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Product Description For over 30 years, Inti-Illimani has been bringing the exquisite sounds of South America to the world at large. Formed in Santiago, Chile, the group was exiled from their homeland during the reign of Pinochet. This collection highlights Inti-Illimani's broad repertoire of folk melodies and impressive arrangements of their own material. A must for fans! Amazon.com Early in their formation, the engineering students that were Inti-Illimani (pronounced "intee-E-gee-manee") explored not only the music of their homeland of Chile, but also the native culture of Argentina, Peru, and surrounding countries. This research led to a 30-year career that's produced a bounty of diverse music from Latin America and is why one hears everything from son folk to Andean pan flutes in the ensemble's repertoire. Listeners unfamiliar with the eight-member group whose instrumentation includes such familiar tools as guitar and clarinet and such exotic ones as the quena (a reed flute) and rondador (reed pan flute) have an opportunity to taste the varied flavors of its breezy, romantic music. Over the years Inti have consistently penned sociopolitical lyrics addressing human rights with an undying optimism, an outgrowth in part of their exile from Chile in 1973. Whatever the history, this album provides a spirited and comprehensive introduction to a group of musicians who've created some of the most moving Latin music of the last 30 years. --Karen K. Hugg Review Founded in 1967 by students in Santiago, Chile, Inti-Illimani is an enduring presence among Latin American nueva cancisn, folk and Andean music fans. Unable to return home after a right-wing coup toppled President Salvador Allende in 1973, Inti-Illimani endured a 15-year exile in Italy, carrying the diverse musical traditions of its native region to a dedicated global audience. Renowned for their vocal and instrumental virtuosity (collectively they play over 30 instruments), the musicians present a finely textured contemporary musical profile, full of longing, sadness and joy, on this collection, culled from their four most recent recordings on Xenophile. --Michael Stone --
