In 1967, Marc Blanc and Patrick Fontaine were introduced to Daevid Allen after his departure from Soft machine. They both played in its Bananamoon band in Spain during summer '68 and in the south of France at the beginning of '69. They formed Ame son in June '69 with François Garrel on flute and Bernard Lavialle on guitar. The "Catalyse" album has been released in 1970. Many tracks begin in an avant free-form jam that eventually develops into more structured song and rhythm, with lyrics in either French or English, and then slips back into another wild free-form freak-out. In fact, each of the six tracks from the album are actually two or three pieces that are segued seamlessly together. Prominent flute, drugged-out vocals, and fuzzed-up electric guitar lend this a definite late-'60s underground vibe, though because of the originality of the material and the quality of musicianship, it doesn't sound dated like similar releases from that era, especially on tracks like "Seventh Time Key/I Just Want to Say" and "Hein Quant a Toi/Etc.," with their driving rhythms. Ame son played in all the greatest festivals like Amougies, Les halles, Biot, Le Bourget and had a lot of success from both the audience and critics. The music was strongly influenced by early Gong with long psychedelic jam- sessions leaded by flute and guitar. They split in June'71 for the first time. They start again with a different formation in 1973 and are still playing together from time to time. Line-up / Musicians Bernard Lavialle/guitar Patrick Fontaine/bass Marc Blanc/voice,drums Francois Garrel/voice,flute Discography(Album) Catalyse 1970
1.Seventh Time key/I just want to say 2.Eclosion/Marie aux quatre vents 3.Coeur fou/Le globule/Le mal sonne 4.Reborn this morning on the way of.../Unity 5.A coup de H/Les sables mouvent 6.Hein, quant a toi/Comme est morte l'evocation/Hommage 7.Je veux juste dire 8.Unity
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