All French Appreciation Thread!
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Topic: All French Appreciation Thread!
Posted By: dougiezerts
Subject: All French Appreciation Thread!
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 18:56
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All right, we got Italy and German threads, how about one for the French!
Personally, I feel that French rock from the 70's is awesome! And much underappreciated.
Some of my favorites:
Magma--of course!
Ange
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
Mallicorne
Ys
Mona Lisa
And others will come to mind.
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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:03
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Ange and Magma are favourite of mine! -------------  |
Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:10
Joe Dassin gets my vote.  ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:27
Please count Tai Phong and Atoll in.  ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 19:32
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Very Magma related - One Shot, outstanding zeuhl fusion. Of course the chamber prog masters Art Zoyd need to be mentioned as well. Then something I've been really into lately, one of the original RIO bands Etron Fou Leloublan. |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 21:25
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Ange & Trust rule the French rock world. After that, apart from a few acts like Magma, the scene matches RPI for one shots. Only that they have a more active current scene. ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 21:43
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French Prog made up the bulk of my listening for a long time, and still makes up the bulk of my collection. I suppose that Art Zoyd and Magma had the biggest impact on me. There are too many great ones to mention, but a few excellent classic ones not yet mentioned are Hellebore, Heldon and Igor Wakhevitch. And for a modern one, Volapuk is excellent. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: January 09 2009 at 21:50
They most certainly are. We should also mention Sotos and Zaar, two other excellent avant bands. Another on the zeuhl front is Francois Thollot. |
Logan wrote:Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 03:48
i love this one
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Posted By: Anaon
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 10:13
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For me, just a few names: Magma Ange Artcane (I really like their Odyssee album even if it's sometimes too inspired by King Crimson) Arachnoid ------------- My music: http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://spleenarcana.bandcamp.com/ My blog: http://groovesandmemories.com/" rel="nofollow - http://groovesandmemories.com/ |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 12:58
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Besides the zeuhl related ones and Ange, previously mentioned. In mind i have a couple of great symphonic bands which are Sandrose and Pulsar.
oh wait....Nemo!!!! ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 13:48
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Of course, Magma, Heldon... But also Etron Fou Leloublan (I spent the last whole evening listening to the "Diapason du Père Ubu" of their drummer Guigou Chenevier). I would also include E Pericolo Sporgersi, Familha Artus, Lard Free, Komintern. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 14:07
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Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 15:10
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Turzi
Heldon
Archaia
Potemkine
Omega Plus
Aqua Nebula Oscillator
+Sophie Marceau,Laetitia Casta,Vanessa Paradis and Ludivine Sagnier:great avant jazz/prog quartet ------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |
Posted By: dougiezerts
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 18:10
| Damn,. I forgot to mention Heldon! |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 18:16
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HA! Nobody messes with Tszirmay when it comes to French prog....I shant even entertain the thought. I have a feeling he could pump out another list ten times that long if he wanted to. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: January 10 2009 at 21:24
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If you guys haven't heard Seven Reizh yet, you need to check them out. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: January 11 2009 at 14:06
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Let me add that France is the one country that has never dissappointed me with their prog output. When I see a French prog disc, I get it. No questions asked. Listening to the new Nemo album now and not at all unhappy with it. |
Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: January 11 2009 at 14:15
For once I think we should have a country appreciation thread with a less awkwardly worded title. 
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Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: January 12 2009 at 03:22
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minimum vital my favs french progsters, but also like
pulsar
carpe diem
eclat
atoll
xang
nemo
taal
wapassou
ange
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: January 12 2009 at 04:21
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how about Clearlight, the band of French pianist Cyrille Verdeaux? and I saw someone had Christian Boulé on his list, who made 2 solo albums which are both worth listening to, especially "Photo Musick" (4 stars to "Photo Musick" from me, 3.5 to "Non-Fiction") another interesting French band is Catharsis. they tended to make very short albums though which barely crossed the 20 minute mark -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: rosenbach
Date Posted: January 17 2009 at 04:48
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As this is an All French Appreciaton Thread, i would like to add apart from some great french prog groups (Clearlight, Wapassou, Ange, Mona Lisa, Atoll, Carpe Diem, Shylock, etc.) some folk rock groups that are really underated.
Dougiezerts already mentioned Malicorne and Ys, but theres are some great albums by bands like La Bamboche, La Chiffonie, Chalibaude, Grattons-labeur, Sourdeline, etc. |