Opa was an Uruguayan jazz-rock band that released the 1976/77 albums Goldenwings and Magic Time, both produced by Airto Moreira for Milestone/RCA. Goldenwings features spots by vocalist Flora Purim and guitarist David Amaro. Magic Time welcomes early Totem member Rubén Rada. Opa was the brainchild of brothers Hugo and Osvaldo Fattoruso, who played together in […]
Totem were an Uruguayan Latin-rock band that released three albums during the early 1970s on De la Planta. The band were initially fronted by vocalist/percussionist Rubén Rada, who also recorded solo and later joined Opa. Members: Rubén Rada (vocals, percussion, 1971-72), Eduardo Useta (guitar, vocals), Enrique Rey (guitar), Mario “Chichito” Cabral (percussion), Daniel “Lobito” Lagarde […]
Psiglo was an Uruguayan psych-rock/folk band behind the 1973 Clave release Ideación. Though the effort drew audiences with its eclectic music and arresting cover art, their intended 1974 followup went unreleased until 1981, long after the band ceased activity. Members: Luis Cesio (guitar, vocals), César Rechac (bass, guitar), Jorge Walter García Banegas (keyboards), Julio Dallier […]
Los Shakers were an Uruguayan beat/pop-psych band of the 1960s. Formed in 1963, the band were among Montevideo’s first proponents of Mersey-style rock. Advancing from their cover-band beginnings, the band embraced album-oriented artistry and delivered the 1968 conceptual classic La Conferencia Secreta del Toto’s Bar. The band was headed by brothers Hugo and Osvaldo Fattoruso, […]
Armando Tirelli is an Uruguayan keyboardist, composer, and arranger who was active between the late 1960s and late 1970s. He first appeared in 1968 as part of the lounge-jazz act Sexteto Electrónico Moderno, with whom he recorded two albums. He then joined Exodo, a Mexican Latin-rock combo that issued an eponymous album in 1972. In […]
