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The opening paragraphs in the book...
The book with no name...
Following on the tradition of our other country focused music books:
"The Crack In The Cosmic Egg" exploring "Krautrock" and
the wider scene from Germany, and the more recently completed "A Fistful
Of Spaghetti" covering the amazing Italian "Spaghetti-Rock"
scene, this book had been germinating as long as the latter, with the basic
structure and discographies largely completed decades ago. Finally publishing
"A Fistful Of Spaghetti" gave us the impetus to now work on this
book, although what do we call it? All the clichéd nicknames for French
people and culture that we love were naturally a "no go". So, no
frogs legs or snail puns. To be in the context of our other books, it would
have to be an English language title. Putting out a request for ideas on our
Facebook groups yielded no useful results, or none better than my first idea
"Strands of the Future" taken from the second Pulsar album, but
eventually I came up with a snazzy title "Twilight of the
Alchemists" a translation of the wonderful "Le Crépuscule Des
Alchimistes" that ends side 1 of the Maajun album. Iconic in itself, it
also sums-up the spirit of the French scene.
As with our other books, this is
the first English language publication that covers all aspects of progressive
and experimental music from France, not only dealing with all the important
artists of the scene from the 1950 through to the present, but all the lesser
ones we deem worthy as well! There have, of course, been other books printed
on the subject. The only one to date with English language content was
"La Discographie du Rock Français" by Francis Grosse & Bernard
Gueffier published in the 1980s, which only covered the prog related scene up
to that point, not including any of the electronic, experimental, avant-garde
or other aspects of the scene that we also like to cover, and it only had
brief reviews of most artists. Over twice as much is now known of the French
rock scene from that era. So, that is now quite out of date, and most other
books only deal with certain factions of the French scene, and they are all
in French! So, in the spirit of our previous books "The Crack In The
Cosmic Egg" (German music) and "A Fistful Of Spaghetti"
(Italian music) you'll find much more than rock genres, or other prog, folk
and synth musics here, and we'll help you delve into the underground, the
origins, and associated realms of unclassifiable music..
Artist listings...
The main FRENCH PROG SCENE section (789 artists)
Abracadabra,
Abramose, Abrial Stratagème Group, Absinthe, Abus Dangereux, Acanthe,
Acanthus, Acintya, Acting Trio, Ada Le Fol, Ad Vitam, After Life, Aiguade,
Alan Jack Civilization, Jean Pierre Alarcen, Alco Frisbass, Aleph, Alésia
Cosmos, Algue, Alice, Alien, Alpha Centauri, Alpha Du Centaure, Alpha Ralpha,
Altaïs, Michel Altmayer (Troll), Claude Alvarez-Pereyre, Aménophis, Ame Son,
Amir, Amphyrite, Anaïd, Anamorphose, An Douar Bras, Ange, Angipatch,
Angulaire, Animation, Ankh, Anoxie, Antigone, Claude Antoine and The Silvers,
An Triskell, Anubis, Aphélandra, Apocalypse, Les Apollos & La Danse
Cosmique, Apsara, Aquarius, Arachnoid, Dan Ar Bras, Arc, Arcane, Arcane V,
Archaïa, Archipel, Areski, Areski & Fontaine, Argile, Ar Korrigan,
Arrakeen, Artcane, Art Moulu (Tréfin), Art Zoyd, A Sacris, Asia Minor,
