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    Posted: November 11 2021 at 00:09

I can tell that - next after UK - Germany, Italy and France are my favourite Prog coutries. We've had German and Italian personal top 12 lists so hereby French one - still best with one album per band.


If beginning with mine, then, in unranked but chronological order:

Magma   2:1001º Centigrades   (1971)
Ange   Au-delá Du Délire  (1974)
Atoll   L’Araignee-mal  (1975)

Clearlight   Clearlight Symphony  (1975)

Gong   Shamal  (1975)

Jean-Luc Ponty  Upon the Wings of Music  (1975)

Jean Michel Jarre   Oxygene   (1976)

Heldon  Heldon 6. Interface  (1977)

Pulsar   Halloween  (1977)

Eskaton   4 Visions   (1979, 1981)

Halloween   Part One  (1988)

Taal   Skymind   (2002)  

Xing Sa  Creation De L’univers  (2010)



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1. Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuse!
2. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
3. Magma - Kobaïa
4. Louis De Mieulle - Sideshow
5. Zao - Shekina
6. Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans
7. Lockwood, Top, Vander & Widemann - Fusion
8. Zwoyld - Zgond
9. Etron Fou Leloublan - Batelages
10. Sotos - Sotos
11. Art Zoyd - Les Espaces Inquiets
12. Cheval De Frise - Fresques Sur Le Parois Secrètes Du Crâne



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well prepared! 
thank you, Mirakaze
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Ange - Au-Dela Du Delire (1974)
Mémoriance - Et Après (1976)
Carpe Diem - En Regardant Passer Le Temps (1975) 
Magma - Kobaïa (1970)
Klone - Le Grand Voyage (2019)
Demians - Building An Empire (2008)
Nemo - Coma (2015)
Les Disctrets - Septembre Et Ses Dernieres Pensees (2010)
Aching Beauty - L'Ultima Ora (2004)
Acanthe - Someone Somewhere (2009)
Adagio - Underworld (2003)
Shadyon - Mind Control (2010)
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Very quick, as well, Cristi, and I might have added Nemo's Prelude a la Ruine (2004) to my own list.
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What sub-genre is the other newer stuff?


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Originally posted by David_D David_D wrote:

Very quick, as well, Cristi, and I might add Nemo's Prelude a la Ruine (2004) to my own list.
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What genre is the other newer stuff?

not that quick, it took me a little while. Embarrassed Tongue
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

not that quick, it took me a little while. Embarrassed Tongue

If you say so, and I guess, I disturbed you in your list making, or proper, list sending.


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I am French and I really dislike bands like Ange, Atoll, Mona Lisa, ... And also Magma and Zeuhl.

I will be back soon with "fresh" French progressive bands. Wink
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Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

I am French and I really dislike bands like Ange, Atoll, Mona Lisa, ... And also Magma and Zeuhl.

I will be back soon with "fresh" French progressive bands. Wink

Love Ange. Their 70s works are truly great IMO. 

Mona Lisa tried to be Ange and failed if you ask me.

I might give Atoll another chance, I remember having listened to them in the past. 

Magma has grown on me, I like them every once in a  while. Smile
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The Black Noodle Project - Divided We Fall
Delusion Squared - The Final Delusion
Demians - Building An Empire
Klone - Le Grand Voyage
The Last Embrace - The Winding Path
Lazuli - Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Bohm
Monnaie De Singe (MDS) - The Last Chance
Mr Lab! - Post Industrial Ceremony
Nine Skies - Return Home
Seven Reizh - Strinkadenn Ys
Thork - Nula Jedan
Weend'ô - Time Of Awakening.
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Originally posted by PhideauxFan PhideauxFan wrote:

I am French and I really dislike bands like Ange, Atoll, Mona Lisa, ... And also Magma and Zeuhl.

I will be back soon with "fresh" French progressive bands. Wink

Well, we have all different tastes but many of the French classics are surely something in my point of view.
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Magma - Kobaïa
Art Zoyd - Génération Sans Futur
Zanov - Green Ray
Lard Free - Lard Free
Ange - Au Delà du Délire
Dün - Eros
Rahmann - st
Rhesus O - Rhesus O
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Archaïa- Archaïa
Artcane - Odyssee
Zao - Shekina
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note; I didn't separate the 60/70's and the 90's & beyond in this case. 


here is a dozen:

