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01. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Intro
02. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Bloomer Plástico
03. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - The Stamped
04. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Soul In Blue
05. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Místico
06. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Vaquera
07. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Ciclón
08. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Vivo de Ilusiones
09. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Vidas en Orquideas
10. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Sentencias de Amor
11. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - Metamorfosis
12. Ivan Farinas & Viento Solar - I Can Feel You Into My Life
ARTIST
TITLE
Bloomer Plastico
FORMAT
LP+CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
PEACE 010LP PEACE 010LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/12/2019

Guitarist and vocalist Iván Fariñas de Armas is the "grandfather" of Cuban rock n' roll. Yes, you heard right, Cuban rock n' roll has an "abuelo" -- maybe you didn't know there even was such a thing as "el rock cubano" -- but there is, and even if he's not a household name, Iván Fariñas should be, as he's extremely talented and is arguably the oldest still practicing rockero from behind The Mango Curtain since he started in the 1950s. He claims to have written and recorded the first Cuban blues-rock tune in English -- over 40 years ago. Fariñas founded his current group Viento Solar ("Solar Wind") in 1975 and was not able to record his music officially until the late 1990s. Though his recordings are known somewhat in Europe and South America, his official physical releases are not distributed beyond Cuba and he remains undiscovered in the United States. Now for the first time outside of Cuba, Ivan's intriguing life story and a selection of recordings of his long-lived band Viento Solar will finally be made available for the world to enjoy, thanks to Peace & Rhythm and Feeding Tube Records. Bloomer Plástico collects rare versions of some of Fariñas best compositions, recordings unheard outside Cuba that come from several "maketas" ("maquetas" or "demos") that pre-date his official studio productions and were recorded on reel-to-reel tape from 1996-2001, though some of the songs were originally composed in the '60s and '70s when rock was largely an underground phenomenon on the island. The collection ranges from metallic heavy rock with a punky edge to blues-rock, with a sprinkling of psychedelic and even some distinctly Cuban touches. Includes CD and full liner notes, rare photos, and lyrics.