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Elephant & Castle, the true, happy and little-known story of a gifted group that broke the codes of prog rock. In the early 1990s, Elephant & Castle had turned the established order of progressive rock upside down. In France, the musical genre, ignored...
Elephant & Castle, ou l’histoire vraie, heureuse et méconnue d'un groupe surdoué qui a cassé les codes du prog. Au début des années 1990, Elephant & Castle avait bouleversé l’ordre établi du rock progressif. En France, ce genre musical, boudé par les...
Elephant & Castle turned down the prog rock clichés by depriving the lyrics of the usual prog rubbish. Elephant & Castle turned down the prog rock clichés by stripping their tracks down to the core and depriving the lyrics of the usual prog rubbish (elves,...
One album, one tour in 1992, a bunch of hopes and then it’s over ? No way ! E&C releases two lost albums in 2021. ............................... Buy our albums on our Bandcamp The Green One + : 5€ (soon on Bandcamp) The Lost Album : 9€ At Last Live :...
E&C’s debut album, The Green One (1991) is extended in 2021 with 15 live songs recorded during the Green One Tour. Elephant & Castle’s debut album, The Green One, was recorded in May 1991 at Studio Robespierre in Saint-Ouen (suburbs of Paris). The six...
From its start in London to its end in Paris, the story of the french band E&C. 80s-90s : a 15-year musical saga. ............................... Born in London at the end of the 80s, the french band E&C was compared to such icons as IQ, Rush and Saga....
Recorded between 1993 and 1995, the 13 forgotten, lost tracks witness the creative vitality of a group at its peak. In three years (1993 to 1995), Elephant & Castle increased the number of studio recording sessions. A dozen tracks were recorded. Thirty...
Le site Progcritique fait l'honneur de ses pages et de ses louanges à Elephant & Castle. Les compliments sont nombreux à l'égard du groupe et de The Lost Album. « Vous pouvez vous demander, à juste titre, après l’écoute de The Lost Album pourquoi cet...
Recorded in 1996, At Last Live is the unprecedented testimony of the power and ease of Elephant & Castle on stage. At the end of 1996, Elephant & Castle decided to record a live album rather than to negotiate a production agreeement with a major. Recorded...
The Lost Album is available on all platforms 12 tracks recorded in the 90sForgottenReleased in 2021The Lost Album is a masterpiece
Un article signé François Robinet, auteur du livre Rock progressif français, une histoire discographique (éditions du Camion Blanc)