MOVING GELATINE PLATES The World Of Genius Hans LP/1972 France/Soft Machine/Gong

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MOVING GELATINE PLATES 'The World Of Genius Hans' LP (France, Replica Records, Catalogue #RPC017) Brand new/unplayed copy of limited Replica Records label LP edition of second album (from 1972) by intense, jazzy progressive rock French band Moving Gelatine Plates. Monster French Prog!

(NOTE: LIMITED VINYL EDITION!)

"The second Moving Gelatine Plates album, originally issued in 1972. "The World of Genius Hans is often given the nod over Moving Gelatine Plates' self-titled debut album as their defining moment, which is surprising considering both albums are extremely close in quality. The opening title track showcases the band's ability to craft a lengthy composition of gradually unfolding, substantial development. While the exhilarating jerkiness and trademark tendency to unexpectedly jump from theme to theme is certainly still there, the group seems to rely less on the unrelenting aural assaults and machine gun choppiness of the first record. Tracks like 'Funny Doll' and the sublime 'Astromonster' are quintessential MGP; distorted bass lines, gorgeous horn melodies, fascinating harmonies and amorphous rhythms that never sit still. The former is perhaps the most vocal heavy the band ever got, while the latter encompasses virtually all their strengths, making it the most perfect six minutes on either album. With all that said, it's virtually impossible to pick a favorite from between the two albums. A classic album and perfect representation of the eclecticism of the French progressive rock movement of the '70s."

'Despite their short career, Moving Gelatine Plates (MPG) are one of the definitive French groups, born as a result of the student riots of May 1968 and adapting their name from a novel by Steinbeck. The first album (recorded in March 1970) also had its share of revolutionary content, being a perfect fusion of Soft Machine's Dadaistic peak (Volume II), the playful Zappa (of We're Only In It For The Money and Uncle Meat) with even a bit of powerful hallucinogenics (and subsequent neurosis) resembling the earliest Amon Duul II and Gong. Their compostions were jigsaws of countless melodical themes others would have based their entire output on. Electric guitars, and organ were augmented by sax, flute and trumpets with some studio effects and prerecorded tapes thrown in. Capturing a sound in revolution in 37 minutes makes this noting short of a classic album among the ten best from France. Not content with this, MGP created 450 themes for The World Of Genius Hans, recorded in Paris in December 1971. Sharing the eclectic nature of their first, this is yet more retrospective and calculated, glancing back at the glorious days of 1968-1969 with hindsight.' - Dag Erik Asbjornsen/Scented Gardens Of The Mind

Tracks on this LP are as follows:

• The World Of Genius Hans (14:00)
• Funny Doll (4:25)
• Astromonster (6:15)
• Moving Theme (3:46)
• Cauchemar (3:46)
• We Were Lovin' Her (3:28)
• Un Jour... (1:25)

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