Ange

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Ange (engl. "angel")
Origin France
Genre(s) Progressive rock
Pop rock
Years active 1970–1995; 1999-present
Website Angemusic, the official website of the band

Ange is a French progressive rock band formed in 1970 by the Décamps brothers, Francis (keyboards) and Christian (vocals).

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[edit] History

They were initially influenced by Genesis and King Crimson, and their music is quite theatrical and poetic. Their first success was a cover of a Jacques Brel song Ces gens-là, on the album Le Cimetière des Arlequins.

The three other members of the band, in its first years (generally considered its best years), were Jean-Michel Brézovar on guitar, Gérard Jelsch on drums, and Daniel Haas on bass (and acoustic guitar).

In 1995, they made their farewell tour. Christian Décamps released a few albums as "Christian Décamps et Fils" ("Christian Décamps and Son"), before taking over the name "Ange" in 1999 (using the band from his solo albums, which included his son Tristan), with the album La voiture à eau.

[edit] Keyboards

The keyboard sound of the '70s-era band, while reminiscent of a mellotron, were in fact created with a Viscount organ through a modded Hammond reverb. An actual mellotron was, however, used on the album Guet-Apens in 1978.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Christian and Francis Décamps era

[edit] Christian and Tristan Décamps era

  • La Voiture à eau (1999)
  • Rêve partie : Live 2000 (2000)
  • Culinaire lingus (2001)
  • ? (2005)

[edit] Bibliography

  • Ange, le livre des légendes subtitled L'anthologie définitive sur le groupe mythique du rock français by Thierry Busson, Xavier Chatagnon and Bruno Versmisse, 292 pages, Éclipse éditions, 1995. ISBN 2-911494-00-8

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