Formation:
Jacques Roman, organ, Moog, synth, Mellotron, bass
Víctor Bosch, drums, percussion
Gilbert Gandil, electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
Roland Richard, flute, solina
Themes:
1. The Strands of the Future - 22:08
2. Flight - 2:37
3. Windows - 8:47
4. Fool's Failure - 10:17
Pulsar is a French band of the second half of the 70. "The Strands of
the Future" is the second album and the one better than they have, in hard
competition with the following "Halloween".
The style of Pulsar is very own and personal, a mixture of space rock, symphonic
rock and electronic rock, with influences of Pink Floyd, Klaus Schulze, Sensation's
Fix, Ashra Tempel and Camel among others. Basically atmospheric music,
without rhythm changes and of slow progression.
The first and I release theme, "The Strands of the Future", it is a
marvel, rock symphonic floydian dominated by atmospheres space, very dark and gloomy as
most of classic French bands (Ange, Arachnoid, Carpe Diem, Mona
Lisa, Shylock...), where they don't lack some dark guitars and flute melodies.
The other themes, but short, they don't have anything to envy of the first one. "Flight",
"Windows" and overalls the beautiful and sinister "Fool's
Failure", all them full with electronic atmospheres and space, enigmatic
mellotrons, pastoral flutes, very slow and ambient rhythms very
catastrophes and terrifying.
An essential disk of one of the most influential bands in the French scene.
Punctuation: 9/10
Ferran Lizana