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    Posted: August 04 2006 at 15:17
Is anyone aware of the best French Progressive music and its artists during the 70's? This is a thread for the discussion of the some of the best progressive music produced during the 70's its artists and recordings and why do you think they are so lost from todays english and american histories of progressive rock?
 
Here are but a few of the better albums that France produced in the 70's, their output of great progressive music is only rivaled by the english, germans and italians.
 
Has Magma damaged the ears and brains of those wishing to investigate the french scence or is the information transfer between english and french so damaged as to not allow good information to the community as a whole(italian and germans are fully aware of france great output for instance). Or is intelligent music not absorbed by todays proghead or..........Confused.
Maybe Im Gay and dont know it yet?Thumbs Up


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I've had some French Symphonic prog on my wishlist for a while now, such as Ange, Atoll, Pulsar, and Mona Lisa.  I'm not really sure of the best place to start, but I can get Ange's top rated album (forget the name) pretty cheap so I'll probably do that soon.  I've also been meaning to get some Clearlight and more Magma.
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    Alain Markusfeld




http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=21578



http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=11777


Delired cameleon family (1975)
A cross of Gong and Clearlight



Nino ferrer (1971)




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Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

I've had some French Symphonic prog on my wishlist for a while now, such as Ange, Atoll, Pulsar, and Mona Lisa. I'm not really sure of the best place to start, but I can get Ange's top rated album (forget the name) pretty cheap so I'll probably do that soon. I've also been meaning to get some Clearlight and more Magma.


You must get the Clearlight888 remaster of "Forever blowing bubbles" (with fantastic bonus), which is an absolute masterpiece of cosmic space rock .




Have a look at Philippe's review:

CLEARLIGHT — Forever Blowing Bubbles
Review by philippe (Philippe Blache)
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Content Development &Krautrock Team

5 stars Clearlight is a mesmerising French prog band led by the piano / keyboarder Cyrille Verdeaux. Clearlight represents the pinnacle of the French prog rock scene (with Lard Free). "Forever Blowing Bubbles" is a collection of highlighted soundscapes featuring extended / short tracks, mainly instrumental with a dominant of piano /guitar /sax combination. Each composition delivers its own personal atmosphere. The album starts with a kind of pop / soft ballad partially sung in French. It contains very romantic piano / violin parts then we have a fast, stunning technical guitar break. The second track begins with an interesting melodic repetitive piano part combined to experimental / electronic "cosmic" arrangements. It finally turns (as in the previous track) to a piano based line mixed with a freaky & powerful improvised guitar solo. The two following tracks are my favourite. "Way" is a celestial, strange tune for piano / wha wha guitar and voices in the distance..."Ergotrip" is a catchy mental projection to an other galaxy, with lot of "cosmic" noises, psychedelic flute part, melodic piano lines followed by technical / emotional guitar/ sax solos... An excellent symphonic / "cosmic" rock manifestation!!
    




    

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Originally posted by Bluesaga Bluesaga wrote:

.... such as Ange, Atoll, Pulsar, and Mona Lisa....Magma.
This is what I am talking about, shouldnt one go directly to Lard Free, Clearlight, Spacecraft, ZED, Triode, Travelling, Dun and Francois Breant for a real introduction? Instead after about 50 to 100 purchases maybe one finds some of these great artists?
 
 
I used to have a vinyl copy of Platock years ago, great album. Forever Blowing and Delired are OK but I prefer Visons and Symphony, just taste but at least we are in the right restuarant!Wink
 
Will have to look for Nini Ferrer, havent heard that one!


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Some "new" stuffs that i don't know...well played Bryan!

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We are between frenchprog lovers now!
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So, tell us more about each record, Bryan!
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You both know "Chronolyse" i suppose?

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Movie soundtrack....

   Alain Gorager/La planète sauvage (1973)

















Allmusic review:

"In 2000, the European label DC Recordings reissued on CD the soundtrack from the cult sci-fi animated film La Planète Sauvage (released in English as The Fantastic Planet). The René Laloux film, which won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1973, was supported by a soundtrack by Alain Goraguer, mostly known for his work as Serge Gainsbourg's arranger. Goraguer's music consists of 25 short vignettes. Each is a contextualized adaptation of one of three main musical themes. The main theme is very reminiscent of Pink Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother Suite" (same half-time tempo, mellotron, harpsichord, and wah-wah guitar), and the other two are a ballad and a circus-like waltz. The music is very '70s-clichéd and will appeal to fans of French and Italian '70s soundtrack stylings. Although repetitive, the album itself creates an interesting marijuana-induced sci-fi floating mood, blending psychedelia, jazz, and funk. (...)"
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Originally posted by Yukorin Yukorin wrote:

Do you guys remember Spalax's '30 Years of Musical Insurrection In France' treble cd ? Saw it in a second-hand shop in Central London an' didn't buy it. Big regrets.


Playin' Puissance 13plus 2 now in honour of thread ☆


How is the "Alpes"/Catherine Ribeiro piece on 13+2?
    
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A prolific and exciting prog scene France was and is.
Of those days (without distinction of genres) I love:
Pulsar, Dun, Markusfeld, Carpe Diem, Clearlight, Eskaton, Arachnoind, Atoll, Art Zoyd, Heldon, Pinhas, Ponty, Potemkine, Sandrose, Shylock, Shub-Niggurath, Travelling, Triode, Weidorje, Magma, Xoltol, Etron Fou, Lard Free, and others I forgot...
 
Good to be among Francophiles Smile
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Originally posted by oliverstoned oliverstoned wrote:



So, tell us more about each record, Bryan!
 
sorry, thats for the wise to absorb, those that know me know that I dont recommend garbage and I dont do reviews.Big smile But you can surf the net and find some usually. Sleepy
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