Pun-Q-Tan

1974 - ALTERNATIVA 2 (RCA Victor AVS-4290)
Side B - track #5 : Trio ‘Quistral’ – Tantas Cosas

By releasing the song ‘Tantas cosas’, the acoustic duo

‘Gabriel & Marcelo’ planned closing their contribution

to the folk genre. Sympathetically with most of male

duos of that period, songwriter Gabriel Ogando desired

as well a new texture for his compositions, a departure

from the simplicity of folk closed harmonic structures

into the limitless of the classical orchestra melodic palette.

Named after a bird supposedly from the Argentinean

south, ‘Quistral’ meant to be ‘Gabriel & Marcelo’ next

evolutionary musical stage.

In 1974, Gabriel Ogando crystallized this new project, by
meeting keyboardist Guillermo Medin (Quistral - Final
Klhasch) who at that time was playing with Tito Losavio
(Man Ray) in ‘Burbujas’, a Tropical/Dance group under
the leadership of percussionist guru Guido ’Chiche’ Abregu.
‘Quistral’ rehearsals started shortly afterwards in Guillermo
Medin’s studio in Lomas de Zamora, South Buenos Aires. 

All songs were re-arranged, re-harmonized and orchestra-

ted accordingly to Gabriel Ogando`s plan and in 1975 trio

‘Quistral’ presented this new shaped-up material in IFT

Theatre, in the off ‘Once’ neighborhood. This unique un-

plugged concert featured Gabriel Ogando/Marcelo Braga in

acoustic guitars/vocals and Guillermo Medin in acoustic

piano and represents the solely ‘Quistral’ formation ever

known to the public.

Due to some kind of disagreement between the two vocalist,

(not into commenting about soap-opera subjects) the trio

‘Quistral’ splitted-up. Desillusionized Gabriel Ogando just

recovered from it years afterwards and joined Marilina Ross,

Marcelo Braga opted instead for a career in music teaching

and Guillermo Medin ended up in the house of Alejandro De

Michele of ‘Pastoral’ in Liniers, West Buenos Aires, studying

Gustavo Beytelmann’s orchestral score for ‘Humanos’.

Alejandro De Michele foreseeing director Beytelmann was

leaving the country in 1976, he convoked keyboardist Guillermo

Medin for implementing same textures for live shows scenarios.

Playback Side B - track #5 : Trio Quistral ‘Tantas Cosas’

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/nlc5re5b76up6fi/Trio+%E2%80%98Quistral%E2%80%99+%E2%80%93+Tantas+Cosas.mp3

OR

http://mfi.re/listen/nlc5re5b76up6fi/Trio_‘Quistral’_–_Tantas_Cosas.mp3