Christian Boulé

I suggest the inclusion of the French guitarist Christian Boulé. he was a member of Clearlight and also of the band of Steve Hillage and published 2 solo albums, "Photo Musik" and "Non-Fiction". both sound a lot like solo work of Steve Hillage (with better keyboards though). the first is a little better than the second, and I would rate "Photo MusiK" 4 stars and Non-Fiction 3.

Photo Musik (1977):

1. Elastic Minute 4:08
2. Photo Musik 2:44
3. Crystal Palace 7:27
4. 22 Broad Street 4:25
5. Radio-Arc-en-Ciel 2:32
6. 5eme Ocean 2:37
7. Aqua Deva 2:57
8. Inter Galactic Cosmic Triolet 4:03
9. Orange Climax 7:38
Bonus tracks (on CD only):
10. Comet Hotel 3:07
11. Estella Futur 3:56

Musicians:

Christian Boulé : guitar, glissando guitar, synthi EMS, radio, bubbles, harmonica and flute
Cyrille Verdeaux : grand piano, organ, electric piano, micro Moog, tambourin, tubular bells
Jacky Bouladoux : drums, percussions
Patrice Congas : bass
Jean-Pierre Thirault : sax alto, soprano
Ian David Jelfs : vocals on “Crystal Palace”
Géraldine André : vocals “Radio arc-en-ciel”, “5e océan”, tenor sax “Aqua deva”
Andy Slatin : vocals

Non-Fiction (1979):

1. Non-Fiction (4:08)
2. Chance (4:19)
3. Psychedelik (4:24)
4. Magic Fanfare (5:02)
5. L.I.F.E. (3:51)
6. Glissader Aquarian (4:06)
7. Viva da New Sound (8:50)
Bonus Tracks (on CD only)
8. Synthetic Lover (4:51)
9. City Close (4:53)

Musicians:

Chistian Boulé: guitar, glissando guitar, synthesizer, vocals
Andy Slatin: vocals 1-7
Patrice Congas: bass 1-7
Jack Bouladoux: drums, percussion 1-7
Jean-Philippe Rykiel: keyboards 1-7
Jean-Pierre Thirault: sax 1-7
Gerard Ansellem: sax on 4
Xavier Baulleret: guitar on 7
Yves Lannes: keyboards
Geraldine Andre: voices on 7
Tim Blake: keyboards on 8
Charlie Doll: drums on 8
Diane Kone: bass on 8

Explanatory notes for the entry of Christian Boulé:

Christian Boulé was guitar player for Clearlight and also played in the live band of Steve Hillage. He published two solo albums with a mixture of space rock and fusion; the 2nd also included some funk elements. He died in the year 2002.

Edited by BaldJean

BJ,

You got my agreement to put them albums on!

BTW: Have you added Mothergong yet?

BaldJean wrote: Sean Trane wrote: BJ, You got my agreement to put them albums on! BTW: Have you added Mothergong yet? I have problems finding the cover art for some of the Mother Gong albums, since they are sadly out of print; else I would have added them long ago

I think Strawberry Bricks have their art work. Go and check it out.

I think that Photo musik is a lot better than Non fiction. Only my opinion anyway.

Photo Music features some cheesy moments, but there are also great cosmical moments. I can remember 3 excellent pieces. While non fiction features only one good piece with good guitar, but it already sound "80's" with a big drumm (in the pejorative sense of the world).

Photo musik is much more inspired than "non fiction" IMO.