Frank Dervieux - Dimension 'M'
Seminal Prog-Quebec album released in 1971 from the late Frank Dervieux so played in Contraction and Ville Emard Blues Band and inspired so many other bands thru his music. Dimension 'M' is a pure concept album based on a theme of projections from parallel universes.
Musically this album is solid....clearly Dervieux was a pure artists and wrote a superb and only debut album. Like so many of the 70's prog band they fused classical with rock and folk and so too did Dervieux. This has a little bit of everything thrown in it......a little bit of ELP....some FM (Canada).....some Latte E Miele.......some Contraction..some Jean Luc Ponty....
Like many of the 70's prog albums "Dimension M" takes Liszt's classical piece and in total ode adapts his theme into a magical piece called "Atlantide". But the watermark for me on this album is the 9 minute piece "Concerto Pour Des Mondes Disparus" which is told over 2 parts and is a work of genius really.
This album also features a young Christiane Robichaud (vocals) , Yves Leferriere (bass) and Michel Seguin (drums).
I have the Prog Quebec CD remaster of this album which was well produced from a vinyl source (apparently the master tapes have been long destroyed). Prog Quebec did a great job in remastering this gem from vinyl and it sounds excellent.
Dimension 'M' is an excellent album and an essential piece of the rich Quebecois Progressive and Folk musical history. They just don't make em like this anymore !
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