Band from France, the brothers Claerhout are the
main composers. Often their albums are progressive, sometimes very experime with an impressive lists of great musicians.
A band that came in my mind was Excalibur.
The Lost Frontier ('96)
Philippe Claerhout, composer, vocals, guitars, ebow, vocoders
François Claerhout - composer, bass, percussion
Caroline Lafue - vocals
Laurent Sindicq - drums
Stéphane Merlin - keyboars Mickey Simmonds - keyboards (Mike Oldfield, Fish, Camel, Paul Young).
Dan Ar Braz - guitar
Thierry Moreno - drums and percussion
Thierry Volto - caisse claire
Laurent Dupont - bass
Caroline Monteil - flûte
Bernard Auzerol - bass
Odyssées ('99) again with Mikey Simmonds and a list with French mucians. Monet vol I ('02) and Monet vol 2 ('05) should be followed up by a third, but it never appeared,
but who knows?
Ian Bairnson is guest on vol 1!
In the meantime they perfomred live, so Live ('04):
Caroline Lafue - vocals
Francois Claerhout - keyboards
Philippe Claerhout - guitar
Thierry Moreno - drums
Lionel Fortin - keyboards
Lionel Gibaudan - bass
Stephane Barincourt - guitars
Jean-Luc Payssan - mandoline
Thierry Payssan - organ Under is from '09 with Maarten Luther King.
Darwin a triple album ('12):
Francois Claerhout: keyboards
Philippe Claerhout: guitar, bass
Stéphane Ducassé: whistles
Thierry Moreno: drums
with:
Maggie Reilly: vocals (Mike Oldfield)
John A. Helliwell: saxofoon, clarinet ( Supertramp)
Raphaël Ravenscroft: saxofoon (Gary Rafferty, Pink Floyd, David Gilmour live, Mike Oldfield & more)
Terry Oldfield: whistle
John Hackett: whistle
Tim Renwick: guitar ( Pink Floyd live)
Francis Dunnery: guitar (It Bites)
Robin Boult: guitar ( Fish) Ian Bairnson - guitar
( Alan Parsons Project)
David Paton: bassguitar ( Alan Parsons Project)
Mickaël Manring: bass Mickey Simmonds - keyboards
Ton Scherpenzeel: keyboards ( Camel, Kayak)
Elliott Murphy: vocals
Gérard Lenorman: vocals
Huong Thanh: vocals
Pierre Emberger: vocals
Amy Keys: vocals
Ronnie Caryl: guitar, vocals
Alistair Gordon: vocals
Jayney Klimek: vocals (worked with Tony Banks)
Vincent Bénard: bass
Franck Chaubet: piano, guitar
Antoine Gramont: cello
Florian Berrouet: guitar
Michael Geyre: accordion
Philippe Poirier: bodhran, gong.