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History
This French progressive rock band was born in the years 1970, lead by the two Décamps brothers (Francis at the keyboards and Christian at the vocals). Their rock was at the beginning influenced by Genesis and King Crimson, and is quite theatrical and poetic. Their first success is the cover of a Jacques Brel song Ces gens-là, on the album Le Cimetière des Arlequins.
In 1995, following a divergence between the Décamps brothers, the band makes a farewell tour and stops. Christian Décamps will then release a few album under the name "Christian Décamps et Fils" ("Christian Décamps and Son"), before taking over the name "Ange" in 1999 (with the band playing on his solo albums, including his son Tristan), with the album "La Voiture à Eau".
Keyboards
The keyboard sound of the band, in their seventies-era, is unique.
It seems that these keyboard washes, reminding the sound of a mellotron, are created with a Viscount organ through a modded Hammond reverb. The actual mellotron has been used on the album Guet-Apens in 1978.
Discography
Christian and Francis Décamps era
- Caricatures (1972)
- Le Cimetière des Arlequins (1973)
- Au-delà du délire (1974)
- Emile Jacotey (1975)
- Par les fils de Mandrin (1976)
- Tome VI : Live 1977 (1977)
- En concert : Live 1970-1971 (1977)
- Get-apens (1978)
- Vu d'un chien (1980)
- Moteur (1981)
- La Gare de Troye (1983)
- Fou (1984)
- Egna (1986)
- Tout feu tout flamme... C'est pour de rire (1987)
- A propos de... (1982)
- Sève qui peut (1987)
- Vagabondages (Compilation) (1989)
- Les larmes du Dalaï Lama (1992)
- Mémo (Compilation) (1994)
- Un p'tit tour et puis s'en vont : Live 1995 (1995)
- Tome 87 (Live) (2002)
- Ange en concert : Par les fils de Mandrin (Millésimé 77) (2004)
Christian and Tristan Décamps era
Bibliography
- Ange, le livre des légendes subtitled L'anthologie définitive sur le groupe mythique du rock français by Thierry Busson, Xavier Chatagnon and Bruno Versmisse, 292 pages, Éclipse éditions, 1995. ISBN 2-911494-00-8
External link
- AngeWeb, the official website of the band (in french) (http://www.angeweb.com/)fr:Ange (groupe)