Azahar

AZAHAR are a Spanish/Uruguayan/Egyptian quartet who play an exotic mixture of keyboards and electric/acoustic guitars reminiscent of MEZQUITA and TRIANA. You could call it Flamenco rock with some Middle Eastern flavour. The vocals are all in Spanish, as are the liner notes. Their first album, "Elixir" (1977), is a concept album about sorcery and magic dominated by a distinctive Flamenco guitar style over layers of keyboards (synth, mellotron, Fender Rhodes piano and grand piano).