Also see: Jos?Luis Fernandez Ledesma Q.
From: "Luna Negra S.C."
> From: "Richard Stockwell" richard@cranium.co.nz
> > > Cast is great, but I still think NIRGAL VALLIS is better than
Cast!
> Hear ! Hear ! Nirgal Vallis add Mexican folk culture to their music
which makes the prog they are playing far more interesting (to my ears anyway). This group
is very very symphonic.
I must add that NV never gig. They only get to the studio (actually, owned by Jos?Luis
Fern?dez Ledesma) make some recordings and that's it.
> I have their release "Ymurio La Tarde" available at Cranium Music.
It's a MUSEA release and, for my taste, an outstanding sample of the best symphonic
progressive music in years. Their new album will soon come out on Luna Negra Label.
> A very good musician who has come out of Nirgal Vallis is "Jose Luis
Fernandez Ledesma Q" who has one release on the Luna Negro Label and also a release
on the Musea Label.
Jos?Luis's "Extractos" is on our record label while "Motivos para
Perderse" is on Musea. "Extractos" is a sort of compilations of some music
for theater plays and other tracks more in the same vein of NV; "Motivos..." is
a conceptual album about an imaginary journey. I must tell you that all lyrics in NV are in spanish; Jos?Luis has included some vocals
but his work is mainly instrumental.
Jos?Luis has an album on ReR Megacorp with singer/composer Alquimia, "Lenguas
Muertas". Wow!
From: "alexandre a. s." <>
Excellent mexican band, probably one of the best from that country. Very
melodic, violin-driven prog, not too different from the italian classics. A
shabby track here or there, but overall it's a nice album. I like it :) The
violin playing is just beautiful...
From: "Luna Negra S.C." <>
Probably the best symphonic band coming from Mexico. One CD is available through
Musea. NV Keyboardist, Jos?Luis Fern?dez Ledesma has three cds available:
"Motivos para Perderse", on MUSEA. "Extractos" on our own
LUNA NEGRA (reviewed somewhere on e-progweb page), and "Lenguas Muertas"
on RECOMMENDED.
From: David Kuznick <>
Very "mellow" symphonic prog. Some would say too mellow...