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- While not perfect, Harmonium is still an essential album for every folk-prog lover and it is absolutely necessary to understand the evolution in the band's sound.
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HARMONIUM - L'heptade. Harmonium's "L'heptade", released in 1976, is a remarkable piece of music that has certainly stood the test of time. The album is an ambitious, double-LP concept album that explores a range of musical styles and moods, displaying the band's virtuosity and versatility.
Jul 8, 2015 · Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off. Album has traits of what would make Harmonium, well, Harmonium, though this is more folkier and is more akin to Octobre's debut. Funny how both bands' debut albums were folk-tinged and both went in very directions after wards.
Review by Sean Trane. SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog Folk. This album is really the start of it all: superb vocals harmonies, two acoustic guitars and an electric bass; not your standard prog lp but splendid songwriting in French, sung with a mild Quebec accent.
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Feb 29, 2024 · Despite their brief recording career, with only three studio albums in three years (1974-1976), the French-speaking Canadians Harmoniun left a deep mark on the history of modern music in their country.
Harmonium is the eponymous debut album by Québécois folk rock band Harmonium. It was originally released on February 20, 1974, by Celebration Records, a subsidiary of Quality Records in Quebec.
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It's funny, in Quebec, L'Heptade is the favorite album, it's considered their masterpiece, but everytime I see someone talk about Harmonium outside the province they all seem to prefer Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison.
Compared to the pleasantness of ‘Les 5 Saisons’, it is by turns dramatic, melancholic, moody, ambient, rhythmic and gentle. Some songs are upbeat, featuring joyful multi-vocal harmonies, folksy positive, (Le Premier Ciel, Chanson Noire) but others are sombre ballads, dripping with sadness (L’Exil, Le Corridor).
