that he's a classically trained musician that loves the late Romantic/Modern Classical it0's easy to find influences tat start with Rachmaninoff and end with Ravel or Debussy and in the Prog 
universe Carlos Acosta is a confessed fan of Tony Banks, but in the music of KOTEBEL you can find much more.

Almost immediately after the foundation of this project, KOTEBEL self release the album "Structures" a wonderful and imaginative voyage that starts in Classical Music and reaches Symphonic Rock but 
every time I listen it I can feel an evident JEAN-LUC PONTY influence from the era of Aurora and a hint of STEVE HACKETT..

1999 - Structures
2002 - Mysticae Visiones
2003 - Fragments Of Light 
2006 - Omphalos
2009 - Ouroboros
2012 - Concerto For Piano And Electric Ensemble
2014 - Live at Prog-Résiste
2017 - Cosmology


Kotebel - The Making of Concerto for Piano and Electric Ensemble [Bonus DVD]

Spain
Avant-Prog
00:44:05
2011
DVD5
DVD video
MPEG2
PAL 16:9 (720x576) VBR, Auto Letterboxed
Dolby AC3, 2 ch

I. Adagio Maestoso (12:03)
II. Lento Cantabile (7:13)
III. Vivo Scherzando (9:22)
IV. Allegro Moderato (14:21)


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