Delired Cameleon Family - Delired Cameleon Family CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
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23-HST 208
Classic 70s spacey/symphonic rock albums which features leader Cyrille Verdeux's keyboards. A soundtrack to a wild underground film that features a huge number of players: Christian Boulé, Gilbert Artman, Tim Blake, Yvan Coaquette, Ariel Kalma, Franois Jeanneau, etc.
“In 1974 the film ''Visa de Censure n# X'' by Pierre Clementi was published.It was supported by a soundtrack entitled ''Delired Cameleon Family'' and released on EMI, behind which we find Clearlight's mastermind Cyrille Verdeaux, who composed the entire filmscore along with guitarist Ivan Coaquette.
The album features notable appearances by Ariel Kalma (sax), Joël Dugrenot (vocals), Gilbert Artman (drums), Tim Blake (percussion) and Christian Boulé (guitars) among others, all were past and future Clearlight members, thus this soundtrack is considered by many as the second actual Clearlight work.
A really unique, hard and cosmic listening experience, ''Delired Cameleon Family'' explores the world of long spacey synthesizer passages, weird jazzy improvisations, fiery Fusion guitar workouts and trippy, psychedelic soundscapes, almost like a cross between the cosmic Kraut madness of Ash Ra Tempeland Amon Duul and the more Fusion side of Gong. From its start to the very end, the album swirls around outlandish and loose arrangements, which have a cosmic or jazzy feel, depending on the track, but the result is not very succesful, though the album rather serves the needs of the movie than comes as a regular discographic entry.
From the several spacey parts I definitely give credit to the nice guitar work of Boule, Agostini and Coaquette with some sort of Mike Oldfield-ian vibe, though much more jazzy in nature. The sax solos of Francois Jeaneau and Ariel Kalma are also passionate and dynamic, adding another dimension to this unique experience. But the majority of the arrangements are characterized by bizzarre abstract sections and stretched cosmic synths, that at the end prevent these nice parts to be fully appreciated."-rateyourmusic
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