(Heavy Prog) Vos Voisins - Vos Voisins - 2011, WavPack (iso.wv), lossless

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short history

Keyboardist/composer Jacques Perron and drummer/ composer Pierre Ringuet crossed paths while accompanying Quebecois stars Robert Charlebois, Louise Forestier and Yvon Deschamps. Perron participated in the music and comedy show L'Osstidcho in 1968 as a member of Le Quatuor de Jazz Libre du Quebec, while Ringuet joined the show's last tour called L'Osstidchomeurt in 1969. The following year, Perron and Ringuet appeared together on Forestier's album Avec Enzymes. By then, guitarist Serge Vallieres was also accompanying Deschamps, and together with Perron and Ringuet, they formed VOS VOISINS, appearing as such on Deschamps' 1970 album Le Petit Jesus/Le Foetus, with bassist Bill Gagnon who later went on to found Ville Emard Blues Band. That same year VOS VOISINS released a 45 RPM "Le Coeur su'l cant/Dou-Ra-Ra-Dou" and were joined by Andre Parenteau on bass. In 1971, VOS VOISINS released their only album. The original cover, featuring local newspaper tabloid Allo Police and the headline "Holocauste a Montreal", caused a fury with the newspaper's owners and was quickly recalled and replaced with tamer artwork. The album's music is an eclectic mix of hard rock, ballads and progressive instrumental, full of humoristic lyrics by Marcel Sabourin. One of the songs, "The Main Monster", became a local radio hit. Forestier would guest on three tracks, including a rendition of "Les 3/4 de L'Archeveque", the finale of Deschamps' 1969 production Moi ma maman m'aime for which Perron composed the music. In 1971, VOS VOISINS also wrote songs for a film by Bernard Gosselin entitled Le Martien de Noel which was released on vinyl. In 1972, the group produced the soundtrack to Les Smattes, a film by Jean-Claude Labrecque. VOS VOISINS performed a few live shows in the Montreal and Ottawa area, including opening for Deschamps at Place des Arts. The group soon disbanded as Perron preferred to continue composing for Deschamps and Forestier, and eventually other well-known Quebec artists such as Pauline Julien and Clemence Desrochers. Ringuet also resumed studio work with Deschamps and teamed-up with Yves Lapierre in managing Studio Tempo and producing jingles. Vallieres joined Ville Emard Blues Band, and accompanied many stars such as Diane Dufresne. All four members of VOS VOISINS would regularly reunite to guest on various albums such as Une Belle Soiree (1977) by Claude Lafrance.

Jacques Perron / Keyboards, vocals
Pierre Ringuet / drums, vocals
Serge Vallières / guitars
Andre Parenteau / bass