Govea biography (http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=5485)
Some months ago we received a suggestion to include the Mexican Power Trio GOVEA in Symphonic, so we started the research, and the first information we got was that the band was formed by Salvador Govea in the keyboards, Victor Valdovinos percussion and Luis Arturo Guerrero in the bass, with this small amount of data, ELP came to my mind, so when I got their debut album Danza Urbana, was expecting a classical oriented band with strong keyboards, pompous arrangements and a lot of self indulgence (which to be honest I enjoy).
But our surprise was huge, even when the band had obvious Classical formation and clear 70's approach, their sound was extremely complex with some Avant Garde elements and as expected in a Mexican band ethnic components that made the music richer but strangely their performances were sober and correct without excessive pomp.
Our first decision was to send them to Eclectic because of the diversity of sounds, but at the end we decided that the best place for GOVEA is with us.
In their website they mention bands like ELP, King Crimson, PFM, Triumvirat and Le Orme among others as their main influence, but I respectfully disagree, their style even when impacted by ELP, is much more sober and formal, with a huge Neo Classical Component that makes them different, and if we add the already mentioned Mexican atmosphere, we got a unique band that deserves a place in Prog Archives because their own merits and not any influence that in any case is not determinant in their music.
We will be constantly looking at them and expecting that the excellent Danza Urbana is only the first release of a prolific career, because we need healthy bands with a classical sound but with a new and original approach as GOVEA.
Muchas Gracias Magal!!!
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