Clearlight was a French space-rock ensemble that released the 1975 Virgin albums Clearlight Symphony and Forever Blowing Bubbles. Group mastermind Cyrille Verdeaux also co-led the soundtrack project Delired Cameleon Family and continued Clearlight with the 1976–78 albums Les Contes du Singe Fou and Visions. Members: Cyrille Verdeaux (piano, keyboards) Background Cyrille Verdeaux was born in […]
Christian Boulé (1951 – 2002) was a French space-rock guitarist and composer who played on the first three Clearlight albums and toured with Steve Hillage. As a solo artist, Boulé made the 1978/79 Polydor albums Photo Musik and Non-Fiction. Background Christian Boulé was born on February 12, 1951, in Clichy, France. He grew up in […]
Clear Light Symphony is the debut album by the French-English electronic space-rock collective Clearlight, released in early 1975 for Virgin Records. Composed and arranged by keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux, Clearlight Symphony unfolds as a continuous forty-minute instrumental suite in two extended movements. Recorded across 1973–74 with two distinct ensembles—members of Gong on the first side and […]
Les Contes du Singe Fou is the third album by French/English symphonic/space collective Clearlight, released in 1976 on Isadora. Following Forever Blowing Bubbles, keyboardist Cyrille Verdeaux redefined Clearlight as a tighter ensemble centered on piano, violin, and rhythm section rather than the expansive, guest-filled orchestrations of earlier albums. Recorded in late 1976, Les Contes du […]
Forever Blowing Bubbles is the second album by French electro/space-rock operative Clearlight, released in 1975 on Virgin. The album marks a shift from the extended suites of Clearlight Symphony toward shorter, self-contained compositions that retain the ensemble’s cosmic and symphonic language. Recorded at The Manor with an expanded cast of guests from the British and […]
Joël Dugrenot is a French bassist who played in the 1970s bands Clearlight, Speed Limit, and Zao. He went solo with the 1982 Spalax release Boomerang, followed by the 1984 Eurorock title See. His earlier tracks from the 1976–78 period constitute the archival disc Mosaïques. Backgrounds Joël Dugrenot was born Joël René Henri Dugrenot on […]
