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Itoiz Is A Basque Symphonic Prog Rock Band. ITOIZ was formed by Joseba Erkiaga (flute), A. Azkarraga (bass), Estanis Osinalde
(drums), J.C. Perez (guitars), and Jose A. Fernandez (Fender Rhodes piano, Grand piano, Hammond organ, Kong Polyphonic
ensemble, ARP synthesizer). Their style is a mixture Basque folk, prog-rock and a little jazz. Still, there are (not surprisingly)
absolutely no traces of flamenco influences. The music here is quite beautiful (very Italian, in fact) and emphasizes melodic
interplay between interactions of wind instruments with keyboards, and guitars. Most of th ...read more
Itoiz Is A Basque Symphonic Prog Rock Band. ITOIZ was formed by Joseba Erkiaga (flute), A. Azkarraga (bass), Estanis Osinalde
(drums), J.C. Perez (guitars), and Jose A. Fernandez (Fender Rhodes piano, Grand piano, Hammond organ, Kong Polyphonic
ensemble, ARP synthesizer). Their style is a mixture Basque folk, prog-rock and a little jazz. Still, there are (not surprisingly)
absolutely no traces of flamenco influences. The music here is quite beautiful (very Italian, in fact) and emphasizes melodic
interplay between interactions of wind instruments with keyboards, and guitars. Most of the tracks have male vocals, while the
best tracks have some very beautiful female vocals. But they sing in the Basque language. Their early albums are now
considered classics. Although they have many albums only "Itoiz" stands out as a real folk-progressive masterpiece. Their
pompous arrangements remind GENESIS and CAMEL although ITOIZ also draw from their own folklore. « hide |
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