Magnesis: Porg and mustard!

Magnesis is one of those legendary band that I discovered long time ago in my youth. Now the band are back with the album Légendes De Nos Campagnes, and the band was formed in 1987. The new album is their twelfth album and last for more than 68 minutes.

Magnesis hailing from the town of mustard andd plays neoprog.

The band was as mentioned above formed in 1987. Back than 2 high school friends Frédéric Przybyl (author) and Eric Tillerot (author, composer, performer). They were heavily inspired by Genesis, Yes and were  progressive rock of 70′ lovers, they decided to form Magnesis a progressive rock group wich is on the same line as Peter Gabriel in Genesis and Christian Décamps from the french group Ange.

Since, Magnesisis pacing up and down Burgundy’s roads to perform and to revive progressive rock based on legends and medieval inspirations as English groups as Marillion, IQ or Pendragon

 in the middle 80′. A spectacular progressive rock with costumes, make up and masks. Mangnesis music is close to the best of Marillion, French texts make us think of Ange and the show of Peter Gabriel`s Genesis.

Tracklist:

1. Une visite à la campagne (10:41)

   a) Départ

   b) Le temps d’un voyage

   c) Arrivée en Pays d’Auxois

2. Dans la chaleur du foyer (8:40)

3. La jeune fille et le Diable (4:22)

4. Dis moi … (6:12)

5. A l’est rien de nouveau (2:03)

6. Camille (4:22)

7. La Vieille (4:18)

8. Légendes au coin du feu (27:59)

   a) Avant-propos

   b) Le loup-garou de Saint Agnan

   c) La lavandière d’Alligny en Morvan

   d) Les jeunes filles et la lune

   e) Epilogue

Total Time 68:37

Line-up:

Eric Tillerot: vocals, keyboards, mellotron, guitars, bass, drums programming (all instruments on tracks 1, 4, 6, 7)

Fabrice Foutoillet: guitars, backing vocals

Denis Codfert: drums, percussion

Ivan Jacquin: keyboards, piano (8-e)

   With

Magali Buffet – narration (8)

Jean-Pierre Matelot – backing vocals & keyboards (3)

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