Though they would eventually evolve into one of the world's most distinctive stoner rock/doom metal bands, on their 1998 debut, Delmar, los Natas come across as little more than second-rate Kyuss clones.
Songs like "Samurai" and "I Love You" are so utterly dependent on the desert metal godfathers for their essential sonic blueprint that it becomes almost impossible to praise them on their own merits -- of which there are quite a few.
Mellow, spacy instrumentals like "Trilogia" and "Mux Cortoi" round out the disc's amazingly precise Sky Valley impression, and, tellingly, except for the Spanish-speaking title track and "Negro," Delmar is the only Natas LP sung almost entirely in English -- yet another sign that these guys hadn't yet figured out how to think for themselves.
When they finally did, starting with 1998's much, much improved Ciudad de Brahman, boy, did they show us! In the meantime, Delmar is best left forgotten except by stoner rock masochists and devout latter-day fans curious to find out where it all began.
[2003's Bee Jesus box set conveniently repackaged the disappointing Delmar with its worthy successor, Ciudad de Brahman, and added two unreleased tracks.].
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samurai | Los Natas | Play | 05:04 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | 1980 | Los Natas | Play | 02:38 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | Trilogia | Los Natas | Play | 05:41 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | I Love You | Los Natas | Play | 05:30 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 5 | Soma | Los Natas | Play | 06:44 | 15 MB | 41 MB |
| 6 | Muxcortoi | Los Natas | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | Delmar | Los Natas | Play | 04:06 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Windblows | Los Natas | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 9 | Alberto Migre | Los Natas | Play | 06:15 | 14 MB | 39 MB |
| 10 | El Negro | Los Natas | Play | 05:40 | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| 49 mins | 113 MB | |||||
| 49 mins | 316 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gustavo "Pichon" Dalpont | Engineer |
| 2 | Los Natas | Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |