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Moving Gelatine Plates
12+ albums
Progressive rockCanterbury SceneCanterburyAvant-Gardeexperimental
about
Although England was one of the more fertile grounds for progressive rock in the early '70s, continental Europe was also home to many groups that contributed to the genre. The Moving Gelatine Plates were one of the more innovative bands to come out of France during the period. The band's music was marked by shifting themes and alternating rhythms that were often delivered at a frantic pace. Like the groups from England's Canterbury scene, the Moving Gelatine Plates were also heavily influenced by jazz. The Moving Gelatine Plates were formed by guitarist Gerard Bertram and bassist Didier Thibault, who met at school in Paris during the mid-'60s. Both men were enamored with the psychedelic sounds of bands like the Doors and the Yardbirds and the duo soon created a group called the Lines. After a series of drummers came and left the Lines, Michel Coulon joined the group. Coulon's arrival marked a shift in sound to a more experimental approach. Coulon also brought the band a new name, the Moving Gelatine Plates, a phrase he discovered while reading Steinbeck. Coulon eventually left the band in search of a more profitable career. He was replaced by drummer Gerard Pons, whose formal music training meshed with the band's new experimental direction. Maurice Helmlinger, who played saxophone, trumpet, flute, and organ, soon completed the lineup. In 1970, the Moving Gelatine Plates coaxed their way onto the stage at a music festival in Le Bourget, France. The band members couldn't
