El jardín de los presentes

El jardín de los presentes (pronounced [el xaɾˈðin de los pɾeˈsentes]); Spanish for "the garden of the present ones" or "the garden of presents") is the third and final album by the Argentine rock band Invisible, released on 29 September 1976 on CBS Records. The recording sessions and release of the album took place during a grim moment in Argentine history: a coup d'état in March 1976 installed a military dictatorship known as the National Reorganization Process in the country, inaugurating an era of state terrorism.

El jardín de los presentes
Studio album by
Invisible
Released29 September 1976 (1976-09-29)[1]
StudioCBS Studios, Buenos Aires
GenreProgressive rock, art rock, jazz rock
Length37:42
LabelCBS
ProducerLuis Alberto Spinetta
Invisible chronology
Durazno sangrando
(1975)		 El jardín de los presentes
(1976)		 Obras cumbres
(2001)

Invisible, which would disband in 1977, was one of the bands headed by musician Luis Alberto Spinetta. El jardín de los presentes marked a stylistic change in the band's sound, incorporating elements of jazz and tango. This shift is associated with the musical trends in Buenos Aires at that time, with musicians such as Astor Piazzolla, Dino Saluzzi, Jorge Pinchevsky and Daniel Binelli expanding the notions of the genre in their compositions, and rock musicians like Sui Generis and Litto Nebbia experimenting with tango sounds. The inclusion of the 18-year-old guitarist Tomás Gubitsch, trained in jazz music, was also vital in this artistic progression;[2] however, it created tensions in the group, causing their eventual separation.[3] The album also features bandoneonists Rodolfo Mederos and Juan José Mosalini, and composer Gustavo Moretto.

The album was presented with two multitudinous concerts at the Estadio Luna Park in August and September 1976, with an amount of attendants unusual at that time, indicating a peak in commercial success for the band[4] El jardín de los presentes is considered one of the highest creative apexes in Spinetta's career.[5] In 2007, the Argentine edition of Rolling Stone ranked it 28 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Albums of National Rock".[6]

The song "Ruido de magia" is prominently sampled in "Dis Generation" by A Tribe Called Quest, off their final album We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service from 2016.[7]

Track listing
Side one
No.TitleLength
1."El anillo del Capitán Beto"5:08
2."Los libros de la buena memoria"5:05
3."Alarma entre los ángeles"6:32
4."Que ves el cielo"2:04
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Ruido de magia"4:35
6."Doscientos años"4:08
7."Niño condenado"7:08
8."Las golondrinas de Plaza de Mayo"3:26
Total length:37:42
Notes
  • "Doscientos años" appears on the inner sleeve as "200 años"
  • "Niño condenado" appears on the inner sleeve as "Perdonado"
  • "Las golondrinas de Plaza de Mayo" appears on the inner sleeve as "Las golondrinas de Pza. de Mayo"

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of El jardín de los presentes and AllMusic.[8][9]

See also

Notes
  1. Marchi, 2019. p. 269
  2. Vitale, Cristian (August 16, 2005). "Entrevista a Tomás Gubitsch: los exilios del rock y el tango" (in Spanish). Página/12. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  3. Berti, 1988, p. 55
  4. Berti, 1988, p. 54
  5. Aravena, Héctor. "Revisión de El jardín de los presentes – Invisible (1976)" (in Spanish). Jardín de Gente. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  6. "Los 100 mejores discos del rock nacional". Rolling Stone Argentina (in Spanish). Publirevistas S. A. April 2007.
  7. "A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes's 'Dis Generation' sample of Invisible's 'Ruido De Magia'". WhoSampled.
  8. El jardín de los presentes (liner notes). Invisible. CBS. 1976.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. "El Jardin de Los Presentes: Credits". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved May 25, 2015.

References
  • Berti, Eduardo (1988). Spinetta: Crónicas e iluminaciones (in Spanish). Editora AC. ISBN 9789504940852.
  • Marchi, Sergio (2019). Spinetta: Ruido de magia (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Planeta. ISBN 978-950-49-6461-2.
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