24 March 2013

PERCEPTION – PERCEPTION (FUTURA RECORDS, 1971)




A1.  Chirato 6:50
A2.  Phénobarbital - Septième Songe 12:45
B1.  Debora 8:00
B2.  Enitram - Narcisse 11:50

Didier Levallet, bass
Yochk'o Seffer,  bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Jean-My Truong, drums
Siegfried Kessler, piano, flute

Recorded on Jan 9, 1971.
Futura Records  – GER 19, FUT 2015, 1971

Vinyl Rip
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12 comments:

  1. Wallofsound24 March 2013 at 10:11:00 CET

    A new world of listening for me. Thanks.

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  2. SOTISE24 March 2013 at 11:00:00 CET

    Thanks for the upgrade on mutant sounds mp3's, Seffer and Truong , were members of a Magma influenced fusion band Called 'ZAO', roughly similar territory.

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  3. jim24 March 2013 at 12:51:00 CET

    Thanks Nick, this album is the shit! Did this group make any other records?

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  4. Sergio24 March 2013 at 13:24:00 CET

    Nick, please, check the ZS-2 archive, because only side A is available. Thanks.

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  5. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth24 March 2013 at 14:14:00 CET

    Perception made at least two more albums: "Mestari" (1973) on Le Chant Du Monde and "& Friends" (1972) on A.D.M.I.
    "& Friends" has an augmented line-up as the title suggests.

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  6. Nick24 March 2013 at 17:14:00 CET

    Thanks Sergio, here are the corrected links

    Nick

    RS

    ZS-A
    ZS-B

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  7. Calisan25 March 2013 at 06:52:00 CET

    What the hell! Killer avant-garde from fantastic members of Zao although Siegfried Kessler have one of the finest albums with Jean-Francois Pauvros "Phenix 14" (you can find in Mutant sounds too) I wish someone could post it in flac with the wonderful artwork complete more bigger than this. Thanks for all your work Nick

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  8. boogieman25 March 2013 at 19:38:00 CET

    Thanks for this improved rip. An interesting period piece. I like french fusion/zheul Magma (in the early/mid seventies) was one of the most impressive bands I ever saw live.
    By the way, for those who're insterested in Siegfried Kessler & all, check the Swing String System album I posted a year ago on my blog.

    http://theboogiemanwillgetya.blogspot.com/2012/03/electric-strings.html

    Dunno if the lik's still alive though. Let me know if anyone wants a re-post.

    Cheers

    Boogieman

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  9. SOTISE26 March 2013 at 14:58:00 CET

    also ....for anyone who hasn't heard them
    for my money the first two Magma albums (Magma 1970, and 1001%centigrade, 1971)are Avant fusion marvels ,utterly unique,brilliantly challenging ,endearingly corny too, and its often forgotten just how obsessed Christian Vander was with Coltrane..
    who's influence is brought to bare in completely unexpected ways , combine that with over the top Wagnerian pomp,a Carl Orff influence and an Oppressively unhinged moodiness, and all the ingredients are in place!
    Zao were never quite as interesting!

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  10. JD27 April 2013 at 14:12:00 CEST

    Thanks!

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  11. Anonymous24 January 2015 at 21:53:00 CET

    Re-up please? Thank you.

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  12. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth24 January 2015 at 23:24:00 CET

    I believe all three Perception LPs are still available on CD.
    I got mine last year.

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