Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Vortex-Les cycles de Thanatos, LP, 1979, France

Les Cycles de Thanatos is a dark-sounding album integrating rock, jazz, and neo-classical elements. Probably the most dominant feature on the album is the dark brooding neo-classical rock, sounding not unlike Univers Zero or Art Zoyd. In addition, there are Zeuhl-ish jazz rock passages that remind me of Zao, Moving Gelatine Plates, instrumental Zappa, and Potemkine. An excellent album of typical French avant-garde/underground music.
http://gnosis2000.net/reviews/vortex.htm

Line-up:
- Jean Pierre Vivante / fender rhodes, yamaha organ, piano
- Jacques Vivante / bass
- Gérard Jolivet / saxophone
- Christian Boissel / fender rhodes, hautbois, English horn
- Jacques Guillot / saxophone
- Jean-Michel Belaich / drums
- Alain Chaleard / percussions
- Maurice Sonjon / percussions
Guests:
Sunny James / violin
Michel Boissel / bassoon
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2007 at 7:18 AM

    Jean-Pierre Vivante now runs one of the best music place near Paris, France : "Le Triton" : nice program in the progressive/RIO and jazz area.

    Regards,
    Armute

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  2. ztarchegJanuary 5, 2008 at 4:13 PM

    this release has been deleted from its storage. could you please re-upload it if possible? thank you in advance.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 1, 2008 at 10:50 PM

    re-upload...
    http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FJI5FB58

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  4. vdoandsoundAugust 1, 2008 at 11:42 PM

    anonymous-thanks for re-upping that! I just plugged the new link into the post....

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