L'Assemblée, Athanor, Atlantide, Atoll, Atome, René Aubry, Avaric, Avel
Nevez, Axolotl, Babel, Bach Modern Quintet, Bahamas, Balthazar, La Bamboche,
Banana Moon Band, Baroque Jazz Trio, Erik Baron, Barricade, Claude
Barthélémy, Pierre Bastien (Mecanium), Fabrice Baty, Roland Becker, Bedjabetch,
Bekummernis, Belisama, Roger Bellon, Bernard Benoit, Pierre Bensusan,
Berenice, Patrick Bernard, Jacques Berrocal, Dominique Bertram, Philippe
Besombes, Bestiole, Bex + Jouvelet, Bidon K, Big Band De Guitares, Birgé
Gorgé / Birgé Gorgé Shiroc, Bis De Buse, Marc Blanc, Pierre Blanchard, Bleizi
Ruz, The Blow Mind, Blues Convention, Blue Vamp, Roland Bocquet, Eric Boell,
Jean Pascal Boffo, Raymond Boni, Didier Bonin, Boomerang, Emmanuel Booz,
Christian Boulé, Hervé Bourde, François Bréant, Brézovar, Serge Bringolf /
Strave, Brodé Tango, Bruniferd, Valéry Btesh & Pollen, Jean-Louis Bucchi,
Michèle Buirette, Michel Bulteau, Cafeïne, François Cahen, Cahen &
Lockwood, Cahen & Seffer, Philippe Caillat, Caillou, Calcium, Cameleon,
Camembert, Camizole, Jean-Charles Capon, Carmina, Carpe Diem, Castel &
Vendome, Catalogue, Catastrophe, Catharsis, Philippe Cauvin, André
Ceccarelli, Celebration, Chalibaude, Veronique Chalot, Pascal Chassin, Rémi
Chaudagne, Checkers, Chemin Blanc, Chêne Noir, Guigou Chenevier, Cheval Fou,
Jean Chevalier, Jean-Luc Chevalier, Chico Magnetic Band, La Chifonnie,
Chromb!, Chute Libre, Clearlight, Clystère, Coeur Magique, Cohelmec Ensemble,
Jean Cohen-Solal, Coïncidence, Laurent Cokelaere, Pascal Comelade, Concept,
Confluence, La Confrérie Des Fous, Contrepoint, Corbo Combo, Cortex, François
Couturier, Crium Délirium, Crouille Marteau, Crucifer, Cruciférius,
Cucci-Band, Dagon, Dague, Patricia Dallio, Dandelion, Christian Darré,
Datura, Daydé, Jean-Pierre Debarbat, DeBoCo, Christian Decamps, Francis
Decamps, Decko, Gilbert Deflez, Michel Delaporte, Eric Delaunay, Delired
Cameleon Family, Delta 4, Delta Ensemble, André Demay, Claude Demet, Demon
& Wizard, Philippe de Mouctouris, Pierre Demouron, Den, Denis, Jacques
Denjean, DésAccordes / D-Zakord, Descriptiv Musik, Desforme, Design, Dharma
Quintet, Dickens Royal Incarnation, Docdaïl, Philippe Doray & Asociaux
Associés, Patrick Dorobisz, Jacques Dudon, Joël Dugrenot, Dün, The Dustman
Dilemma, Dynamo, Dynastie Crisis, Alain Eckert, Eclat, Eclosion, Michel
Edelin, Eden, Eden Rose, Edition Spéciale, L'Effondras, Égrégie, Eider
Stellaire, Electric Max Band, Eliogabal, Elixir, Elle Est Belle Ou La Ligne
Est Claire, Elohim, Emeraude, Emergency Exit, L'Empire Des Sons, L'Empreinte,
Empreinte, Claude Engel, Gérard Entremont & Co, Entr'eux Couleurs,
Equinox, Ergo Sum, Erik, Errobi, Christian Escoudé, Eskaton, Est-Ce Bien
Raisonnable, Etage 34, E.T.C. ..., Étron Fou Leloublan, Michel Ettori, Évohé,
Experience, Ex Vitae, Falstaff, Pierre Fanen, Farben, F.A.T., Faton Bloom,
André Fertier / Clivage, Fille Qui Mousse, Flamen Dialis, Fluence, Flür,
Foehn, Folkdove, La Folle Entreprise, Fondation, Brigitte Fontaine, Forgas,
Forgas Band Phenomena, Jean-Pierre Fouquey, Denis Fournier, Serge Franklin,
Free Dance Song, Free Jazz Workshop, The Fremont's Group, Frank W. Fromy,
Fubu, The Full Moon Ensemble, Galère, Galigaï, Galorn, Gate Way, Jean Claude
Gaupin, Patrick Gauthier, Jean Geeraerts, Germain Hubert Ales, Ghost Rhythms,
Anne Gillis, Jef Gilson, Raphaël Gimenez, Goa et Franky Bourlier, Maxime
