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Pentacle - La clef des songes (1975) [Reissue 2015]

Posted By: hill0

Date: 17 Sep 2016 11:06:32

Another one off band, Pentacle was formed in 1971 in Belfort, France. Their one album "La Clef des Songes" was released in 1975, and was produced by Ange's Christian Decamps. The lineup consisted of Claude Mentrier on keyboards, Michael Roy on Drums, Richard Tribier on bass and acoustic guitar, and Gerald Reuz on guitars and lead vocals. The music is described as elegant, avoiding the bombast of some of their contemporaries. There is also a spacey component. That does not necessarily mean completely soft. The vocals are emotional, and there are bits of guitar lashing. Passages evoke early King Crimson, and Moody Blues. There are the trademark symphonic tempo shifts, but complexity is not a hallmark.

Bravo! That's just Pentacle!
The album is their only one and exactly terrific one in the French progressive rock history. When I listened for the first time without any knowledge, I wondered Ange had changed their name or members. That's absolutely natural. As you know, the production of the album was Christian DeCamps from Ange. Otherwise, wouldn't Pentacle be like Ange? God only knows about it, ha-haa!

My joke has been just finished. Lyrical as French music, but not exaggerated as Ange…I can tell that about their sound and stream. From the start of the album, heavy riff and melancholic voice are exploded all around. Like an ibis with large wings soaring and decending, songs included get up- and down-beated, and at last calmly faded out…into the stream and atmosphere I always fall.

If possible, I consider 4.5 stars may be appropriate.
Review by DamoXt7942

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Tracklist

1. La Clef Des Songes - 4:06
2. Naufrage - 4:29
3. L'Ame Du Guerrier - 6:08
4. Les Pauvres - 3:25
5. Complot - 5:03
6. Le Raconteur - 10:45
7. Complot - 6:01
8. Le Raconteur - 8:45
9. La Clef Des Songes - 7:24

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Pentacle / La clef des songes

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Musicians

- Claude Menetrier / organ, Moog, Elka string ensemble, piano
- Michel Roy / drums, backing vocals
- Gerald Reuz / electric & acoustic guitars, lead vocals
- Richard Treiber / bass, acoustic guitar

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