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Forgas Band Phenomena is a French instrumental progressive rock and jazz fusion band. Inspired by Soft Machine and the Canterbury scene, composer and drummer Patrick Forgas has created the band and is still leading it. Since 2005, his albums are edited by the American label Cuneiform.
Forgas Band Phenomena has made a strong, coherent and high quality album with "Acte V". Instrumental progressive rock residing somewhere within the jazz-rock universe, but of a kind that will give it appeal also beyond aficionados of that particular style.
Oct 15, 2005 · All but disappearing during the 1980s, Forgas re-emerged a decade later with Forgas Band Phenomena—a group that, despite its elaborate leanings, is a true performing band. Soleil 12 is the Phenomena's third release, and the first to receive international distribution.
- John Kelman
Feb 9, 2009 · Drummer Patrick Forgas' longstanding group has been almost completely revamped—only bassist Kengo Mochizuki and keyboardist Igor Brover remain—and with the departing altoist Denis Guivarc'h, his octet has trimmed down to a septet.
- John Kelman
The Forgas Band Phenomena was founded by veteran French composer and drummer Patrick Forgas, who had recorded Cocktail (1977), featuring an all-star line-up of Magma and Zao members and containing the 18-minute suite My Trip, in the vein of Canterbury's melodic jazz-rock, and had played keyboards and drum-machines, besides singing, on L'Oeil ...
The third release from France's Forgas Band Phenomena, titled Soleil 12, is four songs of rich, captivating, and exploratory Canterbury styled fusion. Led by drummer Patrick Forgas (who recorded projects in the 70's & 80's with members of Magma and Zao), this big band ensemble of eight players ...
Forgas Band Phenomena. This French ensemble, led by drummer/composer Patrick Forgas, plays rhythmically complex yet engaging and accessible jazz-rock influenced by the '60s/'70s Canterbury scene. Read Full Biography.
