Patrick Forgas

Musician

Forfans of progressive rock, jazz-prog and canterbury-influenced music.
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The Profile

Patrick Forgas is a French drummer and bandleader of Forgas Band Phenomena, known for blending progressive rock and jazz with Canterbury influences.

Released the solo album 'Cocktail' (1977). Leader of Forgas Band Phenomena. Reviews reference albums including 'Roue Libre' (1997), 'Extra-Lucide' (1999), 'Soleil 12' (live, 2005) and 'Synchronicité' (2002, described as ambient). Often associated with Canterbury influences and jazz-prog.

Two DeBaser reviews cover Patrick Forgas' 1977 solo Cocktail and the Forgas Band Phenomena live album Soleil 12. Cocktail is seen as a youthful, Canterbury-influenced effort with promising moments. Soleil 12 is praised for its evocative, progressive-jazz arrangements and strong ensemble playing. Reviewers prefer his band work to some solo ambient experiments.

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❝ Patrick Forgas... and who was he? This obscure figure in music is quite known among progressive music enthusiasts by the nickname he was given: the French Robert Wyatt.

❝ offering sweet and velvety progressive jazz, with a calm and romantic personality and an enviable evocative power

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