Charles Loos (piano, keyboards)
Dirk Bogaert (flute)
Paul Elias (guitar)
Jean-Paul Musette (bass)
Tony Malisan (drums)
Jacky Mauer (drums)

“Jazz Rock supergroup from Belgium, including members from the veteran league of Prog and Jazz Rock music.The founding members appear to be keyboardist Charles Loos, who had parted ways with Cos a few years back, flutist Dirk Bogaert and drummer Jack Mauer, who previously played with Waterloo and Pazop, bassist Jean-Paul Musette...

“ANUBIS comes within this new trend in French rock influenced at the same time by the "old" French school represented by ANGE, ATOLL, MONA LISA and by current French rock and songs. The group offers a music based on carefully selected vocal harmonies, the singer's high voice and the energetic straightforward themes during which the guitarist plays some very good, original and elaborate solos.”-La Discographie du Rock Français

“Late entry of the classic French Prog movement.Mainly guitar-driven...

"Well written (and very french) symph rock. For this album Booz was helped by three Alice members, bassist Alain Suzan, drummer Alain "Doudou" Weiss and guitarist Paul Semama along with ex-Zoo violin/sax player Michel Ripoche with also Michel Coeuriot on keyboards and William Sheller on piano and arrangements. Starting with a spoken monologue by Booz, the short second track will give an idea for what is going to come with its Zeuhl-ish pounding bass, the dark choirs and the orchestral strings. From this...

Reasonably well known and well thought of 'proto-progressive' French album originally recorded in early 1972.

"Ergo Sum is a French progressive rock band based in Aix-En-Provence, led by singer Lionel Ledissez and flute player Jean Guerin. The unique (and highly sought after) album issued by this line-up, "Mexico" (1972), is now reissued and accompanied by a complete biography and bonus tracks. It's still full of the energy and youthfulness of the early Seventies. This music is based on tortured...

Bernard Matthieu (saxes, vocals)
Jo Thirion (organ, piano, trumpet, vocals)
Ferdinand Richard (bass, vocals)
Guigou Chenevier (drums, vocals)

Etron Fou were one of the premier French avant/progressive bands from 1974-1986, & a founding member of Rock In Opposition (R.I.O.). This reissues the Etron's 4th album on vinyl for the first time and their first as a quartet.
This was their first album recorded under really professional conditions with production and guest musical...

This is Etron Fou Leloublan about 9 months after I saw them open up for Henry Cow, performing the material of their soon to be released fantastic 2nd album, Les Trois Fous, at the legendary, first RIO festival, along with Henry Cow, Stormy Six, Univers Zero and Samla Mammas Manna! A slice of history and an amazing performance by Ferdinand Richard (bass, vocals), Guigou Chenevier (drums, vocals) and Francis Grand (sax, vocals). Plus you can finally hear what I heard when I saw them, which is Ferdinand's...

Jean Lars (bass)
Marc Millon (drums, percussion, vibraphone)
Jean-Michel Philippe (acoustic guitar, electric guitar)
Jacques Lars (electric guitar)
René-Marc Bini (keyboards)
Jean-Loup Marlaud (saxophone, clarinet, flute)
Alain Labarsouque (viola)

Ex Vitae were a avant-leaning, experimental, jazz/rock band, who veered between tightly composed sections and synamic group improvisation and who self-released this one album in 1978. The original album is quite rare (I’ve ne

Great to see this relic from the very early 70s reappear on vinyl and with the original textured sleeve ("...all selections were written and composed by Dashiell Hedayat on Autumn 69...and finally recorded at Strawberry Studio on May 1971. Warning: This record must be played as loud as possible, must be heard as stoned as impossible and thank you everybody.").
Originally released 1971 on the rare and collectable Shandar label, this was the work of French writer Jack-Alain Leger, who released an...

"Unnamed is a collection of 1971/1972 Lard Free 'lost' recordings that documents an interesting, primitive period of the band and shows Artman & Co. moving freely in different directions : jazz, noise and the most radical musical improvisation."

Contains a bonus 7" (tracks: A1. "Cuve Perpetuelle"; B1: "A Chacun Son Boulez").

"An excellent album of previously unreleased music from 1971 and 1972. It mixes free jazz and typical early 70's "French freaky-rock to great effect, it's quite...

Denis Barbier – flutes
Pierre-Jean Gidon – tenor & soprano sax
Olivier Hutman – piano, electric piano
Jean-Marie Laumonnier – double bass, electric bass
Jean-Philippe Lobrot – drums
Mino Cinelu – percussion

This is the first time that this one-and-done French jazz rock rarity has ever been reissued in any form!
This is Euro-styled progressive electric jazz; perhaps a bit comparable to Missus Beastly.

“Originally released in 1976, Moravagine (including 3 membe

Charles Goubin-guitar, piano, vocals
Philippe Goubin-percussion, piano, vocals
Dominique Dubuisson-bass

Potemkine were a great French band who existed throughout most of the 70's. They absorbed influences from zeuhl, fusion, avant-rock and more & fused it into a blend that was their's alone!

This is their fabulous, under-recognized classic 2nd album. It was their most zeuhl-ish recording, but it’s also one of the greatest non-Magma Zeuhl albums of the 70s, based around acoustic.

This is the first solo album from one of the main folks in Etron Fou Leloublan. It was originally released on the Celluloid label in 1981, around the same time that the band was working on "Les Poumons Gonfl�s".
Even though the personnel is listed semi-pseudonymously, I'm pretty sure that this is all of Etron Fou backing him on this.
Not quite as great as Etron Fou, but still very good and even whackier.

"A unique blend of dadaist jazz, art rock and new wave, inviting Ferdinand into the

George Jinda - drums
Yochk’o Seffer - wind instruments
Jean-Luis Bucchi - electric piano
Janik Top – electric bass
Shiroc - percussion
+ strings

“Understated French fusion LP that hits all the requisite pleasure centers, once you are already deeply acquainted with the scene.
Side one is an invigorating mix of early Magma and Zao with Janik Top on bass, and in gloriously compressed (i.e. "French") sound. Side Two is more esoteric and atmospheric for most of its length,

"An ecology-inspired Krautrock album (1971) from a short-lived group comprised of German school-chums, some of whom had recorded an LP as Trikolon. Tetragon did not conform to any predetermined musical style: they played whatever they pleased, as long as it included groovy Hammond organ and very trippy, flanged wah-wah guitar, in various taut jamming modes that favored jazz/rock fusion à la Miles Davis with a small dose of classical music (adapting a Bach fugue along the way). The result is a bouquet of...

“Verto (aka Vertø) was chiefly the project of Toulouse (France) based guitarist Jean-Pierre Grasset circa 1974 to '79. Verto involved members of Potemkine in the early days, playing a hybrid of rock fusions close the Zeuhl style. Often Verto would be Monsieur Grasset alone, doing live multi-track work on his guitar with delay/foldback in the vein of Manuel Göttsching or Steve Hillage. Other members included Benoît Widemann (from Magma) and Jean-Pierre Fouquey (from Forgas and later in Magma).”

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