Your favourite 12 French Prog albums?

Ripaille
Wurdah
Guet Apens
Interface
Ile de fievre

Edited by dr prog - November 15 2021 at 15:06

miamiscot wrote: French Prog does not get enough attention!!!

Edited by David_D - November 13 2021 at 07:48

^Paul, sorry, but I can't help like thinking that your list here is somehow similar to the one on "A-Z of Psychedelic Rock: Part I". Where do you find all that stuff? 

Edited by David_D - November 13 2021 at 06:30

What I like very much about 70's French Prog scene, comparing to the Italian, is that it's more diverse stylistically speaking - and that is like the German one, and I  guess, it's more influenced by the German.

Lazuli - Le Fantastique Envol de Dieter Bohm
Lazuli - Saison 8
Keor - Petrichor
Seven Reizh - Strinkadenn' Ys
Seven Reizh - L'Albatros
Spheric Universe Experience - Mental Torments
Jean-Pierre Louveton - MMXIV
Syrinx - Qualia (A new discovery for me)
Kalisia - Cybion
Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Adagio - Underworld
Nemo - Coma

I know I've missed a bunch (Gong w/ Allan Holdsworth, etc.)...

Logan wrote: ^ To be fair, he did say glanced. Yesterday my wife told my to look in the freezer for some falafel. I glanced, did not notice it. I looked again harder, still did notice it. It was right at the front but the brain did not register it. My wife was quite upset with me, but sometimes that which is right in front of my eyes does not register. I've actually missed things in forums lately that I've thought I searched for adequately. I have some vision issues, but it's mostly brain issues.

^ To be fair, he did say glanced. Yesterday my wife told my to look in the freezer for some falafel. I glanced, did not notice it. I looked again harder, still did notice it. It was right at the front but the brain did not register it. My wife was quite upset with me, but sometimes that which is right in front of my eyes does not register. I've actually missed things in forums lately that I've thought I searched for adequately. I have some vision issues, but it's mostly brain issues.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Rick1 wrote: Just glanced through and surprised to see no mention (yet) of Alan Stivell, Shub-Niggurath or Air!  All have released excellent progressive albums.  I have seen Alan Stivell a couple of times and it reminded me of Shamal-era Gong. Shub-Niggurath are in three honorable mentions lists and are in my top 3.

I know it was only glanced through, but Alan Stivell is BrufordFreak's number two choice, and he was one of those with Shub-Niggurath as an honorable mention. Also in Suitkees....

I love Shub-Niggurath myself, but decided to keep my list quite short (already went with a baker's dozen and some more mentions). At another time, it would have made my list. As for Air, I love Air, have known Air longer than most of the Prog I know and still listen to Air regularly, but that didn't even come to mind. I focused on classics, but also Air is not included in PA, and I can understand why. I consider works by the album kind of Prog related (I don't know all of Air's albums) and one might say progressive if not necessarily Prog genre. I most return to the album 10 000 Hz Legend (love "Radian"), as well as Moon Safari and Talkie Walkie. When it comes to those yearly Prog lists, no doubt Air will make mine if I do the years.

Edited by Logan - November 12 2021 at 07:24

Rick1 wrote: Just glanced through and surprised to see no mention (yet) of Alan Stivell, Shub-Niggurath or Air!  All have released excellent progressive albums.  I have seen Alan Stivell a couple of times and it reminded me of Shamal-era Gong.

Edited by moshkito - November 12 2021 at 06:37

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