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smcfee 
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Joined: May 18 2006 Status: Offline Points: 95 |
 Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:27 |
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One thing about Conventum that some people do not realize is that Charles Kaczynski was a full member of the band, not a guest. The Kozak booklet had him down as a guest but we corrected it for this release. One of the qualities of the first album is the presence of two violinists; Bernard Cormier and Charles. Charles can actually pick out what parts he played by ear twenty years later (maybe this is not so much of a surprise).
There is also an earlier lineup of Conventum who never released any material during their lifetime. This group is a bit more influenced by progressive rock than the experimental folk that came later. Andre thinks that he has some tapes somewhere that would be from this earlier group, and if he can find them we might really have something there.
Regards,
Sean / ProgQuebec |
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avestin
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Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:26 |
YEAH!   This has been quite a bad week, but this message has just softened it alot for me. Very good news. I will look for all those newly released Maneige albums. Oh yeah, and Conventum as well... |
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smcfee
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Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:23 |
We are actually working to reissue both of these. Franck Dervieux could be out as early as September but it's more likely to be a 2007 release. Vos Voisins definitely will not be this year because we're having trouble tracking some of the guys down.
We also have some material by the pre-Maneige band Lasting Weep featuring Jerome and Alain (and also Mathieu Leger of Orchestre Sympathique / Conventum / Molignak), which is from 1969-1971 and is very proto-prog and somewhat like Tull due to Alain's flute.
Regards,
Sean
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Jimbo
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Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:27 |
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^^ I'm afraid I don't know their music yet, but they surely sound very interesting!
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20585 |
Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:20 |
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The idea of this thread was to speak of CONVENTUM
 Edited by Sean Trane - May 19 2006 at 07:22 |
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Jimbo
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Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:19 |
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20585 |
Posted: May 19 2006 at 07:03 |
There IS a god for atheist progheads like me !!
 His name is ProgQuebec
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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pierreolivier
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Joined: August 31 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 222 |
Posted: May 19 2006 at 00:33 |
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That's a very good news
Your company did a very good job reediting classics Quebec Prog albums.I have a couple of reissues (Contraction,Pollen) and your products are always good.
Since Sean is a member of this forum,I will take this opportunity to ask him a question.Do your company(ProgQuebec) plan to release other albums?The two albums that I would like to be released on cd are Franck Dervieux "Dimension M" who is supposed to be the blueprint of the Contraction sound (the majority of the musicians of Contraction plays on that album) and the other is Vos Voisins "Holocauste à Montréal".Those 2 albums can be considered the roots of Quebec progressive rock mouvement and even if they were not as influential as group like Harmonium and Maneige,it can be interesting to have these albums available on cd's.
Thanks a lot.
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smcfee
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Posted: May 18 2006 at 23:17 |
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I would also like to make mention of the release by Charles Kaczynski, "Lumiere de la Nuit". This is one of the greatest releases of Quebec progressive rock ever. I know that sounds like a lot of hype, but I can't help it. Picture some of the folkier stuff like Engoulevent or the second Harmonium, but with small motifs combined into two side long suites ala Mike Oldfield, and you get an idea of what's on display here. Kaczynski, who was also a member of Conventum at one point, plays over 20 instruments on this album. You guys will go ape over this if you hear it, I am sure of it.
Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
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smcfee
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Posted: May 18 2006 at 23:14 |
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Hello,
Stephen will not be there but I will be. We have not scheduled Maneige S/T or Les Porches for release at this point because things with EMI are very slow. We have the artist on side, and EMI is cooperative in spirit but it is taking them a long time to do the necessary prep work to be able to license to us. We have to accept the possibility of a 2007 or 2008 release, or even that they may never work with us or anyone else. We have made an alternate plan for September. From a post I made elsewhere: ------------------------------------------------ The first ProgQuebec release for September has been confirmed, and it is a new archival release from Maneige. Tentatively titled "Les Porches Live", it is a 70-minute concert from 1974-1975 featuring the first line-up of the band. The concert contains the entirety of Les Porches performed live. In addition it contains two pieces from the first album, appearing live for the first time, and a 20-minute never-released epic called "Choux-Fleur". Amazingly there is NO overlap between this release and "Live à l'Évêché", and with both releases, you have both their first albums minus one six minute piece. The track list is: 1- Les Aventures de Saxinette et Clariphone (Porches) 16min. 2- Choux-Fleur (unreleased) 16min. 3- Grosse Torche (Porches) 2min 4- Galerie 3 (1st Maneige) 6min 5- Chromo (Porches) 6min 6- Les Porches de Notre-Dame (Porches) 17min 7- Jean-Jacques (1st Maneige) 5min 8- Encore: House of the Rising Sun 3min The sound quality of this release is fantastic. The performance is very impressive. The band's approach was always to have their material nailed cold in concert before they went to studio, and that's clearly the case here. The arrangements are different from what ended up on the studio album; no string quartets or vocals from Raoul Duguay, but instead an incredibly tight progressive chamber rock ensemble performing highly contrapuntal symphonic rock of the highest caliber. I have been listening to this thing almost daily for the last three months, so I can't wait to release it. If you like the later Maneige stuff we've done, or early After Crying, this concert is mandatory. Regards, Sean / ProgQuebec |
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Progfans
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Joined: August 05 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 214 |
Posted: May 17 2006 at 12:43 |
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I will go to see Nathan Mahl in Ottawa Saturday and i will probably see Stephen from ProgQuebec...
I will ask the question about that and i will post the response monday |
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La cuisine c,est comme l,amour, il faut y croire pour que ca marche
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20585 |
Posted: May 17 2006 at 12:19 |
I think that they (PQ) are blocked by financial discussion with EMI for the first two albums (which were released on Harvest)
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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avestin
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 18 2005 Status: Offline Points: 12625 |
Posted: May 17 2006 at 12:17 |
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I am glad to hear this regarding Maneige.
Sean, do you know perhaps is there is any chance that Les Porches will be released on CD? |
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20585 |
Posted: May 17 2006 at 11:35 |
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Great little label ProgQuebec is re-issuing some real gems this month
Everyone (or a lot of progheads) know of Maneige, and both Ni Vent Ni Nouvelle and Libre Service are truely superb. These two albums had received a previous release on the small and defunct Kozak label, but there are live bonus tracks coming from the live album Composite (probably means that this album will not get a re-issue, though)
Those not familiar, please check out my reviews to those albums
 More confidential but just as essential are the two albums Conventum released in the late 70's. These guys were an impressive cross between chamber music and prog folk. Both A L'Affût D'Un Complot and Le Bureau Central Des Utopies are absolute must if you love pre-classical music and Gryphon or Anthony Phillips. Both albums come with many bonus tracks , but if you had the previous Kozak
Entered two weeks ago in the Archives with the help of Proglucky (thanks Ron
) , I have reviewed the albums this weekCONVENTUM — À l'affût d'un ComplotReview by Sean Trane (Hugues Chantraine)SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Specialist
CONVENTUM — Le Bureau Central Des UtopiesReview by Sean Trane (Hugues Chantraine)SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Specialist
Very much worth the hunt if you love Folk Prog (after all I have been pigeon holed as a specialist of that genre )Edited by Sean Trane - May 17 2006 at 12:17 |
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smcfee wrote:
While this debut album was released on Le Tamanoir label, it received two CD release both with the original stupendous debut album, but also the much weirder live show they held on April 17, 1977. For this album, Conventum presented themselves as a sextet, but were often enhanced by many more – including Kaczinsky, Forestier and Leger (Orchestre Sympathique). Their mostly acoustic sound is very impressive, highly cultivated (very inclined on semi-medieval and old folk music), half of it instrumental, and is best described as avant-folk-prog. 