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Forgas Band Phenomena

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Forgas Band Phenomena is a French instrumental progressive rock and jazz fusion band. Inspired by Soft Machine and the Canterbury scene, composer and drummer Patrick Forgas has created the band and is still leading it. Since 2005, his albums are edited by the American label Cuneiform.

For over 40 years, Parisian composer and drummer Patrick Forgas has been working and creating a distinctive take on progressive jazz/rock, and he has been leading Forgas Band Phenomena for over 20 years. We are really happy and pleased to once again be working with this eclectic, electric fusion / progressive rock band on their sixth release and fourth for Cuneiform.

The ensemble’s many long time fans certainly know what to expect, as the group’s base of ‘Canterbury sound’ stylings in a orchestrally arranged setting with jazz solos continues here, stronger and with even more maturity than ever.

Helping to contribute to the great confidence in the performances is the fact that the majority of the band has been stable and rehearsing for over a decade, with only two changes made in the last few years

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Fresh New Talent With Lydian Nadhaswaram And Gabriel Seven

Read "Fresh New Talent With Lydian Nadhaswaram And Gabriel Seven" reviewed by Len Davis


New music from Italian Claudio Scolari, Lydian Nadhaswaram, Carlo Cantini Quartet, bassist Giorgio Panico, Gabriel Severn with Teen Town, Derek Sherinian from  Vortex, ARC Trio & John Daversa Big Band and French progressive band Forgas Band Phenomena. Playlist Claudio Scolari “Cold Water" from Don't Know (Self Produced) 00:00 Lydian Nadhaswaram "Spark Plug “ from Chromatic grammatic (Amly) 06:42 Carlo Cantini Quartet “Unstable ...

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Fresh progressive music from new, and established musicians

Read "Fresh  progressive music from new, and established musicians" reviewed by Len Davis


New music from Australian saxophonist Troy Roberts with Nu Jive: Nations United, Forgas Band Phenomena The Electric Ear, Carlo Cantini quartet from Italy, Jonathan Lundberg from Sweden, and Derek Sherinian from Vortex and finally the re-issue of What It Is Montreal 1983 by Miles Davis.Playlist Alain Caron “Slam The Clown" from Rhythm 'n Jazz ...

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Acte V

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: CD: Corps Et Ames; Loin d'Issy; George V; Ultraviolet; Feu Sacré; Midi-Minuit. DVD: Live at NEARFest 2010

Article: Album Review

Forgas Band Phenomena: Acte V

Read "Acte V" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Quinta prova discografica per l'ensemble Forgas Band Phenomena, settetto guidato da Patrick Forgas, batterista-compositore-arrangiatore francese, già noto nei circuito del progressive e della fusion europea per i suoi trascorsi da “scolaro" della scuola di Canterbury. Forse pochi ricorderanno il suo esordio, nel 1977, Cocktail, con membri di Magma e Zao e la partecipazione del bravo bassista ...

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Article: Album Review

Forgas Band Phenomena: Acte V

Read "Acte V" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Drawing comparisons to a pro football team, this band would most assuredly make the playoffs every year. Highly acclaimed, the French unit led by drummer Patrick Forgas looms as a proven commodity within the upper echelon of progressive rock. The album presents a potpourri of fusion and jazz-rock that translucently incorporates the blitzkrieg improvisational segments of ...

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L'Axe du Fou (Axis of Madness)

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: La Clef (The Key); L'Axe du Fou (Axis of Madness); Double-Sens (Double Entendre); La 13eme Lune (The 13th Moon).

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Article: Album Review

Forgas Band Phenomena: L'Axe du Fou - Axis of Madness

Read "L'Axe du Fou - Axis of Madness" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Credo fermamente che l'universo sonoro che ha sempre ruotato attorno alla celebrata “Canterbury Scene," da Caravan, Soft Machine e National Health in qua, sia - da quando ho l'età della ragione - una delle manifestazioni sonore più belle ed intriganti dell'intera storia della musica. Chi, alla fine dei Sessanta/inizi Settanta, ne è stato stregato, non è ...

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Article: Album Review

Forgas Band Phenomena: L'Axe du Fou (Axis of Madness)

Read "L'Axe du Fou (Axis of Madness)" reviewed by John Kelman


There has been a relatively short gap between Forgas Band Phenomena's L'Axe du Fou and Soleil 12 (Cuneiform, 2005)--four years, as opposed to the six between Soleil and the out-of-print Extra Lucide (Cosmos, 1999)--but plenty has happened. Drummer Patrick Forgas' longstanding group has been almost completely revamped--only bassist Kengo Mochizuki and keyboardist Igor Brover remain--and with ...

Album

Soleil 12

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Soleil 12; Coup De Theatre; Eclipse; Pievre a la Pluie.


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