Etron Fou Leloublan - 2015 - Live at the Rock in Opposition Festival, 1978

Etron Fou Leloublan 

2015

Live at the Rock in Opposition Festival, 1978

01. P.O.I. (Pourrissement des Organes Intérieurs) 

02. Sololo Brigida 

03. Nave de Bilande 

04. Le Fleuve et le Manteau 

05. Face à l'extravagante montée des ascenseurs, nous resterons fidèles à notre calme détermination 

06. Percutant reportage au Pays des Fées 

Ferdinand Richard / bass, voice

Guigou Chenevier / drums, voice

Francis Grand / saxophones, voice

Recorded live at the Rock In Opposition Festival, at the New London Theatre on March 12th, 1978 by Norman Jon Kissoon

Live recording from the March '78 Rock in Opposition Festival in London. This is the trio lineup of Ferdinand, Guigou and Francis Grand, which was the band as found on their second album Les Trois Fou. Apart from Guigou's drum feature, Sololo Brigida, which appeared on Batelages, the material is also from Les Trois Fou. This lineup played more concerts than any other, and represents the band at their most radical and dada, exhibiting a crazed energy that beats the punks at their own game. Ferdinand gives droll intros to each piece, and his unique chordal bass playing and roaring, joyful singing is strongly evident. Guigou's drumming is endlessly inventive in the ground he carved out between John French's polyrhythms and Robert Wyatt's warm, jazzy melodicism. Grand only appeared on one album, but his mastery of saxes and flutes makes this a particularly potent lineup. Chris Cutler notes that with so much going on it's difficult to remember there are only three of them. I agree. Their collision between French Chanson and the Magic Band was unique in 1978, and remains so to this day.