Viene...

Digitally remastered edition of this 1972 album from Chilean music legends. Congregación was the most legendary of the many excellent bands of the early 1970's Chilean music scene - one could easily say that for many people, this album has had the impact of a religious experience. There is good reason for that: Congregación's music has a highly evocative sense of space, using natural sounds, native Andean instruments, and acoustic textures to foreground ecologist and mystic Antonio Smith's soaring melodies and deeply felt, philosophical lyrics. If things had worked out differently for Smith and Congregación, this album might be as well-known (and well-loved) as comparable albums from Milton Nascimento and Joyce and Nelson Angelo's eponymous album. Unfortunately, Smith's lyrics earned him the enmity of the Chilean military dictatorship; he was forced to flee the country and Viene proved to be the band's only release. This deluxe, mini-LP gatefold jacket edition comes with a bi-lingual 32-page booklet, which explores the story of Congregación in the context of the rich Chilean rock music scene.