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HARMONIUM EN TOURNÉE

Harmonium

 

Prog Folk

4.22 | 103 ratings

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5 stars I remember seing Harmonium for that show twice. I started slowly with Harmonium, found the first album good when it was a revolution in Quebec. When the second album came out i tought it was a masterpiece and i remember one night i had the choice between going to see them in Cegep Maisonneuve in Montreal and another gig , i think it was Shawn Phillips, i choose Shawn. Then L'Heptade came out and i tought great album but...a bit too ...( put the word you want) for being a masterpiece.I was really into Maneige who was my favorite group...Then i saw the concert of L'Heptade at Centre sportif of University of Montreal.... The mythical place where Genesis had played 3 times for the Selling Tour and twice with Hammill in opening act ( i was there). So instinctively i tought if Harmonium is playing there (5 minutes from home) it's gonna be an amazing gig. And it was! The live l'Heptade was Amazing, somptuous and magical. A lot more rock, jazz, and free spirit. Libert Subirana was Fantastic on H orns and Flute, the slide show was great, the music even better. At Last Harmonium was coming totally Free and loose and at his most powerfull point it would have never come.

Weeks later they played for one week at another mythical place (another five minutes from my home) The theater Outremont....( where within a year i didn't know at the time ) i would produce Peter Hammill in an amazing ,legendary concert! That' s another story!

The one week at the Outremont was for Harmonium one of the most festive week of their carrer in Montreal! The band was even tighter and night after night they were magical. The hall was smaller they had scrap the slide show (wich was ok) and concentrate on the music...Woof and they were playing their best ever.

The Vancouver gig (wich is the subject of this ) is not as strong but still is fantastic! This Cd coming out was a bonus. Fiori put a law order on this album after 2 days on the market and CBS had to drawn it back from the bins. The Legend says that all the records where lost somewhere in an a basement of the company. And for years the double lp was one of the rarest of all Quebec history.Now you can listen to it and discover a band at his summit!

Harmonium played once in California ( in front of 100.thousands, it was partly filmed by the CBC ) and were offer a golden pound if they where to sing in english . Obviuosly they refused...i wonder why those separatist golden boys refused!

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