RHUN
2016. An engaging - perhaps already classic - French twist on the Belgian RIO/Chamber Rock approach that carefully subverts, submerges and disguises its experimentation beneath a strong sense of melody and form. One..
SETNA
2013. This is the second CD of the band, maybe in a more progressive style than their first. A lot of mellotron and moog around (that later instrument is played by Benoit Widemann - one of the cult musicians from Ma..
CORIMA
2012. Corima is a young US band playing..zeuhl music. The band formed a few years ago in Texas (!) before moving to LA as a duo and then recruiting new members. This is their second CD (their first is no longer avai..
STRAVE
2012. Strave's second LP, named Vision, was recorded over four days at Omega Studio in July 1981 and released with a jet black cover. The new record contained five new Bringolf compositions that unsurprisingly follo..
STRAVE (SERGE BRINGOLF)
2011. Reissue of Serge Bringolf's first album (1980), Strave is an impressive effort. Classified as zeuhl, but including lots of jazz in it, it has a unique sound. Since Bringolf being a drummer, the drums are very ..
SCHERZOO
2011. Scherzoo is F. Thollot's 3rd CD, with a new band, featuring Anthony Bard (bass), Franois Mignot (guitar), Jeremy Van Quackebeke (piano), Guillaume Lagache (sax alto) & Franois Thollot (drums). This is his ..
NOA -FRANCE-
2011. Reissue of an obscure underground French album from 1980. NOA features a histrionic female vocalist, piping the French language and enunciating syllables just like another instrument. The music of Noa is of th..
ONE SHOT
2008. Reissue of their first CD (long deleted) + 1 bonus track from the same session - All remixed & remastered by James MacGaw.
XING-SA
2010. Reissue on CD. Xing-Sa features here 3 members of SETNA for a rockier music style, more progressive with moogs etc. One member of NEOM is featured here as guest
SHUB NIGGURATH
2009. Reissue of 1982 recordings. Comes in a nice fold out digipak. The music sometimes recalls Univers Zero, Penderecki, Magma and the most experimental King Crimson for its dark, oppressive, tortured atmospheres...
NEOM
2009. French band operating in the Magma vein. One long track divided in several sections.
HUR !
2009. . . . Christian vander". 2cd tribute to magma. Featuring the next groups and artists: cd1: minimum vital, olivier olmos, klaus blasquiz &a..
BBI
2008. BBI is Philippe BUSSONNET on bass (MAGMA since 1995, ONE SHOT), Jean-Claude BUIRE on drums (OFFERING in the late 80s on "3" & "A-Fiïeh") & Laurent IMPERATO on guitar (founder m..
SETNA
2008. This new French band has finally his first recording available, after several announcements & an increasing buzz around them. The cd has only one LONG track divided into several sections. Classic line-up, ..
RIALZU
2008. Reissue of a rare as hell LP from 1978 (reaches $500 + on Ebay) issued in micro quantity only in Corsica (a French Island located between France & Italy). Strongly rooted into mediterranean culture, RIALZU..
AMYGDALA
2008. Second CD issued by Soleil Zeuhl of this Japanese band. Basically a duo on their first CD, the line-up is now expended with Daniel Jeand'heur (ONE SHOT) on drums (all tracks) & Kenichi Oguchi (KENSO) on sy..
AMYGDALA
2004. A Japanese band, heavily Zeuhl influenced (more on the Univers Zero than the Magma side) with that RIO edge that seems to be the landmark for a lot of Japanese bands. Almost entirely instrumental, dark, pulsat..
OLIVE MESS
2002. The first non-ZEUHL production for SOLEIL DE GAIA. OLIVE MESS is a band from Latvia that plays very original PROGRESSIVE music. Founded in 1998 and inspired by such classic legends as GENTLE GIANT and KING CRI..