Gotic Escenes (1978) [reissue 2002]

This is, without a doubt, one of the best albums in the Spanish progressive of all times. Gotic is a wonderful example of the adaptation of foreign musical tendencies (basically Anglo-Saxon and Italian progressive, Canterbury and fusion) to the personal and local music of Catalonia. The group, located in Barcelona, was born in 1977, and was formed by Rafael Escoté (bass, gong and palms), Jordi Martí (drums, percussion, palms), Jep Nuix (flute, piccolo, palms) and Jordi Vilaprinyo (piano, harpsichord, mini moog, violin, hammond, palms), with sporadic interventions from Jordi Codina and Josep Albert Cubero at guitars. They only released this masterpiece before their separation, but this is more than enough to place them in the top of the progressive style.

Gòtic is the legendary musical band formed in Barcelona in the 70’s. Its activity lasted a few years , between 1970 and 1978. They published a single work, the L.P. " Escenes " in 1978. Over the years, and for the new generations , the band’s unique "long -play " has become an icon of the symphonic and progressive rock, almost an iconic sample of an era.
Back in 1978 Gòtic recorded the demo takes of what would be their second album (LP) during some “live” sessions in “Gema-1” recording studios of Barcelona. The band’s recording label disliked the tunes considering them “not enough sofisticated"… In 2013 the band recovered the original tapes and decided to digitalize, remaster and publish the works, with the invaluable help of the original engineers, Enric Català and Jordi Vidal, amazed by their quality and alive groove feeling.