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                                                            ALAS – PINTA TU ALDEA        https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/pinta-tu-aldea   B and name : Alas A l bum t i tl e :  Pinta Tu Aldea Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r . , 300 g r . full-color s l ee v e) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 copies C a t. no : P Q R - 009     File under (or nearby) : Rodolfo Mederos, Arti e Mestieri, Cybotron, Weather Report, Zao, Etna, Carpe Diem, Shylock, Kandahar, Recreation   First official re-release of this one-of-a-kind gem by Argentinean progmeisters Alas, in a strictly limited edition of 300 copies, with a newly designed (and band-approved) back cover. Pinta Tu Aldea, recorded in 1977, and formerly released by EMI in 1983, belongs to the cohort of outstanding artworks that sound as fresh and relevant today, as when they were originally recorded. Here, Alas digress from their ELP-esque affinities which permeate their debut a

OFFICIAL VINYL REISSUE OF   KRACQ – CIRCUMVISION + Bonus CD   Order it now at Bandcamp https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/circumvision R e l ease da t e : 20 July 2 022 Labe l : P Q R - Di s q ues p l us q u e réel B and name : Kracq A l bum t i tl e :  Circumvision Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r . , with insert + bonus cd ‘Rare and Unreleased’) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 copies C a t. no : P Q R 006, P Q R 007 File up, up and away : Caravan, Silver Apples, Van der Graaf Generator, Henry Cow, Richard Strauss, Ligeti, Pierre Henry, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Soft Machine, Ravel, Bartol. The re-release of yet another diamond in Europrog’s chamber of obscurities has been brewing for quite some time. Circumvision, the sole progeny of Dutch progsters’ Kracq, is a typical case of atypical music genius that emerges at the vanishing point where diverse musical backgrounds coalesce on a shared

  Kracq are: Jos Hustings (JH) Twan van der Heijden (TVDH) Cees Michielsen (CM) Bert Vermijs (BV)     GR: Can you give us a biographical account of how the band first started, and lead us through its major milestones up until its dissolution?   KRACQ: Twan and Cees searched for a keyboard player and met Bert. They formed King’s Ransom. Around the same time Jos (aka Carmine Queen) was up to something new and placed an advertisement in OOR that he was looking for musicians. Bert came to visit and the rehearsal was love at first sight. After a few more than successful rehearsals and reassuringly well received live gigs, we decided to go for an album that was going to be published by the foundation Jos was involved with (Pop Promotion Foundation). We concentrated fully on the album and when it was released we set the sails for Britain because we had the feeling that we were more than a Dutch Band and we proved right. We had a very good review in the Sounds magazine and f