Hiatus (France) for RIO/Eclecic/Fusion

There certainly is a Belgian punk band called Hiatus, but would find it odd that that would be suggested for Avant Prog. I can't find another thread at PA for Hiatus (the French band), nor the conversation about its inclusion. Avestin mentioned it on a list back in 2006 as one that should be checked out at some time, but it seems it was added to Progfreak only as the Belgian one. Some mix-up, it seems.

This is the 80s Belgian Hiatus:



There may have been some confusion and the wrong band was checked. The French Hiatus is very good indeed, listened to it yesterday but didn't respond as I didn't want to sound too gushy, and I don't think this would be rejected so easily. This is one that I would definitely think, even if it missed out on one category, it would get move votes for other categories to try. It's a little like if Abus Dangereux met Jean-Paul Prat, plus the others listed. I'd put it in Avant Prog, and it has Zeuhl, JRF and an eclectic feel to it. Very nice Zeuhl touches to it.

My thought, unless we can be sure that this French one got properly evaluated or evaluated at all (rather than the Belgian one), we should give it another shot (better to feel safe that it was properly evaluated). Mistakes do happen, and I can think of some bands that were rejected then accepted later despite not having new material (probably because the wrong material was listened to the first time, but this band only has one album). I'm not sure what the exact rule on this is, but I don't think it's a solid rule that a band can't be evaluated again, even without new material,or checked by a different team if that team is unwilling to take it. If not being allowed to re-check a band is set-in-stone policy, perhaps that's one that we could revisit and possibly amend. In this case, though, I can't be sure if the right one got checked before.

This is the French Hiatus in embed form:



Whether it ever gets included or not, personally I hope it does and think it deserving, thanks for exposing me to a highly enjoyable album.

Edited by Logan - September 17 2019 at 17:03

Are you positive that it was not the Belgian band that was checked?

I checked the old RIO/Avant thread earlier, but cannot be sure that the French one was checked rather than the Belgian as while I see it mentioned in Avestin's list, and one response to the list, I see no commentary on the artist specifically (I tried to be thorough). It seems odd to me that that this one would be so soundly rejected (no move votes or even prog related votes). In those days I was on the Eclectic team, and had it been passed to us, I would have voted yes. Generally an outright rejection equals not at all proggy (at least that's how I used the charts and we would give reasons for our rejections), but perhaps my ears are totally in error?

Edited by Logan - September 17 2019 at 17:18

Glad to hear it. I enjoyed the album very much; hope your team does too (mind you, French Prog has been a really big thing to me, so I get very excited about older albums from there that I somehow missed before). And any post that mentions Moving Gelatine Plates, Plat du Jour, Dun, Yog Sothoth, Univers Zero, Present, and Zamla is bound to get me excited (that's like me on a plate of the day).

Edited by Logan - September 17 2019 at 17:29

I also need to listen it carefully and the cover is interesting - like Silver Surfer blending into his board.

Added!  Thanks!