Sisa, Orgia (CD)

It's hard to know much about Jaume Sisa. He was from the Catalan region of Spain, perhaps Barcelona, and he made two albums in 1971—one with his group Musica Dispersa, and then this solo album Orgia. They've both been reissued on CD, and they're both a bit perplexing. Orgia is vaguely psychedelic and vaguely folk-y. The closest comparisons might be Syd Barrett's solo records or Tyrannosaurus Rex, and it occasionally falls apart even more than those albums tend to. (I've also found blurbs on-line that mention Incredible String Band, which is also a valid reference). There's plenty of tabla, and weird keyboards, and the vocals don't leap out to the front in melody or mix. The CD remaster sounds particularly good, and the reissue is well-packaged with a nice Digipak and booklet with lyrics & pictures.