Progressive Jazz-Rock/Fusion group from Chile. If you are a King Crimson or Focus fan then you should love this recording. This self-titled LP is their first release. Copies of this are hard to find anymore.
"AERA is a band from Germany who performs progressive fusion in the style of NUCLEUS, EMBRYO and DZYAN. Spacey guitar passages are the strongest characteristic in their music, as well as good flute and saxophone passages. They have 6 albums, of which "Humanum Est" is considered their best effort."—ProgArchives.com
A bit diffiuclt to classify, Kollectiv is at times in the krautrock direction, but they also range across jazz/rock/fusion territory and even head a bit into avant-garde territory. Instrumental rock of a high caliber, whatever you want to call it. There is even a bit of early pre-Kraftwerk-like sound in the mix. An enjoyable recording that I am glad to have found. This 2007 release contains four bonus tracks totaling almost another thirty minutes of music.
