Triangle Electroacoustique

The second studio album by early and historically important French progressive rock band. This album suffers somewhat from the dreaded "sophomore slump". Triangle branch away a little from the progressive elements found on their debut & begin incorporating a more mainstream approach into their sound.

Debut by early and historically important French progressive rock band.
A Parisian combo Triangle were founded in mid 1967 originally as a trio by Gérard "Papillon" Fournier (bass, voices), Pierre Fanen (guitars), and Jean-Pierre Prévotat (drums). In 1968 Alain Renaud replaced Pierre as a guitarist and vocalist, and in 1969 they released the debut single, that could not get any success. Alain in despair has left the combo and François Jeanneau (keyboards, saxophone) and Paul Farges (guitar) joined soon. In the following year they published the second single titled "Elégie À Gabrielle" (named after the suicide of Gabrielle Russier, a high school teacher falling in love with one of her students), and via a French label Pathé their debut eponymous album, featuring a smash hit "Peut-Être Demain".

Bermuda Triangle Band's wild psychedelic and delicately nuanced electric autoharp and transcendental vocals grew out of the late 1960s folk rock scene. With an independent attitude, eccentric style and highly unusual instrument lineup, the group was unprecedented. Psychedelic rock autoharp was then-unknown, and at the time there were very few women playing bass guitar. Since the formation of the band in 1967, its only constant members have been Roger Penney and Wendy Penney.
It is a special recording which does not reveals itself after one listen. Most of the album sounds as if this is a Christian or otherwise spiritual inspired item, in a hippie fashion, with driven soul in the vocals, and with speeded up rhythms heading for the light, using rock rhythms, covers or originals for enlightenment…

Triangle's sound is a complex Neo/Symphonic Prog along the lines of Marillion, Twin Age, Collage and Abraxas. With plenty of shifting moods, twisting guitar runs, atmospheric vocals and deep keyboards, their albums should be of first priority for all lovers of both Neo Prog and Symphonic Rock.
Dutch Neo Progsters Triangle were formed as Square The Circle in 1993 in Rotterdam by guitarist Roland van der Stoep and bassist Jan-Willem Verkerk, both coming from the group Barock, and drummer Paul van der Zwaal, who used to play drums with Dune. The group had an intense live activity around the local area, despite failing to stabilize a solid formation. Eventually things would become better by mid-90's, when keyboardist Martijn Paasschens and singer John Baljeu joined the rest…