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The first album by Asia Minor, a cult band of the progressive rock scene founded by two Turkish students living in Paris, Setrak Bakirel and Erik Tekeli, who are still part today of the line-up that has recently been released, yet on AMS Records, the album “Points of Libration” (2021, AMSLP164 / AMS326CD).
“Crossing the Line” was released in 1979 and the following “Between Flesh and Divine”, an exception made for some keyboard sounds, emanates a deep early ‘70s progressive rock feeling, as very few others were able to make in those years. An already mature debut for the band, here officially a trio (Setrak Bakirel – vocals, guitar, bass / Eril Tekeli – flute, guitar, bass / Lionel Beltrami – drums) with Nick Vicente guest on keyboards, who were capable of forging a complex but beautifully flowing record, upheld by an incredibly solid rhythmic section and characterized by a perfect interchange between enthralling and energetic moments and dreamy, ‘Canterburian’ atmospheres.
This release completes the series of Asia Minor’s back catalog reissues, after the recent re-edition of “Between Flesh and Divine”.
