SOLIS LACUS (A SPECIAL RADIO ~ TV RECORD - N°15)

TRACKLISTING


A1. Solis Lacus - Utopic Cities
A2. So lis Lacus - Peace Please
A3. Solis Lacus - Open Air
B1. Solis Lacus - Litt le Green Man
B2. Solis Lacus - Sea Of Tranquillity
B3. Solis Lacus - Remak e





INFO


Sdban Records will reissue sever al installments of the legendary library series 'A Special Radio ~ TV Record' on vinyl. These were originally released on Belgian imprint 'Selection Records' be tween 1975 and 1981. N°15 in the series was the Belgian milestone jazz album 'So lis Lacus' released in 1975.

Solis Lacus is the cult group around ren owned Belgian pianist Michel Herr, a pioneer of electric jazz in the 70's in Eur ope. Michel Herr rose to international prominence after winning the first prize at the jazz festival in Loosdrecht, The Netherlands, in 1971. He accompanied man y European and American jazz stars on foreign tours and ran the group Jazztrack with saxophone player Wolfgang Engstfeld in Germany. At the same time, he set up his own band Solis Lacus, which consisted of Belgian musicians who had all made a name for themselves on the national jazz scene of the 1960s including Richard Rousselet and Bruno Castelluci both from Placebo. Inspired by the reigning jazz -rock sound of the day, Herr expanded his musical vocabulary and started to play electronic keyboards. Solis Lacus recorded its only album in the course of 1974 and 1975, before the members of the group headed in their own direction.
< br />Solis Lacus is considered the European counterpart to sound experimentation s of Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, or the best albums of the CTI label such as F reddie Hubbard. This is groundbreaking, experimental and funky jazz fusion!