Ame Son - Catalyse LP (Preorder: Ships May 30, 2025)
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Comes in deluxe gatefold sleeve with exclusive artwork and double sided printed insert. Remastered from the original master tapes. The most comprehensive vinyl edition of Catalyse to date, featuring additional improvisations that were omitted from the album's original 1970 pressing. Sounding better than ever, rediscover the album that started it all for French psychedelic rock.
The highly sought-after 1970 debut album Catalyse by Ame Son, widely regarded as the first French psychedelic rock album, is finally being reissued. This milestone release by France's pioneering psychedelia band, founded by drummer/vocalist Marc Blanc and bassist Patrick Fontaine-both from the Banana Moon lineup, bridging Soft Machine & Gong-has been restored and remastered from the original master tapes. It includes additional archive material, presenting the Catalyse album in it's entirety on vinyl for the first time.
Originally released by the avant-garde label BYG Records, Catalyse embodies the vibrant and experimental energy of France's burgeoning underground scene in the early 70s. The album fuses English psychedelic influences with French poetry, free jazz, and experimental freak-outs. "The concept was to create pieces composed of multiple parts, forming an ever-evolving ensemble with shifting ambiences and improvisations. We wanted to blend French poetry with the free-spirited creativity of English psychedelic rock" explained Marc Blanc in an exclusive interview featured in the new liner notes of this reissue.
This unique vision gave birth to an album that remains as groundbreaking and captivating today as it was at it's original release. Out of print for decades, the Catalyse LP has become a rare and highly coveted gem among collectors and fans of psychedelic rock.
Label: Byg
UPC: 5060767444627
Release Date: May 30, 2025
Track List
- Seventh Time Key / I Just Want To Say
- Eclosion / Marie Aux Quatre Vents
- Coeur Fou / La Globule / Le Mal Sonne
- Reborn This Morning On The Way Of... / Unity
- A Coup De H / Les Sables Mouvent
- Hein Quant A Toi / Comme Est Morte / L'évocation / Hommage