Thompson, Ian - Synths, Sax, & Situationists: The French Musical Underground 1968-1978

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Synths, Sax, & Situationists: The French Musical Underground 1968-1978
by Ian Thompson

498 pages
Publisher: Roundtable Books

At the dawn of the '70s, in a country still reeling from the aftershocks of World War 2, an underground movement of rock musicians resolved to tear it all up and start again. Welcome to France, 1968. Music fans in the English-speaking world are well-versed in the Krautrock scene springing up across the border in Germany, but they are almost totally unaware of the French musical underground. There the radicalism of May '68 collided with the counterculture, post-psychedelic rock, and free jazz to produce some of the most distinctive and vital music made anywhere in the '70s. Synths, Sax & Situationists tells the story of more famous bands like MagmaEtron Fou Leloublan, and Gong alongside almost-forgotten groups like Cheval FouFille Qui Mousse, and Barricade. Forewords from Jean-Jacques Birgé and Steven Stapleton. Also, includes coverage on Lard FreeRed NoiseMaajunKominternDagonBananamoonAme SonCrium DeliriumClearlight (and Delired Cameleon Family), Moving Gelatine PlatesContrepointCamizoleJac BerrocalBirgé Gorgé ShirocPhilippe BesombesHeldon, and Ilitch.

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