Forgas Band Phenomena

Canterbury-influenced jazz-rock fusion outfit Forgas Band Phenomena are led by Parisian multi-instrumentalist/composer Patrick Forgas, who documented and released his 1st album, Cocktail, in 1977. The recording presented Forgas on drums, keyboards, acoustic guitar, bass, and much more, alongside seven other music artists — including upcoming Magma keyboardist Jean-Pierre Fouquey and Zao violinist Patrick Tilleman. (Originally released over the Gratte-Ciel label, Cocktail was reissued with reward monitors by Musea in 2008.) Forgas produced a touring music group soon after Cocktail’s preliminary release, however the group split up after just a few gigs and he generally retreated from music for another a decade, although he continuing writing and also took a stab at achievement within the mainstream pop globe. In the past due ’80s, nevertheless, Forgas agreed upon a recording agreement that resulted in the discharge of 1990’s L’Oeil! on Musea; the record included — furthermore to Forgas on synthesizers, vocals, and tempo coding — Fouquey, Tilleman, and guitarist Laurent Roubach from Cocktail in addition to Gong’s Didier Malherbe on EWI (digital wind device). Forgas came back with Artwork d’Echo in 1993 (once again on Musea), an recording offering support from his most varied instrumental lineup up to now — including reeds, flute, and brass — and using one monitor returning the first choice towards the drummer’s seat for the very first time since Cocktail. Henceforth, two significant changes would happen in Forgas’ musical profession (apart from his 2002 fresh age-styled solo work Synchronicité, an recording featuring just his synthesizers and development): he’d play drums specifically, and would record and perform because the innovator of Forgas Music group Phenomena, as opposed to the appellation “Forgas.” The very first two Forgas Music group Phenomena albums made an appearance in the past due ’90s for the Cosmos Music label: 1997’s Roue Libre (including Gong vibraphonist Mireille Bauer) and 1999’s Extra-Lucide. After going for a break at the start of the brand new millennium (and following a full modification in the group’s lineup apart from Forgas himself), Forgas Music group Phenomena re-emerged for the Cuneiform label with 2005’s Soleil 12. The music group would keep on Cuneiform with 2009’s L’Axe du Fou and 2012’s Acte V, the second option a Compact disc/DVD arranged including a live video documented in the 2010 NEARfest in Bethlehem, Pa. The music group on both L’Axe du Fou and Acte V contains Forgas on drums alongside Benjamin Violet on acoustic guitar, Igor Brover on keyboards, Kengo Mochizuki on bass, Karolina Mlodecka on violin, Sébastien Trognon on saxophones and flute, and Dimitri Alexaline on trumpet and flügelhorn.