Goetz, Gong, Le Gong Du Balayeur, Goom, Les Goths, Simon Goubert,
Jean-Philippe Goude, Daniel Goyone, Michel Graillier, Philippe Grancher, Le
Grand Berthoulet, Grand Gouïa, Le Grand Nébuleux, Le Grand Rouge, Le Grand Sbam,
Le Gré Des Vents, Green Space, Dominique Grimaud, Grime, Groupe Gentilhommes,
Groupement Culturel Renault, Georges Grünblatt, Jean Guérin, Guidon, Edmond,
Clafoutis, Alain & Yvon Guillard, Gutura, Gweltaz, Gwendal, Gwerz, Haas,
Hasselmann, Halloween, Jean-Luc Hamonet, Hamtaï, Michel Haumont, Jason
Havelock, Hazard, Heart In Mouth, Hecenia, Dashiell Hedayat, Heldon,
Hellebore, Heratius, Herbe Rouge, Herbe Rouge, Hiatus, Jacques Higelin,
Roland Hollinger, Holly Guns, Pascal Holtzer, Honeyelk, Horde Catalytique
Pour La Fin, Horrific Child, Human, Human Egg, Olivier Hutman, Hydravion, Les
Î, Icare, Ilitch, Images, Imago, L'Incroyable Jungle Beat, Inscir Transit
Express , Introversion, Iris, Jean-Marc Jafet, André Jaume, Jazz Impression,
François Jeanneau, Jean-François Jenny-Clark, Johnny Be Crotte, Jones, Jones,
Jones And Jones, Jox, Jupiter Sunset, Jean Michel Kajdan, Ariel Kalma,
Kënnlisch, Keris, Kha-Ym, Klimperei, Kobaïa Ëmgalaï Kolektïw, Komintern, Kool
Gool, Serge Korjanevski, Kornog, Lard Free, Teddy Lasry, Laura, LBC Trio,
Joëlle Léandre, Cyril Lefebvre, Catherine Le Forestier, Légende, Lenis
Chorea, Bruno Letort, Lievaux-Transfo, John Livengood, Jean-Pierre Llabador,
F. Robert Lloyd, Lô, Georges Locatelli, Didier Lockwood, Francis Lockwood,
Lockwood, Lockwood Top Vander Widemann, Lo Jai, Look De Bouk, Yves et Alain
Lorentz, Mimi Lorenzini, Bernard Lubat, Lucy Dans Le Ciel, Lyonesse, Maajun /
Mahjun, Ma Banlieue Flasque, Madhya, Madrigal, Magister Dixit, Magma, Michel
Magne Elements, Colette Magny, Mahogany Brain, Mailhé Meyer, Les Maledictus
Sound, Didier Malherbe, Malicorne, Mandragore, Mandragore, Albert Marcoeur,
Luc Marianni, Alain Markusfeld, La Marmite Infernale, Martin Circus,
Marvelous Band, Mar-Vista , Maya, Maya, Media, Bruno Meillier, Melmoth,
Melody, Mémoriance, Mestari, Metabolisme, Patrice Meyer, 1515, Minimum Vital,
Modus Vivendi, Moebius Bottle, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, Mona Lisa, Monsieur
Benjamin, Monument, Les Moonlights, Mor, Moravagine, Mosaïc, Moteur!,
M.O.T.U.S, Michel Moulinie, Patrice Moullet, Moving Gelatine Plates, Francis
Moze, Thierry Müller, Musique En Chantier, Musique Noise, Nadavati, Naos,
Nebelnest, Nef, Nemo, Neo, Neom, Neo Museum, Newtone Experience, NHX, Ni,
Nightrider, Nil, Nirvana, Mico Nissim, Noa, Noco Music, Noetra, Nooumena,
Northern Cross, Nptolpqsivrt, Nuance, Nuances, Nu Creative Methods,
Nullstellensatz, Nyl, Ocarinah, Ocean, Octavo, Octopus 4, Oedipe, Offering,
Jean-Claude Oliver, Omega Plus, Ométaxalia, One Shot, Oniris, Opale,
Opération Rhino, Ophiucus, Orient-Express, L'Origine, Orion, Orosgone, The
Orvalians, Ose, Osmose, Ouverture, Oz Quartet, Bernard Paganotti, Pantin,
Pantincruel, Jean-François Papin, Parallele, Emmanuelle Parrenin, Pataphonie,
Patchwork, Pauvros & Bizien, Jean-François Pauvros, Fernand Péna et
Puzzle, Pentacle, Perception, Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic,
Laurent Perrier, Marc Perru, Personnel & Patrick Chemin, Petites
Annonces, Phaesis, Phaume, Phileas' Fogg, Philharmonie, Phyllauxckzairrâh N°
III, Pictures Of Life, Pienza Ethnorkestra, Richard Pinhas, Piniol, Marc
Pira, The Piranha' Sounds, Plan B, Planetarium, Plat Du Jour, Poessitfous,
