Noches blancas, luces rojas

October Equus

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Dear friends, we finally have another October Equus album. This album includes one long composition signed by me and five shorter compositions signed by Víctor Rodríguez. My long suite was going to be the centerpiece of our second album but it was unreleased then to make way for the compositions that integrated Charybdis. I had been toying with

Dear friends, we finally have another October Equus album. This album includes one long composition signed by me and five shorter compositions signed by Víctor Rodríguez. My long suite was going to be the centerpiece of our second album but it was unreleased then to make way for the compositions that integrated Charybdis. I had been toying with the idea of recording the material that we eventually referred to as "the lost album" for years, and finally I felt that it was the right time to take up the project again, so I reviewed the music and here it is. Those who know the trajectory of the group will recognize in some passages something of the style of our first album, and it is intuited what the sound of the group could have been had it continued along that path. Victor's songs are very recent, he has written them in the last two or three months and they show the maturity of his compositional style. All in all, it is for my taste his best material in our entire career and I am proud to be able to present it on this album.

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October Equus Guitar Project vol. 1

Ángel Ontalva

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Ángel Ontalva - guitar, bass, arrangements, recording, mix, master, cover, design, production.

The origin of this album is in the arrangements for some OE compositions that I wrote for the festival R.I.O. 2014, that due to the difficulties were discarded then. During these years I fantasized with the idea of recording those versions and finally I

Ángel Ontalva - guitar, bass, arrangements, recording, mix, master, cover, design, production.

The origin of this album is in the arrangements for some OE compositions that I wrote for the festival R.I.O. 2014, that due to the difficulties were discarded then. During these years I fantasized with the idea of recording those versions and finally I decided to try with this virtual ensemble of guitars. There is also some pieces recorded here in the original versions I wrote, different to the final versions included in the albums, and some of my favourite pieces by the group. I think the chamber and intimate sound of these recordings gives them a different and surprising perspective. / Ángel Ontalva

Ángel Ontalva "October Equus Guitar Project vol. 1"

1 - Último refugio (Á. Ontalva) 2 - Unknown pilot (Á. Ontalva) 3 - Trapped in the sea ice (Á. Ontalva / V. Rodríguez) 4 - Architeuthis Dux (Á. Ontalva) 5 - Helgoland (Á. Ontalva) 6 - Avanzando velozmente contra el viento lacerante (V. Rodríguez) 7 - Estelas (Á. Ontalva) 8 - Realidad ciega (V. Rodríguez) 9 - Arena negra (Á. Ontalva)

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Presagios

October Equus

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"This, the fifth studio album by Spain’s long lived avant-progressive rock band, moves further into the realm of the ultra complex, RIO-style, avant-progressive; yes, there is a bassoon so it’s the obvious thing to say, but some of this is reminiscent of U Totem, at least in a ‘massive chops performing catchy but also ultra-complex compositions’

"This, the fifth studio album by Spain’s long lived avant-progressive rock band, moves further into the realm of the ultra complex, RIO-style, avant-progressive; yes, there is a bassoon so it’s the obvious thing to say, but some of this is reminiscent of U Totem, at least in a ‘massive chops performing catchy but also ultra-complex compositions’ kinda way. This is a great one for fans and probably an album of the year release! Highly recommended!" Wayside

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Footsteps on the shore of the frozen lake

October Equus

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This track was released in 2019 on a gift CDr for buyers of the October Equus album "Presagios" in the Japanese market. The composition dates from the time immediately after "Saturnal", when most of the material that shaped "Presagios" was written. For this recording, the nucleus of October Equus Ángel Ontalva on guitar, Víctor Rodríguez on

This track was released in 2019 on a gift CDr for buyers of the October Equus album "Presagios" in the Japanese market. The composition dates from the time immediately after "Saturnal", when most of the material that shaped "Presagios" was written. For this recording, the nucleus of October Equus Ángel Ontalva on guitar, Víctor Rodríguez on keyboards and Amanda Pazos Cosse on bass, had the help of the members of the Russian space-prog group Vespero Vitaly Borodin on violin, Ark Fedotov on synthesizers and Ivan Fedotov on drums. Ángel is the author of the piece, and was also in charge of the mixing and mastering. credits released November 6, 2020 Music by Á. Ontalva

Ángel Ontalva - guitar, mix, master Víctor Rodríguez - keyboards Amanda Pazos Cosse - bass

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Vitaly Borodin - violin Ark Fedotov - synths Ivan Fedotov - drums

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Isla Purgatorio

October Equus Quartet

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"Brand new album from one of the best bands avant-rock-veering-into-electric-jazz from Spain right now, filled with good playing, and good compositional structures for them to hang that playing on... A stupendous release - maybe my personal favorite of a number of great releases by them so far. Hugely recommended!"

Wayside

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Permafrost

October Equus

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"Clocking in at barely over 40 minutes, Permafrost is an intense, cohesive effort that packs more punch in its very restrained running time than most 70-minute albums... Among its many qualities, this disc proves that “concept albums” can be something different from the overblown messes that have unfortunately become synonymous with progressive

"Clocking in at barely over 40 minutes, Permafrost is an intense, cohesive effort that packs more punch in its very restrained running time than most 70-minute albums... Among its many qualities, this disc proves that “concept albums” can be something different from the overblown messes that have unfortunately become synonymous with progressive rock, and that a purely instrumental palette can be used very effectively for storytelling purposes."

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Saturnal

October Equus

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"With Saturnal October Equus from Madrid establish themselves as the point of reference for the iberic avant-prog scene. Edgy, hypnotic, fascinating, often with a leaden atmosphere, sometimes even gloomy, the album explores intricate harmonic solutions, in an endless counterpoint between Angél Ontalva's guitar (author of the remarkable CD artwork

"With Saturnal October Equus from Madrid establish themselves as the point of reference for the iberic avant-prog scene. Edgy, hypnotic, fascinating, often with a leaden atmosphere, sometimes even gloomy, the album explores intricate harmonic solutions, in an endless counterpoint between Angél Ontalva's guitar (author of the remarkable CD artwork too), saxophone and keyboards. The result is greatly solid, with unexpected melodic passages which can be considered in the middle between Starless and Bible Black by King Crimson and Henry Cow structural density. The thirteen tracks of Saturnal show a dizzy chasing of ideas, carried out with conviction and care of details."

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Live at R.I.O. Festival 2014

Ángel Ontalva

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