"Poésies automnales, citadines et bucoliques..."

This is the return of the Prog' adventures of Clovis! After a long hiatus, he's back with a brillant and elegant selection of French records from 1977 to 1997! Thrilled to hear that those sounds tune perfectly with the automn season... Appreciate!

(*cut out illustration by Damien Renouf)

MONT-JOIA - se ma cançon

ALBERT MARCOEUR - éveil matin

VORTEX - god is good for you

FORGAS - automne 69

UPPSALA - boucle au oiseau d'en face

ALBERT MARCOEUR - bonne entente

LAURENT THIBAULT - aquadingen

YANN TIERSEN - rue des cascades

HENRI, PAULE, AGNES & LEON - l'elephant de satin

JEAN JACQUES AVENEL - canoe

AURORE - epinette

ASIA MINOR - nightwind

MONA LISA - complainte pour un narcisse

LAURENT THIBAULT - mais on ne peut pas rever tout le temps

ART ZOYD - la ville

YANN THIERSEN - deja loin

ALBERT MARCOEUR - ouvre toi

TROMPETTE, BOURGUIGNON, PZU - les castrats

FERDINAND - monsieur blanc

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VIE D' TROTTOIR!

80's French New Wave-Indus-

Electro Punk...

(and a bit of UK & Polish stuffs)

A selection of worth considering rare 45s and the chance to visit the Poutre Apparente reissues catalogue throughthe disturbing IVG compilation. Selected and hosted by Matt.

PAUL ROLAND - death or glory

THEATRE - ambiance bar

WARUM JOE - datcha (ivg)

SOUNDFORCE - tout le monde creve

C.O.M.A - verre (ivg)

NINI RAVIOLETTE - indicateur ou dragueur

CRASH - vaughan's ballade

THEATRE - np/ap

RUTH - mon pote (ivg)

CAISSE A CLOUS - renault billancourt

PROROKY - back to the burner (ivg)

LES VALENTINO - mati

LIONEL POINTIS - sans frontieres

KOMBI 4 - black & white

XYMOX - obsession

GIL ROBERTS - le fugitive

COMPARTIMENT FUMEURS - mistake

SEX - seXanova

ZEBRA - wah-ho bangoula

LADY PANK - awantura

FATIDIC SECONDE - feu de perles

LADY PANK - czarownik

LOU GAROU - ah toi belle hirondelle
LYS - un etre noir

PAUL ROLAND - gabrielle

LADY PANK - galop

JEAN PHILLIPE ROSSI - posthume

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ES HORA DE BAILAR!



Starting with two soulful bollywood tracks, and follows a long latin session: grooves & psychedelia from Peru and Argentina. Endind with some deep soul... Are we on air?

BAPPI LAHIRI - come closer
R.D. BURMAN - baby let's dance together
TELEGRAPH AVENUE - something's going
BLACK SUGAR - too late
THE WITHOUT NAME - supermalo
ENRIQUE LYNCH - el ritmo del bump bump
LIGHTHOUSE - one fine morning
BABE RUTH - the mexican
TELEGRAPH AVENUE - sometimes in winter
TRAFIC SOUND - inca snow
EL OPIO - un bruja en el cuzco
SHOWMEN 2 - abazzo lo zio tom
ALMENDRA - a estos hombres tristes
INVISIBLE - irregular
S. GAINSBOURG - l'hotel particulier
LIGHT GROUP ACTIVITY - siren song
TELEGRAPH AVENUE - happy
RICHARD BYRON - take the time
PAMOJA - ooh baby
BURNING SPIRIT OF ATLANTA - messin around
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MAGYAROSZAG

TIME MACHINE

Step into the Opus Dopus Express!

Destination cities: Budapest, Prague,

Warsaw, Belgrad, Bucharest and Moscow.

Departure: 1966 - Arrival: 1989

Platform: ...666!

Groovy PoP, Prog Rock, Psychedelic, Cosmic, Electro Funk.

KATONA KLARI - egyszemelyes fimszinhaz

LOCOMOTIV GT - engedg el

BERGENDY - bordal

SEPTEMBER - za dvoj rodendan

C&K VOCAL - doky, vlaky, hlad a boty

CORVINA - Ugy elunk, mint minden ember

LOCOMOTIV GT - es jott a doktor

NURT - pisze kreda na asfalcie

BERGENDY - zold pokol

POLANIE - nie zawroce

NIEBIESKO CZARNI - nocny alarm

MONDIAL - omule

CZERWONO CZARNI - graduale

SOLARIS - marsbéli kronikak 1

MINI - nem tudom, hogy merre?

