tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post7990176574444626034..comments2024-03-27T13:26:51.916+02:00Comments on Rockasteria: Aura - Sativa (1976 us, groovy fiery funky psych, 2011 reissue)Marioshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-50430507589273452452020-06-01T01:57:02.402+03:002020-06-01T01:57:02.402+03:00Thanks Marios..., awesome..., regardThanks Marios..., awesome..., regardJaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208867616931150120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-82531791680592335042020-05-24T09:48:39.112+03:002020-05-24T09:48:39.112+03:00Jaime, "Aura - Sativa" ..reblownJaime, "Aura - Sativa" ..reblownMarioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203152597932074783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-70607944005985888362020-05-24T03:14:13.847+03:002020-05-24T03:14:13.847+03:00Hi Marios..., this link is dead. Can you upload ag...Hi Marios..., this link is dead. Can you upload again , please. Thanks a lotJaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208867616931150120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-76406830452970683852014-08-23T22:01:56.521+03:002014-08-23T22:01:56.521+03:00AS members of this 1976 band we are grateful for p...AS members of this 1976 band we are grateful for peoples interest in this 70's classic album. Rick Kutulas is still performing extensively in the bay area With the band Mark Bettencourt and the Aftermath. Robin Kutulas continues to write music.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675268153368297195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-5587384715424032822013-07-13T11:01:21.063+03:002013-07-13T11:01:21.063+03:00Oakland's Aura are usually described as psych/...Oakland's Aura are usually described as psych/funk or similar, but the sound on their sole LP, 1976's The Aura (originally to be titled Sativa, until the drug reference got someone running scared), is more Bay-Area Latin rock than anything, sounding an awful lot like early Santana, right down to the ripping guitar leads and massed percussion. OK, so it's probably funkier than most of Santana's output, while the female vocals and brass lead the music more in that direction, but this really is more Latin than anything. The album was apparently rediscovered through hip-hop crew Oaktown's 357's sampling of Mess Up Your Mind, leading crate-diggers to search out originals and an eventual reissue, under its original title, by Lion Records.<br /><br />So, is it any good? Yes, is the simple answer, tracks like propulsive opener You Got Something, the funky Sativa and freak-out closer Skyrocket lifting the album above other, second-division Latin rock/funksters. The same can be said for Eddie Weiss' guitar work, his acid-drenched (sorry) leads being singled out for particular praise. Robin Kutulas plays Mellotron (a studio machine?), with strings doubling the Hammond on You Got Something and full-on string and flute parts on First Taste Of Love, although it's not exactly what you'd call a major feature of their sound. All in all, definitely a lost classic, at least of its kind, which is more than you can say for many so-called 'buried treasures'.<br /><br />Thx Marios.adamus67https://www.blogger.com/profile/07035959023698485029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-56826135277090749912013-07-11T10:27:42.851+03:002013-07-11T10:27:42.851+03:00Very good. Thankx a lot.Very good. Thankx a lot.Cositroniconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-56714864685666976792013-07-09T21:50:43.243+03:002013-07-09T21:50:43.243+03:00Thank you, marios!Thank you, marios!Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822820465535539404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379959197726431640.post-71640939803517304122013-07-08T23:36:48.990+03:002013-07-08T23:36:48.990+03:00many thanks for this..i didnt know that released c...many thanks for this..i didnt know that released cd...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com