Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Alain Renaud, France



Alain Renaud. 1975 Disjuncta
Out of Time. 1976 Disjuncta

Alain Renaud played on some of the early Heldon albums, and his sound on these albums (especially the debut) is somewhat similar. The first album features long drifting cosmic pieces of electronics and guitar. Not as menacing or as immediate as Pinhas' works. I've had the first Renaud album since the mid 1980s, so I have a sentimental soft spot for it. Out of Time is a completely different affair. Here, Renaud mixes instrumental rock fusion with some vocal oriented tracks that have me coiling in despair. There is one longish electronic piece similar to the debut, that's quite nice. A reissue of the first, with a couple of bonus tracks taken from the second and some of his single work (like Triptyque) would be ideal.

Priority: 3

1/20/10

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