Delired
Cameleon Family is a progressive rock album by the group of the same
name, released in 1975 on EMI Records in France. It is now regarded as
the second album by Clearlight who adopted the name later that year, in
response to the success of Clearlight Symphony (1975), which is now
regarded as their first album.After the release of Clearlight Symphony,
the band returned to France to record their next album in March 1975 at
the Pathé Marconi studios in Boulogne, Paris under the name Delired
Cameleon Family. The group includes Ivan Coaquette of Musica Elettronica
Viva. The music was also used as the soundtrack to the film, Visa de
Censure No. X. The group were under contract to Virgin Records, but the
album was issued by EMI Records who owned the film soundtrack rights,
and effectively used its soundtrack status to do an end-run around the
group's contract with Virgin, as the album is not really presented as a
soundtrack. "Musique du film Visa de Censure No. X de Pierre Clementi"
appears in small font at the top of the front cover, printed light blue
on dark blue to reduce its prominence, and the film title is not
mentioned at all on the label. The credits (in French) state: "produit
par Pathé et Virgin" (Pathé Marconi was EMI's imprint name in France).In
this incarnation, the band featured a greatly expanded line-up which
was to become typical of subsequent albums. The style of this album is
looser in production, and less symphonic than its predecessor, with a
strong emphasis on rock and jazz fusion jamming. Like other Clearlight
albums, this one is performed in the style of psychedelic and new age
music. The album is mostly instrumental, but with a few vocal pieces:
two in French and one in English. "Raganesh" is in the form of an Indian
raga, while other songs include jazz elements.The controversial cover
art shows a chameleon breaking out of a cube which could represent
either a building or an LSD sugar cube, and folliage on the back cover
composed of marijuana leaves. A whimsical attitude toward narcotics is
also expressed in one of the song lyrics. Line-up / Musicians Cyrille Verdeaux/piano,glockenspiel,harp,organ,percussion Francois Jeanneau/synthesizer,saxophone Ariel Kalma/saxophone Valerie Lagrange/vocals Tim Blake/tambura Joel Dugrenot/vocals Gilbert Artman/percussion,vibraphone Joe Padovani/drums,percussion Yvan Coaquette/guitar,piano Discography Delired Cameleon Family 1974
1.Raganesh 2.Weird Ceremony 3.La Fin Du Debut 4.Le Boeuf 5.Novavanna 6.Ananta
