LA SOURCE
Minimum Vital
•Eclectic Prog
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Studio Album, released in 1993 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Danse des voeux (7:00) - Thierry Payssan / keyboards, accordion CD Musea FGBG 4075.AR (1993) France Thanks to ProgLucky for the additionand to grendelbox for the last updates Edit this entry |
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MINIMUM VITAL La Source ratings distribution
(30 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(10%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(30%)
Good, but non-essential (47%)
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PROG REVIEWER
France's MINIMUM VITAL has certainly its own individuality on the desk of progressive rock. Full of grandeur and beauty, "La Source" combines all the right elements for me with excellent guitar and keyboard interplay with some nice complex drumming and deep bass playing. To be honest they are highly original and play their own style which I really like a lot. Songs are well written and offer nice mood and tempo swings with great instrumentation. Lyrics are sung in a language all their own (not unlike MAGMA in approach) which has some real nice sounding phrasing. Overall "La Source" is a deep and professional album which I find upbeat and a positive feeling album.
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PROG REVIEWER
This album was quite a deception for me. The French ''Minimum Vital'' developed a very much jazz-rock
influenced music in this album. This was already the case during their re-released debut effort ''Envol
Triangles - Les Saisons Marines''.''La Source'' is mostly instrumental and offers little real great and inspired moments. Melody and symphony are definitely not a strong asset from this band. Fine rocking moments are still available, like during the upbeat ''Mystical West'' which is my favourite song from this work. Complexly structured (as most of their music), it offers a more accessible side, more melodic (flute) angle. But it is almost the last track from this work.
This band could never really reach fame (unless an esteemed one). While you would listen to this sort of record, you can easily understand why. These musicians are of course very skilled, but the type of music being played here can't really be enthusiastic to my ears.
Skilled music for a very small audience to which I do not belong. Two stars.
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The opening minutes of this album makes me believe I am in for a drive in Zeuhl Road. But
the road soon expires and the new road is called.......... well, it is a street without a name.
This is the second proper studio album from Minimum Vital and the follow up to their debut
album Saraband
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