FERMATA - priadky (part2)

VITAMIN GROUP - taiv

ARSENAL 5 - mysterious dream

CZESLAW NIEMEN - mleczna droga

MIKI - fantomas break

MASTER SCRATCH BAND - break war

MINI - aszfalt dzsungel

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-JAZZ DANCE SCHOOL ACADEMY!-

JAZZ TRACK

by Dennis Wiley
This week focus on 2 French records made for jazz lessons. Dennis Wiley used to be the composer and pianist for THE PETERS SISTERS in the 50's and 60's. When the band has splited, he recorded and composed numerous scores for dance shows and ballets all over the world. JAZZ TRACK lp is played by a trio, piano,bass and drums. Maybe you should start by listening to "Things are gonna change"(the chorus reminds me Cortex's"Mary & Jeff" atmosphere), the intense"Barrio Chino" and "Karaté walk", which are, to me, the best tracks... And then if you're seduced,you will like the rest! I've upload 6 cuts from the lp...

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LA CLASSE DE JAZZ
directed by Janet Pidoux
This one is "obscureless", but is worth'while to figures here on this choice...

It's a duet here: organ and drums! And let me take the wraps off
the drums....They are thick! The mixing of this record is awesome...
Listen to 3 cuts of this...Are you jazz dancin'?

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Holidays are now coming to a close... I've brought couples of good records from my Budapest trip, and will play a selection of Hungarian, Czech, Russian, Polish, Yougslav somewhere in september on the infamous Radio666!!! So stay tuned...

SUMMER TIME!





Opus Dopus moves to the east to recharge his batteries,
we'll be back in september with more music. Meanwhile, here is a choice of eastern
sounds for your ears. Happy holidays to everybody!!

EVARISTE

"Connais-tu l'animal

qui inventa le calcul intégral?"

Freak out 7" ep from France, arranged by Michel Colombier.
1967 / disc'AZ

A sort of response to "les élucubrations d'Antoine".

Evariste, singer/song writer/composer and qualified physicist!

(Translation: "Do you know that beast who discovered

the integral calculus?")

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BAANI SAMAY NO!
African Grooves session





Exploring African music tonight, from Nigeria, Gahna, Cameroun to Zambia and Guinéa. Moving from Trinidad, Bahamas to Guadeloupe and Martinique... What a plan! As usual, eclectism is the key word: boogie funk, afro beat, jazz, highlife, kinky psychedelic rock... Express yourself !

WALLY BADAROU - one day, won't give it away
JANET N' DIAYE LOKAMBA- funky & fire
IDEKU DYNASTY - funk force leader
KASSAV' - lagué moin
MANU DIBANGO - mouna pola
MOMBASA - nomoli
FANGA - crache la douleur
THE FUNKEES - akula
MONO MONO - ema kowa
DAN BOADI AND THE Z.S. - ohyéyé wo yam
AFRICAN TEAM - el bantou
OFO - THE BLACK COMPANY - allahwakbar
WILLPOWER - people won't change
THE WITCH - strange dream
CIRYL FERGUSON - gonna build a nation
BLUE RHYTHM COMBO - tango boo gonk
OZZI HALL - take five
VIKINGS GUADELOUPE - only tears tears

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TURBO MUSIC
by Angel "Pocho" Gatti


Angel Gatti (pianist) was a fan of Formula 1 races and particularly of the French superstars like Jabouille, Prost and Arnoux. It's them who inspired "Pocho" to release this double lp in 1981. Some great jazz funk all over the first record, with rhodes, organs, synth, wah wah, horns, bass & drums and... some engines roars! i like this kind of cover art (by chance this is a gatefold sleeve!), photos of R5, R18 turbo, R30 turbodiesel and R5 Alpine turbo. Listen to the grooviest tunes of TURBO MUSIC, we offer you 6 cuts of the 1st rec.







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THE REGULAR MIX UP!

Playing a crazy bollywood "billie jean" cover is our only salute to M.J...Massmedia overdose!!! Follows space music, a pinch of Yougoslavian and Brazilian fusion prog, italo library, and a bunch of Arabic and Turkish psychedelia.

BAPPI LAHIRI - jeena bih

BABLA ORCHESTRA - babla orch title music

GRAND PRIX - crusin'

BENOIT HUTIN - charter

HERMAN'S ROCKET - transport mission security

7 DEADLY SINS - lust

ABSOLUTE ELSWHERE - earthbound + future

ANGEL "POCHO" GATTI - zandvoort

SEPTEMBER - florida

CALDERA - sky islands

SPYRO GYRA - opus d'opus

LES ABRANIS - athedjaalade

BALIGH HAMDI - iskandarani

SELDA - ince ince

SELDA - yaz gazeteci yaz

LES MOGOL - sunset in golden horn

CHARLES LLOYD - hejira

JOHN MAYER - intro & rondo

ARIS SAN - boumpam

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DANY DELMIN

Le short

Summer is here homies!

Dany is here to make sure that you will be

the hottest dancer for the holydays. Revise

your patropi steps!!!

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ACCROCHEZ-VOUS A VOS BASKETS!

SPECIAL FRENCH "RINGARD" FUNK

80'S!!!!!

Super fuddy duddy saturday night's music on your radio dial!

We spin our cheesiest funky French 12" and 7" tonight.

Fill the rest with fusion and Cuban music... don't forget to leave comments!

