25-05-91 Le Guingois, Montluçon 14-06-91 Marseille 15-06-91 Marseille 05-07-91 M.J.C. Picaud, Cannes 06-07-91 L'Excalibur, Pernes Les Fontaines (near Avignon) 07-07-91 Fort du Bruissin, Francheville-le-Haut (near Lyon)
See the next issue of Ork Alarm! for full details of the second half of this tour. Reviews required for the first half please.
After that, Christian is too busy in the studio to perform again until October, when OFFERING plan to tour France and Germany. This is currently envisaged as a minimum of 15 dates in France, which Philippe Dardelle tells me should include Nice, Lyon and Marseilles. I guess Emmanuel Borghi must have thought I sounded Dutch, because he said he was sorry to say there would be no gigs in Holland this year.
KLAUS BLASQUIZ
Has published a book 'The history of the Fender bass' which is available in
the UK from Chappell music. He was not part of the recent tour, because the
1990 series of concerts was a special reformation, not a permanent one unfortunately.
EMMANUEL BORGHI
Played at all shows - exquisite piano.
JEAN-CLAUDE BUIRE
All shows - drums on 'Another Day' only, except not present in Reims.
FRANCOIS CAHEN
Not on this tour, but he has formed a new trio with Ty Bourn and Claire Gillett,
I hope they tour soon, because their first gig together at a tiny jazz bar called
the Dame Bleue in Ris-Orangis was (as Freddy T. would say) a cracker!
PHILIPPE DARDELLE
All shows - Subtle Contrabasse.
MARC DELOUYA
All shows - drummer on most songs, leader of the Magma cover band Zukunft and
drummer on 'Another Day' in Reims.
DANIEL DENIS
Not on this tour, but he has a new CD due soon on the Musea label which will
be called 'Sirius and the ghosts', it's his first solo effort since UNIVERS
ZERO, whose classic 'Heresie' is due on CD soon.
ADDIE DEAT
Performed at all the Magma shows, member of DON'T DIE.
ISABELLE FEUILLEBOIS
All shows, exceptional vocalist.
PATRICK GAUTHIER
Due to record an album for Seventh Records eventually, he may also feature on
Stella's solo disc.
SIMON GOUBERT
Has a new CD called Haïti (Seventh A VII). It is a very straight Jazz Album
on which Simon plays the drums, whereas he used to play Piano in Offering. He
was not on this tour.
JEAN-MICHEL KAJDAN
New CD called 'Blue Scales' - quite jazzy, of course, but with some excellent
backing musicians.
GUY KHALIFA
Due to record an album for 7th records (one day).
PIERRE MARCAULT
All shows, rejoined again presumably after his brief contretemps with Christian
at Elancourt in 1990. In April '81 he recorded an album as part of a percussion
trio called BIDON K.
OFFERING
The group are currently in their studio every day, working on the new album, to
be called 'A Fiïèh'.
PIERRE-MICHEL SIVADIER
All shows, I think....
CHRISTIAN VANDER
All shows, except he did not drum at Beauvais!
JULIE VANDER
Was only on stage at the Magma shows.
STELLA VANDER
All shows (well what else would you expect?) Stella has almost finished recording
her solo album. Also, we hear that Daevid Allen's Gongmaison may use the studio
underneath Stella's house for their next album.
DON'T DIE might be as follows: (apologies for the incorrect spelling!)
MARC DURER - BASS
ADDlE DEAT - LEAD VOCALS
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE GAMET - LEAD VOCALS
PHILIPPE BIRET - SAX
FRANCK VIDEL - GUITAR
JEAN-FRANCOIS SIVADIER - KEYBOARDS
DANIEL VANDER - DRUMS
ZUKUNFT are as follows:
MARC DELOUYA - DRUMS
PHILIPPE BUSSONNET - BASS
SERGE FIORIN - SYNTH/BASS
REMY DESTHIEUX - ORGAN
JAMES McGAW - GUITAR
VINCENT DUPUY - PIANO
ART ZOYD have two previously unreleased tracks ('Mariée à la nuit - Japanese version' and 'Caryocinèse') included on a 70 minute compilation CD (ECD 1021) on the German Ear-Rational label. Apart from Art Zoyd, the album includes other new cuts, which contain some extremely powerful Avant-Rock by J.A. Deane and J. Greinke. Highly recommended.
PAZAPA, the band formed by Alain & Yvon Guillard (both ex-Delta, Weidorje, Magma) have a variable first album (Cerise JCC 014 CD). Some of the first half of the album is funky and frankly very bland, then there are some ultra-smooth ballads which bored me to tears... This was especially disappointing since the guest list includes Stella Vander, Klaus Blasquiz and Francis Moze. But 'Pazapa' picks up with some reasonable electric fusion on the fifth track, entitled 'Fiction' which features special guest Bernard Paganotti on bass and Lydia Domancich (who is the third member of Pazapa, the group) on synth programming. From the eighth cut, 'Fanfare' the disc comes alive. 'Fanfare' starts with a disco-vamp and twee-trumpet from Yvon Guillard, but gradually Pip Pyle's drumming and Paganotti's bass lift this out of the mire. When Red Mitchell's guitar and Alain's Sax let rip, it sounds a lot like an instrumental by PAGA GROUP. Lydia plays some sensitive piano accompanied by the brothers G on electric winds for a beautiful composition by Ms D. entitled 'Santaï', which I wish could be extended to album length. But then sleazy funk sounds of the horns herald 'Big Gang' and the tranquil air is temporarily replaced with brash commercialism, eventually the tune resolves and the remainder of the album is palatable if not earth shattering. It's certainly an odd album; in part it's a real stinker! Then in places it shines with some fine melodies and excellent musicianship from Lydia, her sister Sophia, Bernard and Pip. Mr Paganotti likes the album because of it's varied sound, personally I wish they'd cut the funk and ballads and concentrate on the fusion.