CLEARLIGHT - FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES - 1975

Clearlight is a mesmerising French prog band led by the piano / keyboarder Cyrille Verdeaux. Clearlight represents the pinnacle of the French prog rock scene (with Lard Free). "Forever Blowing Bubbles" is a collection of highlighted soundscapes featuring extended / short tracks, mainly instrumental with a dominant of piano /guitar /sax combination. Each composition delivers its own personal atmosphere. The album starts with a kind of pop / soft ballad partially sung in French. It contains very romantic piano / violin parts then we have a fast, stunning technical guitar break. The second track begins with an interesting melodic repetitive piano part combined to experimental / electronic "cosmic" arrangements. It finally turns (as in the previous track) to a piano based line mixed with a freaky & powerful improvised guitar solo. The two following tracks are my favourite. "Way" is a celestial, strange tune for piano / wha wha guitar and voices in the distance..."Ergotrip" is a catchy mental projection to an other galaxy, with lot of "cosmic" noises, psychedelic flute part, melodic piano lines followed by technical / emotional guitar/ sax solos... An excellent symphonic / "cosmic" rock manifestation!!
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