Poil, Pôle, Polysons, Jean-Luc Ponty, Popera Cosmic, Pop Instrumental De
France, Michel Portal, Patrick Portella, Portland, Post Image, Potemkine, Jean-Paul
Prat / Masal, Présence, Presence, Profondo Scorpio, Prologue, Pseu, Pulsar,
Puzzle, Quad Sax, Quartz, Quasar, Quasimodo, Le Quatuor de Saxophones,
Quidam, Quidam, Quo Vadis, Joseph Racaille, Rahmann, Raison De Plus, Richard
Raux, La Rédemption Électrique, Red Noise, Regrelh, Alain Renaud, Bertrand
Renaudin, Resonance II, Rhea, Rhesus O, Rhùn, Rialzu, Catherine Ribeiro +
Alpes, Ferdinand Richard, Rictus, Ripaille, Michel Ripoche, Marc Robine, Rock
Critics, Rock Feller, Henri Roger, Jacques Roman, La Rossa, Rotomagus,
Jean-Luc Roudière, Rupture, Saga De Ragnar Lodbrock, Saïno, St. Erhart,
Saint-Preux, Salaun Ar Foll, Gérard Sallette, Claude Salmieri, Sandrose,
Santa Maria, Satan, Scherzoo, Schizo, Schizotrope, Sealsia, Season, Yochk'o
Seffer, Selmi's, Semool, Senthaclos, Setna, Les Shouters, Shub Niggurath,
Shylock, Silence IV, Situations Sonores 76, Six Cylindres En V, Skryvania,
Sleaze Art, So & Co, Soixante Étages, Solitude, Solution, Sombre Reptile,
Sonorhc, Sotos, Sourdeline, Spacecraft, Spectre, Speed Limit, Speedubong Duo,
Spheroe, Stabat Stable, Step Ahead, Alan Stivell, La STPO, Stradyvarius,
Stratageme, Structure, STS, Stuff, Substance, Subversion, Super Freego,
Surya, Alain Suzan, Swanage, Swing Strings System, Synchro Rhythmic Eclectic
Language, Synopsis, Synthesis, Syrinx, Syrius, Le Système Crapoutchik,
Bernard Szajner / Zed, Szentendre, Tac Poum Système, Taï Phong, Tammles,
Tangerine, Tartempion, Béatrice "Mama Bea" Tekielski, Temple Sun,
Terpandre, Henri Texier, Thalassa, Laurent Thibault, François Thollot,
Jacques Thollot, T.H.X. , Tiemko, Ti Jaz, Tillenco, T.N.T.H., Eric Tocanne,
Tom, Jannick Top, Henry Torgue, Total Issue, Toupidek Limonade, Des Traces,
Traces De Saxes, Transit Express, Transition, Travelling, Trèfle, Triangle,
Tribraque, Triode, Trio HLP, Triptyque, Troc, 3éme Oeil, Troisième Rive,
Troll, Trust, François Tusques, Ulan Bator, Ultramarine, Unit Wail, Unity,
Univeria Zekt, Uppsala, Urban Sax, Vak, Valeriana, Laurence Vanay, Christian
Vander, Vander-Garber, VanderTop, Vander Top Blasquiz Garber, Stella Vander,
Les Variations, Vent D'Est, Bernard Verley & Catharsis, Versailles,
Vertige, Verto, Patrick Vian, André Viaud, Video-Aventures, Jean-Claude
Vincent, Virgule IV, Virus, Visitors, Vital Duo, Vi!Vi!Vi!, Volapük, Vortex,
Vox Nostra, Voyage, Igor Wakhévitch, Wapassou, Warlus, Ways, Weidorje, René
Werneer, We Three / We Free, Welcome, Benoît Widemann, Barney Wilen, Raymond
Winter, Patrice Witt, WLUD, Wooden Ear, Working Progress, Workshop de Lyon,
Würtemberg, WY, Xaal, Xalph, Xing Sa, X-Tet, Gabriel Yacoub, Yang, Yog
Sothoth, Yolk, Les Yper-Sound, Ys, Claude Yvans, Zaar, Thierry Zaboitzeff,
Zabu, Zaka Percussion, Zao, Hector Zazou, Zero Zero Zero / 000, Zeugma,
Zigzag / Zig-Zag, ZNR, Zoikhem, Zoo, Zorgones, Z.O.U, Zou, Zox, Zwoyld
NEW WAVE & INDUSTRIAL section (81 artists)
ADN' Ckrystall,
A.I.Z, Anches Doo Too Cool, Angel/Maimone Entreprise, A.R.T., Art &
Technique, Asphalt Jungle, Atom Cristal, L'Avis G821, Brume, Bunker, Bernard
C., Camera Obscura, Cent Ans De Solitude, Charles De Goal, Cible, Clair
Obscur, C.O.M.A., Costes, Cosy Corner, Crash, Danse Macabre, Déficit des
Années Antérieures, Denier Du Culte, Désaccord Majeur, Deux Pingouins, Die
