Pulsar

Biography

Pulsar is a French progressive rock band whose influences include Pink Floyd and King Crimson, plus classical musicians and composers such as Gustav Mahler.
During the early 1980s, the group performed and composed the music for a Franco‑Austrian musical theatre production. Their most recent album is Memory Ashes×Memory Ashes2007 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Memory Ashes / Part I7:522Memory Ashes / Part II7:583Memory Ashes / Part III4:504Memory Ashes / Part IV5:245Monks10:456Respire8:54 (2007).

History

Pulsar is the first French band to have signed with an English label, which was called "Kingdom Records".
The band recorded and published its first album, Pollen×Pollen1975 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1Pulsar3:082Apaisement7:263Puzzle/Omen8:244Le Cheval de Syllogie6:555Pollen12:59, in 1975. Philipe Roman left the band shortly after. The following year, the group recruited bassist Michel Masson, who later collaborated with them on The Strands of the Future (1976) and Halloween (1977).
In the early eighties, together with director Bruno Carlucci, in musical theatre, Pulsar adapted a short story by Austrian novelist Peter Handke: "Bienvenue au Conseil D'Administration!" (1981). The quintet comprised Gilbert Gandil on guitar and bass, Victor Bosch at the drums, Jacques Roman on keyboard, and Roland Richard playing the flute and saxophone, along with Louis Paralis taking the place of Michel Masson.
From 1974 to 1989, their albums were produced by CBS. Later, they were produced by Musea, a French label which had bought the distribution rights. The band launched a comeback in 1989, publishing Görlitz.
The group's most recent album is Memory Ashes×Memory Ashes2007 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1Memory Ashes / Part I7:522Memory Ashes / Part II7:583Memory Ashes / Part III4:504Memory Ashes / Part IV5:245Monks10:456Respire8:54 (2007), produced by Cypress Music. In 2008, Goldmine Magazine listed Halloween among the top 25 albums of progressive rock.
In 2013, Jacques Roman and Gilbert Gandil released the album Way to Lhassa band with the band Siiilk.

Authorship

The introduction of the album Halloween×Halloween1977 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracksA1Halloween Song1:20A2Tired Answers9:30A3Colours of Childhood6:00A4Sorrow in My Dreams3:40B1Lone Fantasy4:50B2Dawn Over Darkness6:10B3Misty Garden of Passion2:15B4Fear of Frost3:35B5Time1:50, credited as one of the band's compositions, is the traditional Irish tune "Londonderry Air".