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If Aphrodite’s Kid was Greece’s primary prog rock getting in touch with credit card in the ’70s, 25 years later on La Tulipe Noire neglected to take notice, deciding on instead to walk in the footsteps from the Uk famous actors of neo-prog. Fronted with a gifted feminine vocalist (Ima), the group was initially hailed or dismissed being a Marillion clone (with regards to the reviewer’s sights about imitation), but as time passes the songs created a firmer identification, although still faithfully abiding the genre’s guidelines. La Tulipe Noire produced in the middle-’90s beneath the guidance of the songwriter duo: keyboardist Alix and bassist Hyde. They had taken the name of the group in the French article writer Alexandre Dumas, Sr.’s 1850 book. This means “The Dark Tulip,” the ULTIMATE GOAL of botanists (finding a accurate black color appears to be difficult), but Dumas’ tale dealt even more with deception and conspiracy than crossbreeding guidelines, reflecting La Tulipe Noire’s flavor for tales of love dropped and metropolitan mal de vivre. Completed by guitarist S. Kontakis, drummer Nick Kassavetis, and Ima, the group quickly documented its first record In the Gates of Wish, released locally in 1997. Initially the Marillion impact was enormous, nearly frustrating. The French label Musea agreed upon the music group and decided initially to play upon this id: Shattered Picture, released in 1999, fronted cover artwork and an organization logo design that blatantly produced a pastiche of its mentor’s early albums. However, this second Compact disc reached a wider, enthusiastic market in European countries. A follow-up, Nostimon Hemar, was shortly announced to be in the functions, but after Alix and Hyde’s holiday on the Greek isle in the summertime of 2000, the task was postponed to create method for Faded Leaves, released in middle-2002 once more by Musea. Much less derivative, the recording was well received and by the end of that calendar year, the group was getting ready to make its first appearance on North-American earth.