Form, Doctor Mix And The Remix, 12°5, Dreaming Together, D.Stop, DZ Lectric,
Les Envahisseurs, L'Éponge Synthétique, Étant Donnés, Eva-Johanna Reichstag,
Fatal Impact, F.F.I., Freitod, Furia, Geins't Naït, In Aeternam Vale, Inc,
Kronstadt, Krylon Hertz, Leit-Motiv, Hector Leuck Et Krista, Lucas Trouble,
Messagero Killer Boy, Metal Urbain, Metal Boys, Misère Noire, M.Nomized,
Neutral Project, Nox, NSI, Nuts & Co, Pacific 231, Laurent Pernice,
Persona, La Perversita, Laurent Petitgand, Phaeton Dernière Danse, Prima
Linea, Prince Emile De Ly De Magneville, The Prophets, Ptôse, Roger La Honte,
Ruth, Sempiternels, Spleen Ideal, Stenka Bazin, Le Syndicat, Tango Luger,
Tircis, Trisomie 21, Un Département, Urbain Autopsy, Vivenza, Vox Populi!,
Warum Joe
SYNTHESIZER & AMBIENT section (74 artists)
Arcane Waves, Arthéa,
Ian Aywon, Jean Luc Hervé Berthelot, Guy Bettoni, Beys & Delaney, Serge
Blenner, Didier Bocquet, Dominique Bouvier, Jean-Philippe Brénot, Sylvain
Carel, William Carré, Jean-Philippe Delrieu, Michel Dematraz, Jean-Michel
Desbouis, Dhismâ, Dicotyledon, Droïds, Henry Gendrot, Philippe Guerre,
Guignolos, Haïku, Jean Michel Jarre, Jihel, Kingdom Bliss, KLUST, Philippe
Laurent, Lightwave, Logos, Matt, Frédéric Mercier, Alain Meunier, Gérard
Meurant, Thierry Meyer, Milkways, Mithra, MKS, François Monfleur, Thierry
Morati, Nightbirds, Steph Ophelès, Orchestra Sideral Impact, Osidarta, Didier
Paquette, Parenthèse, Claude Perraudin, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Regis Peters,
Pharista, Serge Ramses, Patrick Remy, Francis Rimbert, François Elie Roulin,
Olivier Roy, Jean-Philippe Rykiel, Paul Sauvanet, Philippe Simon, Soular
System, Space, Space Art, Jean-Marc Staehle, Tales, Jean-Pierre Thanès,
Jacqueline Thibault, Luigi Venbento, Cyrille Verdeaux, Video Liszt, Richard
Vimal, Hubert Vrayance, Pierre Wostyn, Bernard Xolotl, Zadri & Mo, Zanov,
Zreen Toyz
SOUNDTRACKS & LIBRARY MUSIC section (114 artists)
Abrax, Dominique
Andre, Philippe Arthuys, Pierre Bachelet, Claude Bolling, Christian Bonneau,
Guy Bonnet, Jean Bouchéty, Jean-Pierre Bouquet, Vincent Bruley, Serge Bulot,
Marc Chantereau, Chaps, Christian Chevallier, Michel Colombier, Vladimir
Cosma, Pierre-Alain Dahan, Philippe D'Aram, Thierry David, Jean-Claude
Deblais, Jean-Pierre Decerf, Michel Delaporte, Georges Delerue, Richard
Demaria, Eric Demarsan, François De Roubaix, Thierry Durbet, Pierre Dutour, Jacques
Erdos, Joël Fajerman, Alan Feanch, Philippe Feret, Bernard Fevre, Serge
Folie, Forum's Group, Eric Framond, Armand Frydman, Gérard Gallo, Arsen
Gedik, Vincent Gemignani, Gérard Gesina, Jacky Giordano, Michel Gonet, Alain
Goraguer, Henri Gruel, Dominique Guiot, Harlem Pop Trotters, Yves Hayat,
Robert Hermel, Jean-Michel Hervé, Bruno Heuzé, Benoît Hutin, Maurice Jarre,
Stéphane Joly, Francis Lai, Teddy Lasry, Pierre Laurency, Dominique Laurent,
Carlos Leresche, Cecil Leuter, Jean-Michel Lorgere, Jacques Loussier, Bernard
Lubat, Magical Ring, Michel Magne, Sauveur Mallia, Marathon Life, Claude
Marbehant, Jean-François Massoni, Mat 3, Frédéric Mercier, Jean Claude
Mercier, Milpatte, Nino Nardini, Open Air, Guy Pedersen, Serge Perathoner,
Perathoner & Top, Claude Perraudin, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Laurent
Petitgirard, Nicolas Peyrac, Jean-Claude Pierric, Michel Polnareff, Pop 2000,
Christian Poulet, Pat Prilly, Les Prospection, Jean-Bernard Raiteux, Pierre
