Alan Rossi

In 1969, legendary psychedelic/early progressive rock band Baba Scholae recorded an album at IBC Sound Recording Studios in London - however, it was never officially released. The band's leader was Jean-Yves Labat de Rossi, better known as M Frog, the synth and keyboard maestro on Todd Rungren's early Utopia albums and coincidentally, the founder of the Ad Vitam label. Only three copies (acetates) of 69 where made, but the album's cult following lasts to this day. Often compared to the work of King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine and Gong, Baba Scholae's 69 is truly a ''lost and found again'' masterpiece with music that was years ahead of its time. For a gem like this to have been buried for 43 years is nothing short of extraordinary.

Sources inconnues was born from these (non-exhaustive) questions. A piece from Jean-Yves Labat de Rossi’s album En Voyage —musician known as Mr. Frog and cofounder of the Ad Vitam records label— lent its name to this musical recollection. Is this yet another concept album gathering random pieces that have nothing to do with each other merely adorned with a clever, enigmatic title and a misleading premise, all in an attempt to dress itself up in pseudo-intellectualism and wrap the whole thing in a trendy, marketable theme? Reader, listener, trust me.