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  Artist....: moving gelatine plates


        Title.....: the world of genius hans


        Rel. Date.: 1972


        Type/Genre: Jazz rock


        Size......: 147mb 


        Format....: mp3               


        Bitrate...: 320               


                                                       


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Tracks:








01-The World of Genius Hans


02-Funny Doll


03-Astromonster


04-Moving Theme


05-Cauchemar


06-We Were Loving Her


07-Un Jour


08-Syntheme


09-L'alchimiste


10-Les etres d'or


11-Obres


12-Rire de peine





Musicians tracks 1 to 7:


*Maurice Helmlinger - Trumplet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, Hammond organ, backing vocals


*Gerard Bertram - Guitar, Leslie Guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals


*Didier Thibault - Bass, vocals


*Gerard Pons - Drums





and with help from:


*Michel Camicas - Trombone


*Jean-Pierre Laroque - Basson


*Guy Boyer - Vibes





Musicians tracks 8-12:


*Didier Thibault - Bass, vocals, guitars, synthesiers


*Jean-Jacques Herts - Guitars


*Marc Profichet - Drums


*Jean Rubert - Saxes


*Dominique Godin - Keyboards





MGP was an early French underground band that eschewed the tendency of other bands of that period in France to propogate a left-wing political message.





By contrast, MGP's lyrics (in English) were intentfully benign and sometimes silly, that is - if they used lyrics at all. A full half of the songs on this, their second album, are completely instrumental, and those that are not have a clear instrumental focus.





The band was the four-piece of Gerard Pons (drums), Didier Thibault (bass), Gerard Bertram (guitars and vocals) and Maurice Helmlinger (trumpet, saxes, flute and hammond organ); in addition, guests contribute trombone, bassoon, vibes and backing vocals.





Their music was a powerful jazz-rock with a strong improvisational quality, yet all was tightly arranged and played fluently. Because of Thibault's fuzz-bass and Helminler's smooth alto and tenor sax delivery - as well as the overall feel of their sound, one might be reminded of Soft Machine around their second or third album, yet MGPs tunes are more pure and playful, from a strictly compositional standpoint.





Another point of reference might be early pre-zeuhl Magma, maybe circa 1001 Centigrades as well as The Muffins (this was still a few years before the Muffins formed, but the comparison still holds true.)





Their command of melodics is solid, yet the tunes take a few listens to sink in, mostly due to the band's not indulging in the endless use of hooks and repeats.





Signature and tempo can change at any time unexpectedly, as the instrumental "Astromonster" capably illustrates. The vocals on "Funny Doll" give that song an almost Blood, Sweat & Tears-in-high-gear feel.





The fourteen minute title track delivers some of the sweetest yet energetic sax soloing on the entire disc.





The five bonus tracks Musea included were from the 1980 album by Moving, a band formed by Didier Thibault many years later in an attempt to re-create the MGP sound (other tracks from Moving's album are on the first MGP reissue).





Unfortunately, these bonus tracks hardly live up to the quality of Genius Hans, yet if taken on their own are still quite good.
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