Friday, November 22, 2024

Jean Luc Hamonet and Algue, France


Mélodie, Mélodie ~ Rock. 1982 Le Kiosque d'Orphée

Man, more damn diacritics and tilde's than you can shake a stick at. Hamonet's sole album (the only one I know of anyway) is a pleasant instrumental romp focusing on our protagonist's guitar and flute work. Some of it is light tropical and breezy as is typical of the era. However, there are some fiery moments to behold, in particular the closer 'Masques' is right out of the Heldon playbook. I sure hope there's more like this sitting in a drawer somewhere. 

Priority: 3

2/21/11 (new entry)

2 comments:

strawbsfan said...

Hi Tom,
I recently digitized another album with Hamonet. He was and more than likely founded a band called Ways. I think they have 3 albums (Planetes, 2 and 3) with the last two being issued on CD. The one I would gladly share with you is Planetes if you are interested :)

Purple Peak Records said...

Hi SF,

Absolutely! Thanks as always!

Rayuela, Argentina ***REISSUED***

Rayuela. 1977 Orfeo ***Reissued by Fonocal, Dec 2024 Moved to UMR Priority: 1 3/16/14 (new entry); 12/10/24 (complete)