In 1967, Marc
Blanc and Patrick Fontaine were introduced to Daevid Allen after his
departure from Soft machine. They both played in its Bananamoon band in
Spain during summer '68 and in the south of France at the beginning of
'69. They formed Ame son in June '69 with François Garrel on flute and
Bernard Lavialle on guitar. The "Catalyse" album has been released in
1970. Many tracks begin in an avant free-form jam that eventually
develops into more structured song and rhythm, with lyrics in either
French or English, and then slips back into another wild free-form
freak-out. In fact, each of the six tracks from the album are actually
two or three pieces that are segued seamlessly together. Prominent
flute, drugged-out vocals, and fuzzed-up electric guitar lend this a
definite late-'60s underground vibe, though because of the originality
of the material and the quality of musicianship, it doesn't sound dated
like similar releases from that era, especially on tracks like "Seventh
Time Key/I Just Want to Say" and "Hein Quant a Toi/Etc.," with their
driving rhythms. Ame son played in all the greatest festivals like
Amougies, Les halles, Biot, Le Bourget and had a lot of success from
both the audience and critics. The music was strongly influenced by
early Gong with long psychedelic jam- sessions leaded by flute and
guitar. They split in June'71 for the first time. They start again with a
different formation in 1973 and are still playing together from time to
time. Line-up / Musicians Bernard Lavialle/guitar Patrick Fontaine/bass Marc Blanc/voice,drums Francois Garrel/voice,flute Discography(Album) Catalyse 1970
1.Seventh Time key/I just want to say 2.Eclosion/Marie aux quatre vents 3.Coeur fou/Le globule/Le mal sonne 4.Reborn this morning on the way of.../Unity 5.A coup de H/Les sables mouvent 6.Hein, quant a toi/Comme est morte l'evocation/Hommage 7.Je veux juste dire 8.Unity
