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Planeta Imaginario

Optical Delusions

By Planeta Imaginario

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Collective Action (Accio Col-lectiva; The Garden of Happy Cows (El Jardi de Les Vaques Alegres); Xarramandusca (Including Exile); Good Luck, My Friend (Bona Sort Amic Meu); The Little Dog-Man's Clinical Preludes (Preludis Clinics del Home-gos): Angioma; Scalpel (Bisturi); Hemangioma; Introduction to Sidewalk Licker (Introduccio de Llepavoreres); Sidewalk Licker (Llepavoreres); Imperfect Elements in Red Quartz (Elements Imperfectes Sobre Quarz Vermell); Imperfect Purity (Element de La Puresa Imperfecte); Pure and Imperfect Art Element (Element del Art Pur I Imperfecte); Imperfect Persuasive Element (Element de La Persuasio Imperfecte); The Sea...And Later The Sun...And The Reflection (El Mar. I Llavors Sorti El Sol.. I El Reflexe).

Planeta Imaginario: Optical Delusions

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 28, 2011

I catalani Planeta Imaginario, ensemble elettricoacustico sempre in bilico tra Gil Evans, Frank Zappa (periodo Grand Wazoo e Waka Jawaka) e reminiscenze canterburiane, ci provano ripetere il magico collage post fusion di Biomasa, album uscito, sempre per la Cuneiform, nel 2008. Un'opera che fece addirittura gridare al miracolo uno come Chris Cutler, ex Henry Cow e ...

Planeta Imaginario: Stretches in Spain

by Mark Redlefsen
March 26, 2011

Recently from Barcelona, Spain, members of the jazz/rock improv group Planeta Imaginario discussed their new recording Optical Delusions (Cuneiform Records, 2011) and the group's history. Keyboardist and group leader Marc Capel, who speaks Catalan, shared his thoughts through drummer and chief translator Vasco Trilla. Fretless bassist Dimitris Bikos also sat in for the interview.

Planeta Imaginario: Optical Delusions

by Mark Redlefsen
March 18, 2011

The term “progressive," when used to describe jazz fusion/rock, suggests a constant forward movement in the music. On Optical Delusions, Planeta Imaginario's third release (and the group's second for international distribution outside of their homeland of Spain), there is a shift towards a sort of larger jazz group sound. The Barcelona-based group delivers thirteen intricate compositions ...

Biomasa

By Planeta Imaginario

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Discurso cosmico desde el planeta imaginario (Cosmic Speech From The Imaginary Planet); El francotirador de Washington (Washington Sniper); Capture (Capture); Biomasa (Biomass); La caja negra (Black Box); El teatro de los faranduleros (Faranadulero's Theatre); Discurso cosmico 2; Hoy es un nuevo dia; L'estiu; Trastornos opticos del oso bipolar (Optical Delusions Of A Bipolar Bear).

Planeta Imaginario: Biomasa

by Nic Jones
March 9, 2009

Jazz-Rock fusion has become old hat in the four decades of its existence, but this Spanish octet is aware enough of that to produce music that's not only deftly executed but also leavened with a lightness of touch and heart which keeps it from being the usual turgid stuff. It's good that they haven't let themselves ...

Biomasa

By Planeta Imaginario

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Discurso cosmico desde el planeta imaginario (Cosmic Speech from the Beginning of the Planet); El francotirador de Washington (Washington Sniper); Capture (Capture); Biomasa (Biomasa); La caja negra (Black Box); El teatro de los faranduleros (Farandulero's Theatre); Discurso cosmico 2 (Cosmic Speech 2); H yes un Nuevo dia (Today is a New Day); L'estiu (The Summer); Trastornos opticos del oso bipolar (Optical Delusions of the Bipolar Bear).

Planeta Imaginario: Biomasa

by John Kelman
May 30, 2008

Further evidence of the multifarious stylistic cross-pollination allowing artists to find a distinct voice largely defined by how it emphasizes each of its many references, Planeta Imaginario's Biomasa is a fusion feast in the broadest possible terms. Combining elements of Spanish fusion a la Chick Corea with African grooves, Canterbury whimsy (Gilgamesh, In Cahoots), knotty Zappa-esque ...

¿Qué Me Dices?

By Planeta Imaginario

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2004