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miamiscot 
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Damn, I forgot about Alco Frisbass.
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 08:33 |
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Great idea! I agree that French prog does not get enough attention! 1. Magma MDK (1973) 2. Alan Stivell Renaissance de la harpe Celtique (1971) 3. Laurent Thibault Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps (1979) 4. Eskaton 4 Visions (1979, 1981) 5. Nil Nil Novo Sub Sole (2005) 6. Atoll L’Araignee-mal (1975) 7. Art Zoyd Häxan (1997) 8. Zao Kawana (1976) 9. Setna Guérison (2013) 10. Jean Michel Jarre Oxygène (1976) 11. Vak Budo (2018) 12. Pulsar Halloween (1977) Honorable Mentions: Thork Nula Jedan (2007) Arnaud Bukwald La marmite cosmique six (2020) Jean-Luc Ponty Imaginary Voyage (1976) PinioL Bran Coucou (2018) Nemo Coma (2015) Moving Gelatine Plates The World of Genius Hans (1972) Sequentia Legenda Renaissance (2018) Ange Au-delá Du Délire (1974) Shub-Niggurath Les morts vont vite (1986) Taal Skymind (2002) Edited by BrufordFreak - November 11 2021 at 13:38 |
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David_D
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 09:56 |
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Right, it was also difficult for me to do it otherwise.
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moshkito
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 10:09 |
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Hi,
I won't do albums, because to me, the band is the important artist, not one album. As an example, ANGE's probably best and most exciting album is indeed the one many seem to like, but all of their first 6 or 7 albums are all excellent, and I have a hard time choosing one to listen to. Even TOME VI is excellent and deserves some credit. Not to mention that Christian Decamps has some outstanding and far out albums that are tops. Ange Atoll Clearlight Clearlight Symphony Pierre Moerlin's Gong Heldon Jean Michel Jarre Magma Malicorne Pulsar Mona Lisa Catherine Ribeiro Alan Stivell Folks that were members of some bands: Christian Decamps Jannick Top Cyreille Verdoux More recent: Patrick Gautier Le Grand Sbam (thx reminder) (I'll update if I can remember some more names ... missing too many!)
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David_D
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 10:15 |
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fair enough!
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Lewian
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 10:36 |
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I stick to one per band (otherwise I could have listed at least six by Art Zoyd - in fact I've listed a five CD box now) Art Zoyd - Phase V Gong - Shamal Didier Malherbe - Bloom Jannick Top - Infernal Machina
öOoOoOoOoOo (Chenille) - Samen Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Komandoh Dun - Eros Eskaton - 4 Visions Aquaserge - A'l amitie Patricia Dallio - L'encre des voix secrètes
Jean-Michel Jarre - Concerts in China Pulsar - Pollen
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suitkees
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 10:53 |
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One per band, indeed, otherwise there would be several albums by Ange. (couldn't trim it down to 12, so trim it down by eliminating 2 of your choice...) Ange - Guet-Apens
Versailles - Le Trésor de Valliesres Mona Lisa - Avant qu'il ne soit trop tard Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm Art Zoyd - Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités Taal - Skymind Magma - s/t Atoll - L'araignée-mal Alan Stivell - Terre Des Vivants Jean-Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger Pulsar - Halloween Minimum Vital - Sarabandes 4/3 De Trio - F4i3lesse (recent discovery!) Arrakeen - Patchwork |
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 11:54 |
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1. Emmanuel Booz - Dans quel état j'erre
2. Atoll - Tertio 3. Magma - Mëkanïk Dëstruktiẁ Kömmandöh 4. Noa - Noa 5. Alco Frisbass - Alco Frisbass 6. Le Grand Sbam - Vaisseau monde 7. PoiL - Sus 8. Spleen Arcana - The Light Beyond the Shades 9. Evohé - 77-81 10. Eskaton - 4 Visions 11. Neom - Arkana Temporis 12. bbi - bbi Honorable mentions: Nil - Nil Novo Sub Sole Artús - Ors Atoll - L'araignée-mal Scherzoo - 01 ni - Pantophobie Carpe Diem - Cueille le jour Weidorje - Weidorje Magma - Attahk Shub-Niggurath - Les morts vont vite Alco Frisbass - Le bateleur Le Grand Sbam - Furvent Nebelnest - NoVa eXPReSS
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Gong are French? I guess so with Moerlin's line-ups. I'm always surprised when Shamal makes a favorite list from them. I like both eras but would have pick other Pierre Moerlin albums. I do like Shamal a lot. Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - November 11 2021 at 12:28 |
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David_D
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 12:53 |
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The line-up on Shamal is
I find Shamal a fine album (actually listend to it today), and I've done it for a lot of years - not particularly complex or original but rather plain 1975 mainstream Jazz-Rock, but yet, very coherent, exotic, and with quite a lot of other interesting and quirky elements, fine rythms, very well produced, and with "classy" cover. Something else is that I don't like any other of Pierre Moerlen albums - but yes, we have all different judgements of music so, we can only tell each other what we think. And I can somehow imagine, Nogbad, that you preference here is similar to your choosing of Equinoxe above Oxygene? Edited by David_D - November 13 2021 at 06:20 |
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Gazeuse! is about as good in my view and I do like many later Pierre Moerlen albums, but Shamal is special to me, best combination of the new jazzy direction with some psychedelic spice from the older Gong. I knew their French-ness is controversial, but whatever... BY the way, I recently discovered the 2010 Pierre Moerlen's Gong Tribute album, recorded by French musicians who were to form Pierre's new Gong when he died, so he is only on one track of that album, but I am amazed how good it is.
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Look at the line-up, I wrote.
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 15:59 |
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Even if I didn't include them in my list, I've always counted Gong as a French band, since the band was based there and Moze, Moerlen, Tritsch, Malherbe, Houari, Laloux, Bauer & Giraudy were French (and I probably missed a couple) |
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Patrice Lemoine and Mino Cinelu, for example. And Pierre's brother Benoît.
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Posted: November 11 2021 at 16:31 |
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Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean
Gong Expresso - Decadence ni - Les Insurges de Romilly Piniol - Bran Coucou Lazuli - Le fantastique envol de Dieter Bohm Spheric Universe Experience - Anima French TV ?? |
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Hi, Mike is Australian and last I read about him, he was a professor and teaching music in Australia. A wonderful and special musician, that when I met and interviewed him had no ego to show and concentrated on the music and only the music, and specially if "... is it too bass'y? ... " Would be nice to have a few more bass players like him, not afraid to be separate/different from the drummer and still be excellent all around. And the best part? He could play with Pierre, Pip and the kid from S2S just as easy. Talk about being versatile and strong ...
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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.
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Hi, So sad ... but Stivell is listed in one or two others. A lot of folks think of him as some version of Enya, when in fact he was at it long before her, and his first album, was a RCA RED SEAL when it first came out (Renaissance of the Celtic Harp). The Red Seal was a series of the best recordings ever done on anything that had been developed for orchestras at first. It was a series that was very limited, and a few years later also included TOMITA (Snowflakes) in its catalogue. It's a shame that no one has heard the quality of those records, SPECIALLY THEN, because it was something that not even the very best and sonic sound systems could EVER reproduce. We, here on PA, don't even realize or recognize the quality to understand what/how music improved. All we know is hits and solos, and not a whole lot about the fidelity of it all that made the music special in the first place!
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Shub-Niggurath are in three honorable mentions lists and are in my top 3.
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