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Artist |
Song (click to play) |
Album |
Year |
CD label |
1 |
Pentacle |
La clef des songes |
La clef des songes |
1975 |
Musea |
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Pentacle's sole CD release is a nice sounding prog-lite album.
Not much in the way of complexity, but, some very nice sonics and
memorable melodies. A very nice guitar led album with hints to
Genesis , Ange and British hard-rock.
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2 |
Atoll |
Le Cimetier de Plastique |
L'Araignee-Mal |
1975 |
Musea |
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This is generally considered Atoll's best album. There are some definate
Yes influenced sounds. There is also a strong fusion element. Lots of
long instrumental passages.
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3 |
Visitors |
Visitors |
Visitors |
1974 |
Musea / Si-Wan |
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This is a very fun album. The concept of the album is about an
alien-invasion. Some vocals are in English and some in French, and
possibly some vocals in Martian? There is some great instrumental
spacy jamming. The vocal harmonies sometimes remind me of Uriah Heep's
ooo's and ahh's, or perhaps like Argent. A 16 year old Didier Lockwood
plays violin!
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4 |
Magma |
Kohntarkosz Part 1 |
Kohntarkosz |
1974 |
Seventh Records |
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Magma's prior release _Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh_ turned me off
at first because of the bizarre vocals. So, I initially did not
pursue them beyond that. Luckily, I tried again with _Kohntarkosz_,
which I immediately liked very much. Here is half of the 2-part song
"Kohntarkosz".
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