Transit Express

Opus Progressif (1975) ...

Transit Express, sounding uncannily like early Brand X ...

After Zao, Transit Express were probably the best known fusion band in France. Their albums were released on CD once in the 1990s exclusively for the Japanese market in a very limited edition and have been out of print since that time...

Opus Progressif was their 2nd album, & features Serge Peranthoner-electric & acoustic pianos & synths, David Rose-violin, Christian Leroux-guitars, Jean-Claude Guselli-bass, Dominique Bouvier-drums. The music is quite comparable to a French verson of Brand X at their early best, or Nova's Vimana. Definitely a progressive fusion classic from the mid 70's... waysidemusic.com

Opus Progressif (parts one and two)... 

Convulsion/Disparition ...  


The Whisperer of Dreams ... 


La Porte De Bag/38 cm-s/Maldoror ... 


Dialogarhythm ... 

This group started as a back up of one of the most secretive but highly regarded singer of La Chanson Française, Yves Simon, but soon decided to form their own career in parallel to their monetary occupations. The standard prog quartet was lead by keyboardist Perathoner and they recorded in Herouville their first album, Priglacit, in 75 and released it through Y Simon's label RCA Balance and they developed a good jazz-rock that's somewhere between MAHAVISHNU and BRAND X. They were joined by US violinist David Rose for their second album the aptly titled Opus Progressif. By the time of their third album's release Couleurs Naturelles in 77, their jazz-rock had veered more PONTY-esque (understandably so with the violin), but sadly this was to be their last (but excellent) album. All three albums were released on the French RCA label... progarchives.com

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