(FrenchJazzProgRock) MOVING GELATINE PLATES - Moving Gelatine Plates (1971), France - 1971, APE (image + .cue)

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Track Listings
1. The World of Genius Hans (14:00)2. Funny Doll (4:25)3. Astromonster (6:15) 4. Moving Theme (3:46)5. Cauchemar (3:46)6. We Were Loving Her (3:28)7. Un Jour... (1:25)8. Syntheme (Bonus-Track CD) (3:28)9. L'Alchimiste (Bonus-Track CD) (3:20)10. Les etres d'or (Bonus-Track CD) (5:50)11. Ombres (Bonus-Track CD) (3:30)12. Rire de peine (Bonus-Track CD) (7:07)
Total Time:
60:17
Line-up/Musicians
- Maurice Hemlinger / organ, trumpet, soprano and tenor saxophone, flute - Gerard Bertram / electric guitar, vocals acoustic guitar- Didier Thibault / bass, vocals, 12-string guitar- Gerard Pons / drums, percussion (07,09)
Dominique Godin - Keyboards (06-09)
Didier Thibault - Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer, Vocals (06-09)
Marc Profichet - Drums, Vibes, Xylophone, Percussion (06-09)

On their impressive 1971 debut, France's Moving Gelatine Plates
create a unique brand of jazz-influenced progressive rock. Parts
of the album are reminiscent of the music recorded by groups
from England's Canterbury scene (e.g., Soft Machine), but the
Moving Gelatine Plates' driving rhythms and catchy thematic
shifts set the band apart from their English counterparts.
Drummer Gйrard Pons pulls the listener along at a frantic pace
on tracks like "Gelatine" and "Last Song". With help from the
growling distortion provided by guitarist Gйrard Bertram, Pons
keeps the album firmly grounded in rock. Maurice Helmlinger's
jazzy horn work and Didier Thibault's hopping bass lines provide
a striking contrast to these rock underpinnings. Although most
of the debut is instrumental, some vocal segments do surface.
These segments, which are sung in English, are rather brief -
not surprising, since English was not the band's native
language. On "London Cab", the Moving Gelatine Plates even
include words from the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice". The
lyrics on the rest of the album range from silly to cryptic, but
considering the strength of the music, these shortcomings are
forgivable. Overall, the Moving Gelatine Plates deliver a debut
that is both intricate and engaging, two features that are
absent from so much of the progressive rock from the era.