Raph, Francis Rimbert, Marie-Claude Robert, Georges Rodi, Roger Roger, Roland
Romanelli, Romanelli & Top, Frédérick Rousseau, René Roussel, Hervé Roy,
Philippe Sarde, Camille Sauvage, Patrice Sciortino, Eric Serra, Sidharta,
Georges Teperino, Eric Thibor, Yan Tregger, Claude Vasori, Patrick Vasori,
Robert Viger, Les Wanted, Daniel J. White, Gabriel Yared, Jan Yrssen
AVANT-GARDE & EXPERIMENTAL section (109 artists)
Sylvette Allart,
André Almuro, Gilbert Amy, Daniel Arfib, Patrick Ascione, Claude Ballif, Jean
Barraqué, Françoise Barrière, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, François Bayle,
Jean-Louis Belmonte, Lucien Bertolina, Guy Bezançon, Jean-Jacques Birgé,
Pierre Boeswillwald, Paul Boisselet, Michèle Bokanowski, Jean-Yves Bosseur,
Pierre Boulez, Christian Calon, Philippe Carson, Hervé Castellani, Michel
Chion, Henri Chopin, Christian Clozier, Roger Cochini, Robert Cohen-Solal,
Marius Constant, Eric Cordier, Cordier & Guionnet, Pierre-Jean Croset,
Bruno de Chénerilles, Michel Decoust, Alain De Filippis, Michel Deneuve,
Francis Dhomont, François Donato, Bernard Donzel-Gargand, Bertrand Dubedout,
Jean Dubuffet, Denis Dufour, François Dufrêne, Christian Eloy, Jean-Claude
Eloy, Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble Musique Vivante, Estellet-Brun &
Berlioz, Luc Ferrari, Bernard Fort, Jean-Marc Foussat, Denis Frajerman,
Pierre & Isle Garnier, Yann Geslin, Christine Groult, Jean Guillou,
Jean-Luc Guionnet, Pierre Henry, Lasry-Baschet, Jacques Lejeune, Le Masne et
Porquet, Philippe Leroux, Lieutenant Caramel, Pascal Liguoro,
François-Bernard Mache, Bénédict Mailliard, Lionel Marchetti, Maté &
Vallancien, Bruno Menny, Olivier Messiaen, Darius Milhaud, Philippe Mion,
Bruno Moreigne, Musica Elettronica Viva, New Phonic Art, Jérôme Noetinger,
Om, Opus N, Palix, Bernard Parmegiani, Les Percussions De Strasbourg, Pierre
Perret, Michel Philippot, Michel Puig, Gilles Racot, Joseph Raguin, Michel
Redolfi, Guy Reibel, Jacques Rémus, François Ribac, Jean-Claude Risset,
Jean-Michel Rivet, Monique Rollin, Frank Royon Le Mée, Hélène Sage, Erik
Satie, Henri Sauguet, Alain Saverot, Alain Savouret, Pierre Schaeffer, Jean
Schwarz, Arlette Sibon-Simonovitch, Tamia, Ghédalia Tazartès, Trio TM+, Un
Drame Musical Instantané, Edgard Varèse, Bernard Vitet, Vitet & Sage,
Christian Zanési, Michel Zbar
FOREIGNERS & EX-PATS section (139 artists)
Abraxis, Age, Aksak
Maboul, Daevid Allen, Alpha Beta, Aphrodite's Child, Archibald, Aristide
Padygros, Arkham, Atmosphere, Axis, Baba Scholae, Bachdenkel, Narandra
Bataju, Les Batteries, Bene Gesserit, Daniel Biry, Tim Blake, Bunny Brunel,
Buga Up, Can Am Des Puig, Philip Catherine, Catherine, Escoudé, Lockwood,
Rhys Chatham, Classroom, Clinic, Cortex, Cos, Country Lane, Cubical Sock,
Debile Menthol, Victor de Bros / Fizzè, Daniel Denis, Paul de Vree, Deyss,
Dies Irae, Docmec, Dou, Dragon, Edhels, Encore + Grande, L'Ensemble Rayé,
Eruption, Exmagma, Nino Ferrer, Thierry Fervant, F.G. Experimental
Laboratory, The Free Pop Electronic Concept, Genet & Plouvier, Half Human
Band, The Honeymoon Killers, Daniel Humair, Human Flesh, Influenza,
Inter-Groupie Psychotherapeutic Elastic Band, Martin Davorin Jagodic,
Catherine Jauniaux, Jazzmatic, Jenghiz Khan, George Jinda, Julverne, Kashmir,
Siegfried Kessler, Kiosk, Kosmose, Jean-Yves Labat, Lagger Blues Machine,
Laurelie, Dominique Lawalrée, Jean Le Fennec, Benjamin Lew, Liquidation
