One of the crown jewels of the European Jazz-Rock-Prog-Fusion scene.
This band from Barcelona, comprised of top notch musicians connected to Crac, Màquina! and Barcelona Traction, mixed Canterbury/RIO influences with classical Spanish Music.
This is their first album from 1976.
Música Urbana was a short-lived Spanish Jazz‑Rock band formed in Barcelona in the mid-70s by composer and multi-instrumentalist Joan Albert Amargós. Their aim was to forge a distinctly Catalan Progressive Rock identity—rooted in Mediterranean and Andalusian traditions rather than Anglophone influences. The band assembled top-tier musicians (Lucky Guri, Carles Benavent, Salvador Font, Luigi Cabanach…) piece by piece, ultimately becoming a sort of local supergroup.
Their sound blended Jazz‑Rock, traditional Spanish and Classical Music, and even cinematic scores, forming a unique, sophisticated fusion style
The original album cover referenced Spanish classical composers — signaling the band’s deep embrace of Iberian musical heritage in a Prog-Fusion framework.
Stream the official promo video via the YouTube player below:
Stream the track “Font” via the YouTube player below:
*Remastered sound in 24-bit domain
*Multilingual insert with liner notes by journalist Àlex Gómez-Font and rare photos
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Side 1: 1. Agost – 2. Violeta – 3. Vacas, Toros y Toreros
Side 2: 1. Font – 2. Caramels de Mel – 3. El Vesubio Azul