Intro: François Bernard & Roby

MICKY MILAN - Quand tu danses (y à tout qui bouge qui balance!...)

2+1 - rendez-vous djerba

RECTO VERSO - funky but chic

CHAPELL BAND - getaway

HUGUES HAMILTON - j'me laisse aller

LE CLUB - un fait divers et rien de plus

REGRETS - j' veux pas rentrer chez moi toute seul

LA MARQUE JEUNE - vampire es-tu là?

PRECIEUX - maman j'aime ça

INFLUENCE - africa danse

INFLUENCE - une de perdue, dix de retrouvées

PI 3,14 - folle de musique

BOULE NOIRE - aimer d'amour

GEORGE DUKE - a brazilian love affair

SYNTHESIS - hell

WEST JAZZ SEXTET - contre-pied

LUIS XAVIER - delito

JUAN PABLO TORRES - rompe cocorico

OMARA PORTUONDO - si a ti yo te quiero

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DICK HYMAN - The Minotaur

"My objective is to humanize electronic music" said Dick Hyman! Focus on the Moog maestro, and particularly on the titled track "the minotaur" from The electric eclectics of Dick Hyman LP. Four elements are involved in this remarkably rhythmic and melodic improvisation. First is the rythm unit which is blended of two: a bossa nova and a waltz. To this is added a drone effect, like a tambourine, played with the synthesizer. Then the repetitive bass line is laid in (and will resound in your head for hours!). Finally, the synth melody line. The style is a mixture of Indian and Greek musical influences. The germ of the idea for the solo melody came from a Greek record in Dick's collection! We come back next week with our radio program...

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ANOTHER PROG' SPECIAL!
70's
Starts with some funky italian prog', follows early
Jean Michel Jarre, mystic French zeuhl, Canterbury's finest,
Polish n' Russian hammond roar, finish with kraut.

GOBLIN - snip snap
GOBLIN - wild session
GOBLIN - drug's theme
1906 - helza
F.DE ROUBAIX - la frite équatoriale
WORKING PROGRESS - cosmos n°2
SPEED LIMIT - breeze borealis
SETNA - voir + ouverture (soleil zeuhl 2008)
ZAO - marochsek
MAGMA - kobaia
COLETTE MAGNY - djoutché
SOFT MACHINE - virtually pt.1&2
LUBAT, LOUISS, ENGEL GROUP - 5th of july
SKALDOWIE - fioletowa dama
KLAN - kuszenie (temptaion)
DAVID TUHMANOV - on the wave of memories
ARIEL - swan song
WOJCIECH SKOWRONSKI - do tych dni
EMBRYO - endless feeling

SETNA infos: http://sesame7.free.fr


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Guest mix:
B-BOY PARKZ "harajuku snap" Funk, Soul, Fusion Jazz and Breaks from Japan!

This week, our magnetic card wasn't able to open the Radio666' door!!! So we sadly had to u-turn home... But ain't no stoppin' us! As promised, B-boy Parkz shares with us a talented an inspired mix loaded of breaks and beats! More than 60 minutes of rare Japan Funk, modern soul, jazz, pop and everthing in between. This mix features on Soulstrut since few years now, but for those who missed it, here is the chance to hear how good it is. Still fresh!!! The pics below, reflect just a part of the tracklist, but will put you on the hint of Japanese diggin'! Thanx to Dr.Malta

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FUNKEY MAKOSSA
by Egide Sadey
We will regularly post some records apart from our radio shows, some we like or some we think that are totally underrated. And let start with this one, a quite unknown "12 from EGIDE SADEY including three tracks "high emotion", "ghislaine" and the irresistible dancefloor gem "funkey makossa". Egide made four 7"inches when he lived in Cameroun, the first one "nassibi", was an appearance with a pretty famous band in his country, called the Black Tigers. He finally came to live in France in the early 80's, where he confronted his african influences to occidental jazz and funk... He recorded three 12" in France which encouter an average success! So he decided to get on his own, and with the help from his family, (his father was an experienced musician) and Patrick Mani (his producer), he finally brought out "funkey makossa"... STILL FRESH!!!

UNDERGROUND EXPLOSION!!
Special Prog/Psych/Heavy Blues...
Worldwide '69/'73 experience

intro:FLEETWOOD MAC - underway
H.P. LOVECRAFT - it's about time
ARCADIUM - poor lady
MAN - empty room
HARVEY MANDEL - the lark
JAVIS STREET REVUE - mr business man
PLUTO - road to glory
BRAINBOX - dark rose
BARBED WIRE SANDWICH - chauffeur
THE McCOYS - daybreak
WOLFGANG DAUNER - blues far out
EL ALAMO - pusher man
BLO - atide
MODULO 1000 - metro mental
PLASTIC PEOPLE - toxica
TROYCA - go east young man
TROYCA - beautiful pink eyes
PLASTIC PEOPLE - podivuhodny mandarin
MODULO 1000 - espelho
BRAINSTORM - there was a time
TOUCH - down at circes place
BO HANSSON - the black riders
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