Clearlight Symphony
1975 studio album by Clearlight / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clearlight Symphony is a progressive rock album released in 1975 on Virgin Records in the UK. It is the first in a series of albums by a project led by pianist Cyrille Verdeaux with the participation of other musicians, including in this case three members of Gong on one side, and two other French musicians, Artman (of Lard Free [fr] and later Urban Sax) and Christian Boulé (formerly with Verdeaux in the band Babylone, and a later Steve Hillage sideman) on the other.
Clearlight Symphony | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1975 (1975) | |||
Recorded | Kaleidophon studio, UK The Manor Studio, UK 1973–1974 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 40:47 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Cyrille Verdeaux, Tim Blake, Simon Heyworth | |||
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Primarily psychedelic, but also serving as a forerunner of new-age music, the album's musical style manages to blend seemingly contrary elements: the symphonic rock concept is flexible enough to permit extensive jamming in both rock and jazz fusion styles.