(French SymphoProg) Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles 1975, France - 1975, FLAC (tracks)

Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles 1975, France

Страна: France
Жанр: French SymphoProg
Год выпуска: 1975
Формат: FLAC (tracks)
Трэклист:
Song Title

1. Chanson
2. Without Words
3. Way
4. Ergotrip
5. Et Pendant Ce Temps La
6. Narcisse et Goldmund
7. Jungle Bubbles
8. Sweet Abisinthe (Bonus Track)
9. Without Words (Melotron Remix) (Bonus Track)
10. Flute Aquatique (Bonus Track)

Import reissue of keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux's second album as Clearlight Symphony,

originally released in 1975. Forever Blowing Bubbles release in the UK gave

Clearlight the international recognition they deserved. Featuring Joel Dugrenot

(ex-Zao), violinist David Cross (King Crimson) & guitarist/flutist Jean Claude

d'Agostini (Magic Circus). Featuring the bonus tracks 'Sweet Absinthe', 'Without

Words' (Mellotron Remix) & 'Flute Aquatique'. 2001.
Доп. информация: Clearlight was mainly a project of keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux. Forever Blowing

Bubbles ditched the Gong members of Clearlight Symphony and now included a bunch of

new musicians, who I'm not familiar with. But there are guests, including none other

than King Crimson violinist David Cross, plus the Northettes (Amanda Parsons, Ann

Rosenthal), some female vocalists, Bruno Verdeaux (presumably Cyrille's brother),

Christian Boule, Gilbert Artman (Lard Free, he also appeared on Clearlight Symphony,

as well as Boule) etc.

Just imagine what would happed if Steve Hillage's albums had a more symphonic bent

and included piano and Mellotron. The first cut, "Chanson" is a vocal track, but the

next piece, "Without Words" features some nice use of electric piano and ARP 2600

synth, before going in to a Hillage-like jam. At the end it ends with some Hammond

organ that makes me think of Pink Floyd. "Way" starts off with Mellotron and wordless

voices, before the piano and David Cross' violin kicks in. I really love how those

synths kick in near the end and everything starts speeding up (thanks to speeding up

the tape).

The second half of the album don't quite live up to the greatness of the first half,

still not bad. "Et Pendant Ce Temps La" seems to be a Clearlight theme that gets

recycles, because I heard that theme used on the Delired Cameleon Family album (which

is basically another Clearlight album, which is a no-brainer, if you enjoy

Clearlight, you'll enjoy Delired Cameleon Family, simple as that). "Narcisse et

Goldmund" finds the band exploring a chanson style of music, with female vocals (in

French), but what serparates this song from real French chanson is the presence of

Mellotron. The last cut, "Jungle Bubbles" is basically synth bubble sounds.