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Alucard

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Posted: March 04 2010 at 09:09

A new book about Robert Wyatt by Philippe Thieyre & Jean François Déran

(Editions des Accords 2009)

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=65507&PN=1

Edited by Alucard - March 04 2010 at 09:13

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Posted: May 03 2010 at 05:21

Aymeric Leroy: Rock progressif.

La noirceur envoûtante de King Crimson, le raffinement symphonique de Genesis, l’exaltation mystique de Yes, les rêveries sonores de Pink Floyd, la virtuosité extravagante d’Emerson Lake & Palmer… Et tant d’autres, plus obscurs mais non moins valeureux – Van der Graaf Generator, Jethro Tull, Magma, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine… Autant de groupes qui, à partir de la fin des années soixante, ont cherché – et souvent réussi – à inventer une musique au-delà des distinctions de genre et du formatage commercial. Le rock progressif représente un legs artistique d’une variété et d’une richesse exceptionnelles. S’il a connu l’apogée de sa créativité et de son succès dans les années soixante-dix, son impact s’est révélé aussi profond que durable, à travers ses nouvelles déclinaisons (le néo-prog de Marillion, le prog-métal de Dream Theater…) mais aussi son influence avérée sur certains des groupes actuels les plus aventureux et novateurs (Radiohead, The Mars Volta…).
Cet ouvrage revient sur le contexte historique et artistique exceptionnel qui a favorisé l’émergence et l’épanouissement du rock progressif, et décortique ses œuvres phares, portant sur ce genre musical un regard à la fois érudit, passionné et sans complaisance.
Né en 1973 à Lavelanet, Aymeric Leroy a co-fondé vingt ans plus tard la revue de musiques progressives Big Bang, dans laquelle il a rédigé de nombreuses chroniques et études approfondies sur les ténors du genre. Expert reconnu de la scène de Canterbury (Soft Machine, Caravan…), il lui a consacré un site internet de référence, Calyx.
> Au mot et le reste, il est aussi l’auteur de Pink Floyd.

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Posted: May 03 2010 at 14:07

Ah, ça y est, il est sorti ?
Faut que je revoie les mails de la maison d'édition.

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Posted: May 04 2010 at 06:54

L'histoire du prog en huit volumes par Didier Gonzalez:

http://www.musearecords.com/boutique/francais/index.php

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Posted: May 04 2010 at 06:57

PhideauxFan wrote:

Aymeric Leroy: Rock progressif.

J'ai reçu ma copie il y a quelques jours. Je vais préparer une critique mais ce sera pour plus tard dans l'année - quelques trucs à discuter avant.

http://machinemusic.org

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Posted: May 27 2010 at 12:21

AVIS A LA POPULATION !

MERCREDI 2 JUIN - 19 Heures
PARIS

Aymeric Leroy will present his book at the bookshop "l'ARBRE A LETTRES", 14 rue Boulard (métro: Denfert-Rochereau).

Je répète:
Aymeric Leroy présentera son livre à la librairie "L'Arbre à Lettres", adresse indiquée ci-dessus.

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Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:03

Tsevir Leirbag wrote:

lucas wrote:

Didn't know there were so many french-reading people on this forum...

Haha! And another one.

Not forgetting the two owners who are from Le Belle Province....

QUOTE=PhideauxFan]

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- Denis Protat, "L'encyclopédie du Hard-Rock des 70's"
Here's an interview (in French) :
http://www.lefantastique.net/musique/interviews/protat/protat.htm

I have got this book. It is a good dictionary, the only problem I have with it is that the covers of the albums are in black and white.

[/QUOTE]

This book is filled with horriblr French spelling mistakes, but it's rather complete (but not ehaustive).

Stranegely enough written by some French from New Caledonia >> next to Papua New Guinea

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Posted: May 28 2010 at 04:07

machinemusic wrote:

PhideauxFan wrote:

Aymeric Leroy: Rock progressif.

J'ai reçu ma copie il y a quelques jours. Je vais préparer une critique mais ce sera pour plus tard dans l'année - quelques trucs à discuter avant.

He (Aymeric) has also written a book about Pink Floyd in the same collection

Actually there are plenty of excellent music books in Le Mot Et Le Reste

(I've got seven and there are two more for September I will order)

Including the only Weather Report book I know of >> currently 1/4 of the way through the book.

let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword

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Posted: May 29 2010 at 01:35

Actually there are plenty of excellent music books in Le Mot Et Le Reste

(I've got seven and there are two more for September I will order)

Pas tout à fait du prog mais tout de même gracieuseté Le mot et le reste:

LA MONTE YOUNG

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Posted: June 01 2010 at 08:31

BTW Aymeric Leroy will present his book tomorrow wednesday 2/06 at 19:00 in a library in Paris followed by an introduction to Prog with slides and videos.

mercredi 2 juin à 19h à l'Arbre à Lettres, métro Denfert-Rochereau (14 rue Boulard)

http://blog.arbrealettres.com/Le-Rock-Progressif.html

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Posted: June 01 2010 at 10:15

Hey, I wrote about it, like, 5 posts ago!
Does anyone read whatever I wrote???
That's just like the time where I said that the lady on the cover of Aranis' second album wasn't one of the musician and someone kept on raving about who was featured on this cover...

