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Bruits Et Temps Analogues
You might recognize this album...you should. Like the rest of the Egg catalog, Patrick Vian's sole album was heavily imported into the US by JEM Records. Back in the day, this album was everywhere. In fact I still run across copies in the used bins from time to time. It even made the Nurse With Wound list. Originally released in 1976, it finally has found an audience and has been reissued by Staubgold. Patrick Vian is the son of French jazz musician Boris Vian. He was also a member of the underground rock band Red Noise, who made one album that is quite well known among prog and psych collectors.
Bruits Et Temps Analogues is actually quite an interesting album that has probably been taken for granted over the years. Vian has assembled a high caliber instrumental quartet that includes noted percussionist Mino Cinelu. Vian plays a variety of analog synths - Moogs and ARPs. George Granier is the second keyboardist and Ame Son's Bernard Lavialle plays guitar. The music is flat out prog rock. Vian's use of synths has a bit of a spacey quality but not in a textural way - he's playing laser-like leads while the band plays in a bit of a jazz rock style. The rockier tracks sound a bit like Egg stablemates Ose and Heldon. So you wind up with this weird amalgam of styles that come across like a mash up of Heldon and Gong. Highly recommended.