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Daniel Schell & Dick Annegarn - Egmont & The ff Boom
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Part
fantastical
historic
sonic
biopic,
part
anthropologic
journey
into
the
deep
roots
of
Belgium’s
monstrous
cosmic
rock
sound,
this
wholly
individualistic
concept
album
combines
the
lead
members
of
the
mighty
COS
(Daniel
Schell
and
Pascale
Son)
with
studio
genius
Alain
Pierre
(Ô
Sidarta
/
Des
morts)
and
celebrated
Dutch
progressive
rock
singer
Dick
Annegarn,
for
what
many
consider
to
be
both
the
overlooked
hiding
place
of
Belgium’s
deepest
psychedelic
moment
and
European
prog’s
lost
map
to
the
‘Franco-Flemish
Boom’.
Emerging
from
the
wider
musical
family
that
counted
Marc
Moulin,
Placebo
and
Marc
Hollander
amongst
its
creative
kin,
Daniel
Schell’s
most
profound
conceptual
project
ambitiously
combines
the
tale
of
the
heroic
historical
figure
of
Count
Egmont
(1522–1568),
while
simultaneously
tracing
the
evolution
of
the
ud,
or
oud,
(‘the
grandfather
of
the
guitar’)
in
this
multifarious
hallucinogenic
epic.
Featuring
key
members
of
other
collectable
groups
such
as
drummer
Felix
Simtaine
from
Solis
Lacus
and
bass
player
Jean-Louis
Baudoin
from
the
mythical
Classroom
(COS
predecessor),
this
best-kept
secret
vinyl
release
also
harbours
the
voices
of
Dirk
Bogaert
(of
Belgian
hard
rockers
Waterloo),
as
well
as
Catalan
singer
Ilona
Chale
(Marc
Hollander
/
Aksak
Maboul)
before
her
later
tenure
as
the
COS
front
woman.
Initially
released
in
1978
via
Zeuhl
school
distributors
Free
Bird
alongside
French
pressings
of
Don
Cherry,
Jacques
Thollot
and
CAN,
it
is
plain
to
understand
the
niche
nature
of
this
maligned
‘lost
COS’
LP
as
it
finally
blooms
from
between
the
cracked
branches
of
European
jazz-rock-synth-psych-prog-pop
history...
and
beyond.
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