La Reservacion India – Detras Mi Sonrisa
La Reservacion India – Albricas
La Reservacion India – Mi Reconciliacion
This past week I had the good fortune of spending time with Adrian Younge over at KPFK as he dropped by to do a guest DJ set and interview (post coming soon). I’d forgotten that Adrian owned the Artform Studio in LA, and that I’d never gotten a chance to pay it a visit. Artform is 1/2 record store, 1/2 barbershop/hair salon but all soul and a great reflection of the man who runs it.
While thumbing through the stacks I ran into this record from La Reservacion India, a group I’m guessing is from Mexico (solely because the record was made in Mexico and they cover “Cielito Lindo”). As is often the case with latin LPs from this period of time I expected a bunch of rancheras and maybe if I was lucky one slightly rockin’ or funky song. To my surprise, there were NO rancheras at all on this album, instead it was full of classic 70s latin rock crooning with a super snappy drummer and big washes of organ. Really solid material from track to track (though no clean breaks) that reminds me so much of Chicano Batman, I wonder if Bardo and the boys have this record in their collection. Nice to have yet another spot to dig for quality sounds in the city of Los Angeles.
Cheers,
Michael
One Reply to “Dig Deep: La Reservacion India – Lo Bueno De La Vida – Eco (1974)”