Zartong - Zartong (1979) {2015, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 240 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 86 Mb
Full Scans ~ 79 Mb | 00:35:36 | RAR 5% Recovery
Fusion / Folk Rock / Space Rock / Jazz Rock / Progressive Rock
O-Music #OM 71088
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 240 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 86 Mb
Full Scans ~ 79 Mb | 00:35:36 | RAR 5% Recovery
Fusion / Folk Rock / Space Rock / Jazz Rock / Progressive Rock
O-Music #OM 71088
Zartong were a quartet of Armenian musicians who moved to France and released a self-titled debut album before promptly vanishing in the late 70's, and a fascinating and unpredictable prog curio it turned out to be! A mostly instrumental work that jumps in all sorts of directions, prominent spacey synth-driven symphonic prog moments suddenly give way to plentiful folk interludes and Turkish flavoured diversions, electronic ambience, Zeuhl weirdness, jazz-fusion fire and poppier vocal breaks (not to mention some dreaded yet unsurprising light disco elements due to the era it arrived in!). The album has a distinctive and very unique sound due to two of the musicians playing a santour (an Iranian instrument similar to a zither) and a kamancha, a type of oriental violin.