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  Proudly presenting the first ever official re-release of 4 much cherished and highly collectable jewels of the global prog establishment, with one common place of origin, Venezuela. Fully re-mastered for the maximum aural hedonism of our audiophile friends, and packed with unreleased studio and live tracks from the same period as the original albums, as well as rare photo material and precious paraphernalia. Lift up your turntables for Prog Venezuela: ADITUS, EQUILIBRIO VITAL, ESTRUCTURA, TEMPANO.   https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/a-traves-de-la-ventana https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/kazmor-el-prisionero https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/estructura https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/atabal-yemal PROG VENEZUELA cover story + interviews @ IT'S PSYCHEDELIC BABY https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2023/03/prog-venezuela-aditus-estructura-tempano-equilibrio-vital.html https://pqrrecords.blogspot.com/2023/01/offi

Series PROG VENEZUELA Bandcamp https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/a-traves-de-la-ventana B and name : Aditus A l bum t i tl e :  A Traves de la Ventana Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r . , with Bonus CD + 12-pa ge booklet) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies C a t. no : P Q R - 015 Previously self-released in 1977, the debut album by Aditus is a case of non-stop high-energy crossover, the progeny of 4 outstanding musicians who were versed in equal measure in prog-rock and jazz fusion. In the same manner that Vytas Brenner popularized local folk music by transmuting it through electronics, prog and jazz, Aditus bring high-energy jazz-fusion overladen with prog keyboards, with a fair share of latin percussion and juicy rhythm sections. Most notably, it features a space-age anthem (El Conde De Casanare) that simply adds a mouthwatering grain to a versatile wall of sound. The album has been remastered from the original tapes an

Series PROG VENEZUELA Bandcamp https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/kazmor-el-prisionero B and name : Equilibrio Vital A l bum t i tl e :  Kazmor El Prisionero Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r . , Gatefold cover ) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies C a t. no : P Q R - 017 Equilibrio Vital spawned 2 remarkable albums of equal gravitas that are on top of prog collectors’ lists. Kazmor El Prisionero is a concept album that not only appeals to prog and psychedelia aficionados, but will also surprise fans of prog and folk metal. Although this is a concept album, each track is marked by its own character, with at least three dominant sub-genres harmoniously co-inhabiting its grooves, namely, hard-rock, progressive, and psychedelia.    In fact, as soon as one enters Kazmor’s enclave, it becomes readily apparent that Equilibrio Vital may be effortlessly cited as folk metal’s grandparents, presaging the genre’s emergence by 2 decad

Series PROG VENEZUELA Bandcamp https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/estructura B and name : Estructura A l bum t i tl e :   Estructura Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r . ) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies C a t. no : P Q R - 013 Estructura is one of the first prog outfits that formed in Venezuela, with a pure symphonic pedigree. Both of their albums feature stellar musicianship, an explosive co-existence of neo-classical with hard-prog, punctuated by celestial keyboards and interspersed with ethereal vocals, a hyperreal space where moog twists anchor mood swings and provide syntactic orientation to a passionate trajectory in constant flux. At the same time contemplative and dynamic, slippery and firm, lyrical and crude. A collectors’ gem, hard to find in pristine condition, fully remastered in a limited pressing of 300 copies. For m o re i n f o v i s i t :   P Q R

Series PROG VENEZUELA Bandcamp https://pqr-disquesplusquerel.bandcamp.com/album/atabal-yemal B and name : Tempano A l bum t i tl e :   Atabal Yemal Forma t : Vi n y l LP (180 g r ., with Bonus CD + 12-page booklet ) Other specifications: Strictly limited pressing of 300 numbered copies C a t. no : P Q R - 023 An all-time classic from the vast fields of eclectic prog that most probably will never grow old for as long as there are demanding listeners. Atabal Yemal, recorded in 1979, is a gigantic clockwork formation of perfectly synchronized small parts that melt into surreal supple space.   At times, symphonically weeping woodwinds in dialogue with zeuhl at its darkest, as the surface antithesis is resolved by a strange attractor that swallows them and then leaves a trombone pondering all alone ‘what has just happened?’.   At times, ferocious guitar attacks a la John Zorn, receding into a placid swan lake. This might as well be the soundtrack to a fantasy theatrical pla