Totale, Lyze, Machiavel, Mad Curry, Mainhorse, Ivo Malec, Malon, Sylvain
Marc, Mariavah, Pierre Mariétan, André Mergenthaler, Costin Miereanu, Patric
Mimran, Philippe Moënne-Loccoz, Monseigneur, Patrick Moraz, Mormos, Morning
Calm, Marc Moulin, Mozaïque, Nessie, Janko Nilovic, Nimal, Nuit Câline à la
Villa Mon Rêve, The Orient Express, Pân-Râ, Paragong, Arthur Pétronio,
Placebo, Henri Pousseur, Present, Princess Flower And The Moon Rays, Pseudo
Code, Pyranha, Éliane Radigue, Recreation, Rhea, Gilles-V. "Dizzi"
Rieder, Aldo Romano, David Rose, Saratoga Space Messengers, Karl-Heinz
Schäfer, Schell & Annegarn, Daniel Schell & Karo, Shampoo, Lourival
Silvestre, Skuas, Gilli Smyth, Solis Lacus, Arsène Souffriau, Sparadra, Spot,
Subway, Sunhouse, Sway, Tideline, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Trocarn, Univers Zero,
Uta, Vacation, Vangelis, Veri Floris, Knud Viktor, Wallace Collection, Robert
Wood, Ypsilon, Zartong
EVERYTHING ELSE section (142 artists)
Patrick Abrial,
Georges Acogny, Aeroplane, Les Albatros, Annkrist, Après La Pluie, Arpège,
Asgard, Athéna, Attention, Balthazar, Denis Barbier, Basile And Ze Pecqu'nouz
Groupe, The Beautiful Losers, Alain Bellaïche, François Béranger, Michel
Berger, Dominique Blanc-Francard, Olivier Bloch-Laîné, Broceliande, Jean-Max
Brua, Call Exit, Calliope, Patrick Cany, Patrice Caratini, Jean-Pierre
Castelain, Castelhemis, Choc, Chorus Reverendus, Christophe, Claire, Valentin
Clastrier, Cockpit, Le Coeur, Coloquinte, Alain Coulas, Marie-Ange Cousin,
Crepillon, Bigot, Molard, Croque-Mitaine, Gerard Delahaye, Marc Depond,
Jacques-Emile Deschamps, Emmanuel Dilhac, Distance, Donzella, Pascal Duffard,
L'Echo Des Luths, Eden, Gilles Elbaz, Elohim, Enoia Project, Epoque, Epta, Il
Était Une Fois, Excalibur, Factory, Philippe Farré, Les Fleurs De Pavot, Marc
Fosset, Eric Fraj, Frantz, Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Gallet, Gaurdon, Richard
Gilly, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Henri Gougaud, Le Grand Magic Circus, Les
Guitares Du Dimanche, Bernard Hananel, Les Homards Violets, Hotchpotch,
Bernard Ilous, Ilous & Decuyper, Antoine Illouz, Imbroglio, Jacmelina,
Gilles Janeyrand, Jazz Virus Quartet, Françoise Joly, René Joly, J.P.M. &
Co, Alain Kan, Karma College, Kurun, Labyrinthe, Manu Lannhuel, Catherine
Lara, Larry Martin Factory, Machin, Magdalith, Gérard Manset, Patrick Marcel,
Maripol, Jean-Pierre Mas, Master Key, Joël Mercier, Mike Et Sa Clique, Alain
Moullé, The Mule Station, Jean Musy, Nato, Dominique Ottavi, Papillon, Michel
Perez, Phénomènes, Ramon Pipin, André Popp, Guy Pothier, Punch, Rackham Le
Rouge, Pyrañas, Resonance, Catherine Ribeiro, Rob Jo Star Band, Roche,
Sanctus, Paul Semama, William Sheller, Yves Simon, Skins, Guy Skornik,
Sleipnir, Sphinx, Synthesis, Taurus 5, Hubert Félix Thiéfaine, Tòcabiòl,
Antoine Tomé, Traces, Trafic, Transport Terrestre, Jean-Claude Vannier, Jean
Vasca, Pierre Vassiliu, Véhicule Léger, Joan Pau Verdier, Marie-Blanche
Vergne, Charlotte Walters, François Wertheimer, XY&Z, Michel Zacha
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Producers &
Engineers (49)
Francis Adam, René Ameline, François Artige, Pierre Barouh, Bernard Belan,
Philippe Beaucamp, Hervé Bergerat, Philippe Besombes, Claude Bibonne,
Dominique Blanc-Francard, Hughes De Courson, Claude Dejacques, Claude