13           Lard Free               Gilbert Artman's Lard Free Fra          1973      

13           Magma   Hhai / Live             Fra          1975       Live, Zeuhl

13           Plat du Jour           Plat du Jour           Fra          1977      

13           Ripaille   La Vieille que l'On Brula     Fra          1978      

13           Setna      Guerison                Fra          2013       Zeuhl

13           Vak          Budo       Fra          2018      

12           Aquaserge             Deja Vous?            Fra          2018      

12           Art Zoyd    Generation Sans Futur     Fra          1980      

12           Art Zoyd Le Mariage du Ciel et l'Enfer             Fra          1984      

12           Dün         Eros        Fra          1981      

12           Eskaton  4 Visions Fra          1980       Zeuhl

12           Evohé     Evohe (K'a (Version Longue))            Fra          1981      

12           Flamen Dialis        Symptome-Dei      Fra          1979      

12           Forgas Band Phenomena   L'Axe Du Fou / Axis of Madness        Fra          2009      

12           Forgas Band Phenomena   L'Oreille Électrique              Fra          2018      

12           Hedayat, Dashiell Obsolete                Fra          1971      

12           Magma   Magma   Fra          1970       Zeuhl

12           NeBeLNeST           NeBeLNeST           Fra          1999      

12           Perret, Guillaume / The Electric Epic               s/t (Tzadik Release) Fra          2012      

12           Perret, Guillaume / The Electric Epic               Open Me               Fra          2014      

12           Scherzoo               03           Fra          2015       Fusion, Zeuhl

12           Setna      Cycle I    Fra          2007       Zeuhl

12           Vak          Aedividea              Fra          2015      

12           Vortex (1)              Vortex    Fra          1975   



bubbling under :    

