Oldish Psych and Prog

genre: avant-garde
country: france
quality: lossless (flac, cue, log, scans)
time: 36'28"  size: 173 mb
misc.: 1994

Scented Gardens Of The Mind:
Lard Free was a tool for Gilbert Artman's musical experiments, starting with what sounds like King Fripp having his Mahogany Brain squeezed through a Soft Machine. Six tracks of four musicians going through the motions to largely repetitive rhythms. Not entirely successful, but still interesting and certainly worth hearing for the open minded.
I'm Around About Midnight switched to electronics with notable contributions from Richard Pinhas. Arguably this is more interesting than the earliest Heldon album, being more varied and less derivative (of Fripp & Eno, that is). Spirale Malax was a masterpiece - and in effect krautrock made in France. This departure into the deepest corridors of dreams has the same transient magic as Tangerine Dream albums between 1974-75, with equally surreal production where instruments seem to undulate between the speakers. Too bad Gilbert Artman deserted this direction in favour of Urban Sax!

1. Warindbaril (3:52)
2. 12 ou 13 juillet que je sais d'elle (8:54)
3. Honfleur écarlate (4:53)
4. Acide framboise (6:43)
5. Livarot respiration (7:45)
6. Culturez-vous vous-mêmes (4:21)

- Gilbert Artman / piano, drums
- Hervé Eyhani / bass
- Francois Mativet / guitar
- Philippe Bolliet / saxophone