Delcloo, Daniel Deshays, Dominique Do Espirito Santo, Giorgio Gomelsky,
Jean-Pierre Grasset, Pierre Guichon, Gabriel Ibos, Jean Karakos, Jérôme
Laperrousaz, Pierre Lattes, Richard Loury, Henri Lousteau, Jean Pierre
Massiera, Bruno Menny, Jean-Luc Mirouf, Philippe Omnès, Guy Paquier,
Jean-Claude Pognant, Jean-Pierre Rawson, Frank Redlich, François Riether,
Michel Risse, Jean-Louis Rizet, Jean Claude Roché, Roger Roche, Claude
Sahakian, Gilles Salle, Andy Scott, Tartempion, Gérard Terronès, Laurent
Thibault, Daniel Vallencien, Igor Wakhévitch, Patrick Woindrich, Gilles
Yéprémian, Jean-Luc Young, Clément Ziegler
Studios (37)
Studio 20, Studio Acousti, Studio Adam, Studio Antibes, Studio Apsome, Studio
Aquarium, Aquarius Studios, Studio Barclay, Chateau d'Hérouville, Studio
Citadel, Studio Damiens, Studio Davout, Studio de la Grande Armée, Studio De
Milan, Studio Des Dames, Diagram Studio, Studio Du Chesnay, Studio E.T.A.,
Studios Europa Sonor, Studios Ferber, Studio, Frémontel, Groupe de musique
expérimentale de Bourges, Studios INA-GRM, Studios I.P., Studio Iris, Studio
L'Oiseau Musicien, Studio Mannderly, Studio Pathé Marconi EMI, Omega Studio,
Studio Ramses, Studio Saravah, Studio Son/Ré, Studio SRC, Sunrise Studios,
Studio Tangara, Urban Studio, Studios Vogue
Cover Art
& Design
(22)
Patrick Alexandre, Jacques Aubert, Patrice Jean Baptiste, Bernard Beaugendre,
Klaus Blasquiz, François Bréant, Jean-Charles Cohen, Philippe Druillet, José
Ferré, Philippe Huart, Patrick Jelin, Patrice Larue, Jean-Claude Michel,
Procédé Heliophore, Christian Rose, Yochk'o Seffer, Philippe Simon, Studio De
L'air, Phil Umdenstock, Unsafe Graphics, Yves Van Waerbeke, Jacques Wyrs
Festivals
& Concerts (48)
1er Festival de Pop Music Français, Actuel Festival, , Aix En Provence,
Festival Art Avant Garde, Auvers s'Oise, Bagas Cheap Festival, Festival
Bas-Rock, Le Bataclan, Biennale de Paris, Bobino, Centennial of the Paris
Commune, Chorus, Festival de Courbevoie, C.R.A.C., Crypto Festival, Dauphine,
Festival Ekinoxe, Festival Étampes, Festival d'Evry, Fête de l'Humanité,
Gibus Club, Gigondas Festival, Golf Drouot, Mamirolle, MIMI, Festival de
Montparnasse, Montrouge, Montreux Jazz & Pop Festival, Musique Action
Internationale, Noisy-le-Sec, Olympia, Pop Jamboree Coubevoie, Pop 2,
Festival Popanalia, Pop Plonéour-Lanvern, Rencontre Au Havre, Riviera
Festival, Rock En Stock, Rock In Opposition festival, Rock 'N' Roll Circus,
Rock sur la Blanche, 1er festivalrock de Sannois, Seloncourt, Soleil Zeuhl
festival, Studio 22, Trans-Musiques, Festival de Troyes, Vincennes
Various
Artists / Samplers: 64 French releases, plus samplers and international titles.
Record
labels (48)
Arcane, Atem, Atlantic, AYAA, Baillemont Productions, Ballon Noir, BAM,
Barclay, BYG Records, CBS, Le Chant du Monde, Cobra, Connection, Cryonic
Inc., Crypto, d'Avantage, Disc'Az, Disjuncta / Urus Records, EGG, EMI, Eurodisc,
Festival, F.L.V.M., Fractal, Futura Records, Gazul Records, Gratte-Ciel,
Hexagone, INA.GRM, Invisible Records / Scopa, Isadora, Le Kiosque d'Orphée,
Legend Music, Mantra, Musea, Omega Studio, Oxygene, Pathé / Pathé Marconi,
Philips, Pôle, Polydor, RCA Victor / RCA, Saravah, Soleil, Spalax, , Tago
Mago, Thélème, Vogue / Disques Vogue
plus a round-up of several other labels of interest.
and sundry
other useful bits of information, indexes, publications, etc.
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