Friday, January 2, 2026

Aktuala - La Terra (1974)

 

The second album from this band from Italy.

The band was a quintet with a lineup of percussion, violin, viola, guitars, balalaika, dulcimer, zither, woodwinds, harmonica and whistles.

This band released three albums between 1972 and 1976. I reviewed their first album last month and a review of their third and final album will follow next week.

The music on this thirty-five minutes long album is a blend of world music and avant-garde rock. 

Their debut album had one composition and some jams. 

The music on La Terra is more like jams over some Arabian and North-African folk music blended with some avant-garde rock.

There is a lot of flutes and ethnic percussion here. The sound is good throughout.

The quality is decent enough without really impressing me. This is not really my cup of tea.

2 points 

 

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