From: Mark Fonda <>
Azahar 'Elixir' (1977, Spain, 37 min.) - Exotic mixture of keyboards and
electric/acoustic guitars by this Spanish/Uraguayan/Egyptian quartet... and
no drums, only bass rhythm. Gustavo Ros plays synthesizer, mellotron, fender
rhodes piano and grand piano. Vocals are in spanish as are all the liner
notes. Mysterious at times, playful at others... very diverse with plenty of
interesting twists and turns... even some spacey psychedelics. Also a bit of
ethnic flavor... middle eastern and flamenco. I believe this is a concept
album about sorcery and magic. The reason I like this so much is due to all
the great keyboards which are interwoven very nicely with guitar. Picture a
mixture of Djam Karet and Genesis... or maybe Mike Oldfield circa 'Hergest
Ridge'. They are supposedly similar to two other Spanish bands Triana and
Mezquita.