The Rockets
The Best

THE REVIEW

Well, since a "big name" has brought back a déjà-vu from the past like "Afric Simone"... what can I say, I'll try to dust off the hits from when I was a child too.
Ramaya was certainly among them, along with another great hit ("Sugar Baby Love, is anyone reviewing it?)... but there was another, I’d say a great one: the legendary, yet underrated Rockets! Who doesn't remember that stroke of genius "On The Road Again"? Yes, I say stroke of genius because turning an old song that couldn't be more bluesy into an excellent cover, played by synths and sung with a vocoder... well, that took great courage.

These French gentlemen certainly made their small mark in '70s-'80s electronic music. Nothing transcendental, just the credit of making music played with synths accessible, in an era when everyone called them "the moog" (!), and the undisputed leader of such a genre, at least in Italy, seemed to be Il Guardiano del Faro (double sigh).
I recommend rediscovering them, also because they produced some great tracks: "On The Road Again", "Electric Delight", "Galactica"... They undoubtedly managed to excellently combine guitars and basses with synths, vocoders, and electronic Simmons. And the look also sparked curiosity. I've been told of quite respectable live performances as well.
Obviously, no intention of placing them in the hall of the best electronic artists, nothing like Kraftwerk, to be clear, but... if you're looking for something that won't make you fall asleep like Tangerine Dream, well, lend them an ear, you might find something surprising...