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MOVING

Moving Gelatine Plates

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Sean Trane
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3 stars This third album has only Didier Thibault has the sole original member and was recorded 8 years after the break-up of MGP. Actually , this album just got released in vinyl under the name of Moving only. And never got a full release on CD yet except that all tracks are present on both Musea re-issues of the first two albums. Although one could fear for disaster , this album is quite fine (especially for the times) and does relate ina way to the earlier two albums.

We have here a good , relatively calm jazz-rock (not that far away from ECM fusion albums of the times) , but the music is tamer (and a bit lame) and fade a bit in comparison to the first albums. But the musicians are all fine , playing jazz rock/fusion as though they actually believe in what they are doing. One of the big differences is that the vocals are a lot more frequent and sung in french , but very pleasant and absolutely not bothersome for those who do not know French.

Anecdotical at best , you will have the album free if you get the other two albums. Otherwise , as pleasant asit is , not really wortwhile the hunt for the vinyl!

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Posted Tuesday, September 20, 2005 | Review Permalink
Mellotron Storm
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4 stars One of the worst covers ever(haha). Anyway, Didier Thibault the bass player decided in 1978 he wanted to start up MOVING GELATINE PLATES again,unfortunately he was the only original member interested. The band would go through many lineup changes before recording this studio album in 1980. As the liner notes say Didier wanted to maintain the musical spirit of the original band but this time in a more accessible idiom. Thibault would play acoustic guitar, bass and sing the lead vocals in French.

"Destruction" begins with a dark,atmospheric mood. This isn't too unusual for the band who opened their debut album with an experimental, spacey intro that was also unlike the rest of the record. The rest of this song features a nice uptempo melody. "Tout Autour De Toi" opens with gentle sax melodies and acoustic guitar. The other sax joins in after 2 minutes followed by synths. This is kind of dark actually and the sax becomes dissonant. The gentle sax takes over for dissonant sax as the mood brightens again. Cool song. "Frequence Nocturne" really sounds amazing. A laid back and breezy beginning. Some xylophone comes and goes before it becomes prominant 1 1/2 minutes in as it has turned jazzy. A sax solo with some nice bass follows. Then xylophone and bass become prominant. Sax joins in to end it. "Solaria" opens with sax,vibes and acoustic guitar. The tempo picks up a minute in with drums. Love the guitar solo 2 1/2 minutes in as drums pound to end the song. Nice.

"Syntheme" has an uptempo, sax led intro before synths take the place of the sax. Drums beat throughout. Vocals after a minute for the first time on the album. Vocals stop and sax returns. Beautiful guitar solo 3 minutes in. "L'Alchimiste" features an uptempo melody with humerous vocals. A really nice sax solo later in this whimsical tune. "Les Etres D'or" is mellow with higher pitched vocals for almost 2 minutes then the mood becomes serious. I like this section,the vocals sound great. A sax solo 2 1/2 minutes in before the original sound returns with another terrific guitar solo. This sounds so good. "Ombres" is a catchy, light tune with a different tone on the vocals again. This time he sounds like the singer for PFM. Very pleasant and enjoyable track. "Rire De Peine" opens with some cool sounding acoustic guitar. Heavenly. Some smooth sax joins in as well as some guest mini moog. Synths add to the mood as well. Reserved vocals come in later.

I really think this was a big success. I know it wasn't a success financially for the band but certainly musically it was. I really enjoy these songs a lot, and I do feel the spirit of the original MOVING GELATINE PLATES is felt.

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Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 | Review Permalink

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