(Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock) Alpha Du Centaure - Contact (Vinyl rip) - 1979, MP3, 192 kbps

Personnel:
Bass – Oliver Koechlin
Design – Françoise Decremps
Drums, Voice – Jonathan Dickinson
Guitar, Composed By, Text By – Jean-Pierre Richard
Photography By [Photo] – Jean-Marie Fastier
Recorded at St-Gratien au Centre Culturel «Le Forum» on 12 May 79.
Typically French in its production style, and drawing all sorts of influences, Canterbury elements and underground avant-jazz, in an esoteric fusion concoction, and quite surprising for what are basically a double-bass, guitar and drums trio. The mood is often akin to early Lard Free (sans the electronics) or Pataphonie, and many others, notable for the unique fuzz/freaky guitar that occasionally breaks-out and the overall eclectic/esoteric feel. It's an album full of surprises, and certainly a grower.