11           Abus Dangereux  Le Quatrieme Mouvement Fra          1980      

11           Alco Frisbass         Alco Frisbass         Fra          2015      

11           Alco Frisbass         Le Bateleur            Fra          2018      

11           Ame Son                Catalyse Fra          1971      

11           Ange       Caricatures            Fra          1972      

11           Ange       Le Cimetière des Arlequins                Fra          1973                       

11           Art Zoyd Musique Pour l'Odyssee    Fra          1979      

11           Art Zoyd   Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités

11           Art Zoyd Phase IV Fra          1982      

11           Asia Minor             Crossing the Line (aka Landscape Pictures in Rock)      Fra          1979      

11           Asia Minor             Between Flesh and Divine Fra          1980      

11           Atoll        Musiciens-Magiciens           Fra          1974      

11           Atoll        L'Araignee Mal     Fra          1975      

11           Bise de Buse         Joue sa Musique  Fra          1981      

11           Booz, Emmanuel  Le Jour Ou Les Vaches        Fra          1974      

11           Booz, Emmanuel  Dans Quel Etat J'Erre          Fra          1979      

11           Clearlight               Clearlight Symphony           Fra          1974      

 11          Clivage (Andre Fertier)       Regina Astris         Fra          1977      

11           Comelade, Pascal / Les Limiñanas    Traité de Guitarres Triolectiques       Fra          2015      

11           Delired Cameleon Family   Delired Cameleon Family   Fra          1975      

11           Emeraude              Geoffroy                Fra          1980      

11           Eskaton  Fiction    Fra          1983       Zeuhl

11           Evohé     Evohé     Fra          1981      

11           Forgas Band Phenomena   Roue Libre            Fra          1998      

11           Forgas Band Phenomena   Acte V    Fra          2012      

11           Gainsbourg, Serge               Histoire de Melody Nelson                Fra          1971      

11           Ghost Rhythms     Madeleine             Fra          2015      

11           Grossmann, Muriel             Golden Rule          Fra          2018      

11           Grossmann, Muriel             Reverence            Fra          2019      

11           Hadouk Trio          Utopies  Fra          2006      

11           Hellebore              Il y a des Jours      Fra          1985      

11           Jarre, Jean-Michel               Oxygène                Fra          1976      

11           L'Oeil du Sourd     Un?         Fra          2009       Avant, Fusion

11           Lard Free               Unnamed               Fra          1972      

11           Lard Free               I'm Around About Midnight               Fra          1975      

11           Lard Free               Lard Free III           Fra          1977      

11           Magma   1001 Centigrades Fra          1971       Zeuhl

11           Magma   Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh    Fra          1973       Zeuhl

11           Magma   BBC 1974 Londres               Fra          1974       Zeuhl

11           Magma   Kohntarkosz          Fra          1974       Zeuhl

11           Markusfeld, Alain Le Son Tombe Du Ciel         Fra          1971      

11           Melmoth                La Devanture des Ivresses Fra          1969      

11           Moving Gelatine Plates      Moving Gelatine Plates      Fra          1971      

11           Moving Gelatine Plates      The World of Genius Hans Fra          1972      

11           NeBeLNeST           Nova Express        Fra          2002      

11           NeBeLNeST           ZePTO    Fra          2006      

11           Noir Désir              Où Veux-tu qu'je R'garde? (EP)         Fra          1987      

11           Noir Désir              Veuillez Rendre l'âme (à Qui Elle Appartient)                Fra          1989      

11           Perret, Guillaume Free        Fra          2016      

11           Perret, Guillaume A Certain Trip       Fra          2020      

11           Ponty, Jean-Luc    Live         Fra          1979      

11           Potemkine             Triton     Fra          1977      

11           Ribeiro, Catherine & Alpes Paix         Fra          1973      

11           Scherzoo               05           Fra          2020      

11           Shub-Niggurath    Les Morts Vont Vite             Fra          1986      

11           Speed Limit           Speed Limit           Fra          1976      

11           Taal         Mister Green        Fra          2000      

11           Taal         Skymind Fra          2003      

11           Thibault, Laurent Mais on ne Peut pas Rever Tout le Temps      Fra          1979      

11           Thollot, François  Piano Pieces         Fra          2020      

11           Thollot, Francois  Virtually Spring     Fra          2021      

11           Triode    On N'a Pas Fini d'Avoir Tout Vu        Fra          1971      

11           Troisieme Rive     Banlieues               Fra          1978      

11           Unit Wail               Beyond Space Edges           Fra          2015      

11           Vortex (1)              Les Cycles De Thanatos       Fra          1979      

11           Xaal         On the Way           Fra          1992      

11           Xing Sa   Création de l'Univers          Fra          2010      

11           Zao          Z=7L       Fra          1973      


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Art Zoyd - Generation Sans Futur
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Shub-Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite
Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh
Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans
PoiL - Brossaklitt
Weidorje - s/t
Yolk - Solar
Volapuk - Slang
Jean Michel Jarre - Equinoxe
Dun - Eros
Archaia - s/t

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Theo Ceccaldi / Freaks - Amanda Dakota
Forgas Band Phenomena - L'Axe Du Fou
Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - Open Me
Setna - Guerison
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Sean, your post makes this thread to a kind of guide to French Prog - I'll remember that.
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Magma - Theusz Hamtaahk
Magma - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré
Magma - K.A
Jannick Top - Infernal Machina
Ange - Au-delà du Délire
Melmoth - Les Devantures des Ivresses
Gong - You
Gong - Live au Bataclan
Hadouk Trio - Air Hadouk
Stella Vander - D'épreuves d'amour
Tim Blake - Crystal Machine
Zao - Zao


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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Moving Gelatine Plates - The World Of Genius Hans
Oh, forgot about them. Either that one or their debut easily in my top five.
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and these...
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Flamen Dialis - Symptome-Dei 

Hedayat, Dashiell - Obsolete

Clivage (Andre Fertier) - Regina Astris         

Hellebore -Il y a des Jours       

Ribeiro, Catherine & Alpes - Paix

Vortex - Les Cycles De Thanatos    


+ Forgas - Cocktail

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France is a favourite country for music, includiing various types of music under the so-called progressive rock umbrella. It probably is the country that I was the most avid collector of music from for quite some time and so limiting to 12 could not give a fully satisfying list. Still, I'm quite happy with this list as all of these have been very important to me.

Jean-Claude Vannier - L'enfant assassin des mouches
Igor Wakhévitch - Docteur Faust
Art Zoyd - Génération sans futur
Magma - Kobaïa
Zanov - Green Ray
Clivage - Mixtus Orbis
Alain Goraguer - La Planète Sauvage (OST)
Dün - Eros
Eskaton - 4 Visions
Hellebore - Il y a Des Jours
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Paix
Vortex - Les cycles de Thanatos
Archaïa - Archaïa

Like the OP, that list is a baker's dozen (13)

- Out of Prog Archives bonus, but related: Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson
- An in Prog related bonus with William Sheller - Lux Aeterna
- And one I thought of quickly but bumped from my list:
Pascal Duffard - Dieu est Fou (quite little known and was my first addition and an early suggestion of mine to PA)

I have covered "classics" or more classic era albums.

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1. Shylock Gialorgues
2. Nemo Barbares
3. JPL Sapiens Chapitre 1
4. Carpe Diem Cueille Le Jour
5. Minimum Vital Pavanes
6. Lazuli Le Fantastique Envol
7. Atoll L'Araignee-Mal
8. Ange Au Dela Du Delire
9. Arachnoid s/t
10. Pentangle La Clef Des Songes
11. Pulsar Pollen
12. Magma KA
13. Clearlight Clearlight Symphony

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