REPSYCHLED CD 1007: Tarkus

El pirata ( Gianella )
Martha ya esta ( Gianella )
Cambiemos ya ( Nathanson )
Tempestad ( Gianella - Van Lacke )
Tema para Lilus ( Gianella - Carrillo )
Tranquila Refelixion ( Gianella )
Rio Tonto ( Gianella )
Tiempo en el sol ( Gianella )

Alex Nathanson: vocals, acoustic guitar
Walo Carrillo: drums
Darío Gianella: electric guitar
Guillermo Van Lacke: bass

In the beginning of 1972, Telegraph Avenue breaks up.Walo, the drummer, receives the visit of two friends from Argentina: Guillermo Van Lacke and Darío Gianella. This trio begins to play some music at Walo’s place. Finally, Alex Nathanson joins them as the singer, but now singing in spanish. Thus, these two ex-Telegraph Avenue members with two Argentine musicians begin to play heavy music in Lima. These friends called themselves: Tarkus and they were definitively too loud for the scene of that time.

This eponimus album was recorded on eight channels in only five weeks with all original tunes. Their album was the first heavy rock LP from South America. An eight tracks record with killer guitars, yelling vocals and powerful bass and drums. Sometimes play music with an acoustic guitars also. They had an original heavy sound influenced by Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. This was the only recording of their music in their short time together, after this record was done, the band had to be split very quickly.

34 years later, peruvian label Repsychled Records, has the pleasure to reissue this album for the first time ever, as a mini LP replica CD, including three inserts, one with unseen photos of the band, press comments from news papers clippings and photos of their original lyrics used on their rehearsals, second insert with biography of the band and third with the lyrics as a replica of it's rare insert. This reissue was done using the original master tapes and was remastered very carefully with tube amplifiers. Enjoy listening to this CD with improved sound quality that will let you appreciate all their instruments very clearly. Looking and sounding better than ever.

new and sealed digipak CD!-