Nobody thinks of me as a reliable source. Cry

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Posted: June 02 2010 at 04:45

Not quite a "library" actually - more like a bookshop...

(A frequent source of "franglo" confusion, that word...)

[btw, no slides - just videos!]

Alucard wrote:

BTW Aymeric Leroy will present his book tomorrow wednesday 2/06 at 19:00 in a library in Paris followed by an introduction to Prog with slides and videos.

mercredi 2 juin à 19h à l'Arbre à Lettres, métro Denfert-Rochereau (14 rue Boulard)

http://blog.arbrealettres.com/Le-Rock-Progressif.html

Edited by calyx_AL - June 02 2010 at 04:46

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Posted: June 02 2010 at 06:51

^^Sorry Cedric, J'ai loupé ton message!

^Aymeric, thanx for your English lesson!

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Posted: June 15 2010 at 12:44

Voilà - un texte concernant ce superbe livre d'Aymeric Leroy:

http://nomag.ca/2010/06/rock-progressif-limpasse-du-temps/

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Posted: June 16 2010 at 04:04

^^^^^

J'ai toujours desté les 8-tracks 'elles me rappellent les heures passées dans les schoolbusses >> autobus de ramassage) et en voyant ces plastiques de toutes les couleurs, je ne peux que confirmer

Quel manque de gout de f*****e du plastique bleu sur animals.

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prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
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prefer lifting our pen
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Posted: June 16 2010 at 07:48

Sean Trane wrote:

^^^^^

J'ai toujours desté les 8-tracks 'elles me rappellent les heures passées dans les schoolbusses >> autobus de ramassage) et en voyant ces plastiques de toutes les couleurs, je ne peux que confirmer

Quel manque de gout de f*****e du plastique bleu sur animals.

Sean, je suis bien d'accord en ce qui concerne le "packaging." En fait, il y a le choix de couleur (pour le plastique - parfois plus que terrible) mais aussi plein d'autres problèmes associés à la manière dont les albums ont été trafiqué/adapté pour le format. Une certaine insouciance ou dysfonctionnement de l'industrie.

J'aime bien les 8 pistes car ce sont d'intéressant fossiles qui nous disent beaucoup sur les intentions et priorités des compagnies de disques. Côté fiabilité par contre, inutile de se faire des attentes (là aussi on en apprend beaucoup).

eric

Edited by machinemusic - June 16 2010 at 07:49

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Posted: June 18 2010 at 14:29

I don't know what's happening in France nowadays but, just a few weeks after the release of the book of Aymeric Leroy, here comes a challenger :
- Jérome Alberota, Anthologie du Rock Progressif (2010, Paris, Camion Blanc)
http://www.camionblanc.com/?p=detail_livre&ID=272
It's a bit expensive (38 euros) but this book has 814 pages. But it seems to focus on the reviews of records (160), something that Christophe Delage already did ten years ago.

The fans of R.I.O., Canterbury, Post-Punk and other adventurous styles would enjoy this another one:
- Gérard Nguyen, ATEM 1975-1979 - Une sélection d'articles et d'interviews (2010, Paris, Camion Blanc)
http://www.camionblanc.com/?p=detail_livre&ID=355
From 1975 to 1979, Gérard Nguyen was the director of the fanzine Atem,a leading fanzine in the fields of alternative and progressive musics. This book is an anthology of articles and interviews, including unpublished articles.
It seems really interesting.

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Posted: June 23 2010 at 03:11

CPicard wrote:

I don't know what's happening in France nowadays but,

Interesting news, I'll check both books ASAP, but I know what you mean about the scene!! And I've got even more surprising

.............

You know that the mag Rock'nFolk is usually anti-prog and has derided the genre for decades. Well the latest issue has a prog dossier, mostly through a Crimson feature. I've yet to leaf through it when I see it in the newstands. It looks like the rédac'en-chef Philippe is out for another Manoeuvre

, switching jackets once more.

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Posted: June 23 2010 at 05:18

Aaaaah, Philippe Manoeuvre... On one hand, he leads the jury of "Nouvelle Star" (the French version of "American Idol") and sings the praising of lame bands such as BB Brunes or the Plasticines; on the other hand, he has to do a few bucks with what could interest the readers of R'n'F.

Anyway, it's a bit late for R'n'F: when they made a cover for Magma's 40 birthday, every French jazz magazine already did it. Now, they make an issue about progressive rock? Good for them, but the magazine Muziq already did a special issue 2 years ago.
Too late, Philippe, too late...

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Posted: September 12 2010 at 10:08

I'm reading a book that I never heard of before last week: Christophe Pirenne, Le Rock Progressif Anglais (2005, Honoré Chamion, Paris).
Quite interesting: a lot of TRUE musicology, a bit of history (England in the 70's), a bit of sociology, etc.