Discography
Members featured in the album
PAPO MANES - Guitar
JERÓNIMO DE LA ARENA - Guitar
FEDERICO CASELLI - Bass
LUCIANO CASELLI - Drums
Guest musicians:
CAROLINA BECERRA - Keyboards
Biography
La Plata (province of Buenos Aires) based Hard Prog band, that takes the sounds of Red era King Crimson, and also some of the more innovative Crimson sound from the Levin, Bruford, Belew era as well. Needless to say, they have a mathmatical sense for rhythm, where Stick and guitar take on more cadenced roles, with other atmospheric accompaniment. Apparently this is a familiar and friendly style in South America, as I have heard a few bands adopting a similar influence from there. Tryo, Sarax, 3/4 trio are some others.
As is the case for King Crimson, Quaker's music resides in the hard, angular prog arena, with some hints to Jazz/Rock added. They are a 4 piece based around two guitars, bass and drums, and whatever other instruments get into the hands of the musicians. My favorite song on the cd has to be the title track - Autocritica, for the very reason that they have a guest keyboardist on that one, and the keys seems to add a magical quality to the bands' mechanical sound. And the use of synths really color and contrast the odd times and coldness of the rhythmic backdrop of this particular song.
This band is not a one dimensional sounding band either, they captivate you with their moods, or by creating tense, complexity through mathmatical time signatures, where the guitars and bass seem to be involved as percussion instruments rather than melodic. True to the KC vibe, this group would greatly appeal to the fans of the era's of KC that I alluded to in the first paragraph of this review. They are totally Fripp inspired as guitarists, never taking a smooth, refined lead, and constantly searching for new ways to make a guitar sound strange, yet perfectly integrating them into the songs identity.
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* MJBrady review