Morse Code

Morse Code is more often than not the primary progressive rock action to have become on French-Canadian garden soil. While even more locally popular groupings like Harmonium and Octobre had been inspired by particular prog components while maintaining solid ties with folk and rock and roll, Morse Code embraced the complete sound from the design. Where other rings like Pollen and Etcetera had been only in a position to record one record, this group released three LPs in the middle-’70s that may be regarded classic worldwide prog rock products, necessary to any critical fan’s collection. Primary composer, vocalist, and keyboardist Religious Simard, guitarist/flutist Daniel Lemay, bassist Michel Vallée, and drummer Raymond Roy fulfilled in their teenagers. They started their profession playing addresses at celebrations, but soon had been recruited by pop performers like Pierre Lalonde and Donald Lautrec to back again them on stage and in the studio room. Through this “time work,” they obtained a commanding degree of knowledge and chops. They produced Morse Code, began to compose their own materials, and released Morse Code Transmitting in 1971. This and its own follow-up, Morse Code Transmitting II (1972), are English-only affairs and emulate the audio of past due-’60s psychedelic rock and roll groupings like Iron Butterfly. Both LPs had been fulfilled with indifference by the general public and critics, as well as the group retreated to its accompaniment responsibilities, dealing with mainstream pop vocalist Jacques Salvail amongst others. On the other hand, British progressive rock and roll groups like Ruler Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, & most of most Genesis, had been provoking a significant mix in the province of Quebec. Christian Simard begun to compose new material highly inspired by these performers. Preliminary displays in 1974 captivated the interest of Capitol Information and a agreement was authorized. In 1975 the group released La Marche des Hommes, which quickly became Quebec prog recording. The opening name track summed in the ambition and musicianship from the worldwide groups as well as the lyrics spoken of universal topics rather than the even more self-centered result of regional folk and rock and roll artists. Both local and worldwide press greeted this recording even more warmly. Procréation, released in 1976, consolidated the group’s status, thanks mainly to Simard’s epic name suite, this is the greatest prog rock little bit of music compiled by a Quebecer. For the 1977 Je Suis le Temps, Capitol sent the group to London to record with Eddie Offord, the engineer in charge of Yes and ELP’s vintage albums. For an instant, Morse Code thought they had an opportunity to break out within the worldwide marketplace, what they weren’t relying on was prog rock’s brutal crash in the past due ’70s. Dropped by its record firm, the group disbanded. It re-formed in 1983 using the same lineup for any tentative return as a smart pop group using the LP Code Breaker, but this attempt failed rather miserably. In the first ’90s, Capitol released a Compact disc compilation from the three French albums, permitting a new era of Quebecers to find a nationwide prog treasure. Taking advantage of the good product sales of the Compact disc, the group documented a new recording, 1995’s D’Un Autre Monde, and have scored a campus radio strike with “Le Fils du Grand Dragon,” but programs to place a tour jointly failed and Morse Code vanished once again.