The eighth full-length studio release for Roberto Carlos Lange under the name Helado Negro was inspired in part by Salvatore Matirano's SAL MAR machine, Lupe Lopez, Pauline Oliveros, and Asheville, North Carolina.
In 1968 the Cotique label was born and the label's first record was The Groovy Sounds of The Gilberto Sextet, a young band of Puerto Rican descent led by pianist Gilberto Cruz.