A jazz-rock
quintet formed around MAGMA alumni Sheffer, Dugrenot and Top, Speed
Limit recorded two albums in the middle of the 70's, the first being
closer to Bitches Brew, Body Electric (Weather Report) and Elastic Rock
(Nucleus) than Upon The Wings Of Music (Ponty), Elegant Gypsy (DiMeola)
and Metheny's Offramp. The second is much more adventurous, mixing early
XXth Century classical composers to their proggier sound and adding up a
string quartet Their music was never far away from experimental or
dissonant music, obviously veered a bit on Zeuhl grounds as well. While
Speed Limit wouldn't break new grounds, they had some ambitious tracks,
like the sidelong Pastoral Idyl on their second album, which is clearly
the group's most outstanding achievement. By the end of the 70's Speed
Limit was already forgotten by most of the public and the musicians had
turned to other projects. Line-up / Musicians Jorge Jinda/drums Jeff Seffer/wind JL Bucchi/electric piano Gerard Curbillon/guitars Joel Dugrenot/bass Shiroc/percussion Discography Speed Limit 1975
1.Sleep walker 2.Pava 3.Abra 4.Spanish Dream 5.Ballad To Laura Antonelli 6.Ducky
