Soleil Zeuhl label owner Alain had a teaser announcement on his website a couple of months back, that they were going to reissue some unreleased material from a "late 70s Zeuhl" band. Well, the news has now come to light. And here's the announcement after CDRWL contributor TheH correctly answered the quiz!:
"Bravo! This is indeed ALTAÏS. That band has a unique story : it was born on the ashes of another zeuhl
band named APSARA who split when 2 of its members left for joining
another zeuhl band, then named GORGONUS. Very quickly afterwards,
GORGONUS will be renamed .... SHUB NIGGURATH...!
On the other side, the remaining members of Apsara, renamed the band ALTAÏS.
Our issue will gather the official ALTAÏS maxi (3 tracks, 14 minutes - 1
track already available on Musea's comp. "Enneade") + the sole studio
track ever recorded by APSARA (10 minutes, never released) + live APSARA
tracks (40 minutes).
The complete story of the 3 bands will be detailed into a booklet written by Calyx.
In short, it's gonna be the early days of Shub Niggurath and its short-lived twin band (Altaïs)"
First day buyer here! I thought Altais to be an 80s band, so I guessed incorrectly (and we're now finding out that Apsara existed between 1981 to 1983, so the hint turned out to be misleading based on incorrect data initially provided by the band).
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