Various Artists: Venezuela 70 - Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American Earth (2LP, 10th anniversary, silver vinyl) [SOUL JAZZ]

Why you'll love it

A 10th anniversary pressing on silver vinyl of Soul Jazz's ground-breaking compilation, sixteen tracks across four sides. It was the first album of its kind to dig into the psychedelic, experimental rock made in Venezuela during its 1970s oil-boom years.

This edition

• 10th anniversary edition
• Silver vinyl
• 2LP set, sixteen tracks across four sides

About the album

In the 1970s Venezuela was flush with oil money and open to the world, and Caracas became a place where rock, jazz, folklore and electronics collided. Soul Jazz Records' Venezuela 70 was the first collection to map that moment, and ten years on it's back on silver vinyl.

Vytas Brenner's "Bang-Going-Gone" and "Araguaney" mix prog synths with joropo rhythms, Grupo C.I.M.'s "Joropo No. 1" rides a folk dance into the cosmos, and "Caracas Para Locos", "Polvo Lunar" and "Panico A Las 5am" show just how adventurous the scene got. Most of these records barely left the country at the time. It's a trip in the most literal sense, no passport required.

Tracklist

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Out August 7, 2026 on Soul Jazz (cat# SJRLP599C).