YEAR: 1975/1976
STYLE: Progressive Rock/ Jazz Rock/ Fusion
FORMAT: APE (Tracks + Log + .Cue + Scans + 5% Recovery)
SIZE: 572 Mb
COUNTRY: Slovakia
Fermáta is a Slovak group that formed in 73, from the association of guitarist Frantisek Griglak (ex-Collegium Musicum and Prudy) and keyboardist Thomas Berka. Apparently their brand of instrumental jazz-rock was at best approved, at worst tolerated by the Communist regime as they released all their albums on the state apparatchik label Opus. Indeed, their music has been compared to Spain's Iceberg or Holland's Finch, but this writer wouldn't hesitate to talk of Mahavishnu Orchestra as well, at least for their first few albums.
Both Griglak and Berka would be the mainstays of an otherwise often-changing line-up, even if Karol Olah held the drum stool from their third album until the mid-80's at least. Right from their first album, Fermáta posessed some quality western instruments like Gibson, Fender, Rickenbacker and the full array of keyboards except the Mellotron and the Moog, which might be a bit surprising for a band that was under scrutiny of the closed-borders regime. Their music slowly degraded to a synthesized rock of Ad Libitum in the mid-80's. Apparently still alive today, the group still releases the odd album.
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Track Listing:CD1: Fermata - Fermata 197501. Rumunská rapsódia / Romanian Rhapsody
02. Perpetuum II.
03. Postavím si vodu na čaj / I'll Put The Kettle On
04. Valčík pre krstnú mamu / Waltz For Godmother
05. Perpetuum III.
The Band:- Tomás Berka / keyboards
- Frantisek Griglák / guitar
- Anton Jaro / bass, percussion
- Peter Szapu / drums, percussion
CD2: Fermata - Pieseň z hôľ 197601. Pieseň z hôľ / Song From Ridges
02. Svatba na medvedej lúke / Marriage On A Bears Meadow
03. Posledný jarmok v Radvani / The Last Fair In Radvaň
04. Priadky / Spinning
05. Dolu Váhom / Downstream Váh
06. Vo Zvolene zvony zvonia / Bells Are Ringing In Zvolen
The Band:- Tomás Berka / keyboards, percussion
- Frantisek Griglák / guitar, vocals, keyboards
- Anton Jaro / bass
- Milan Tedla / violin, Jew's harp
- Cyril Zeleňák / drums, percussion
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