Champignons

Premiere Capsule Champignons

Excellent mostly-instrumental combination of prog and psych served up by

Champignons, a tight and experimental band from Québec. Released in 1972,

'Premiere Capsule', resplendent in its trippy day-glo mushroom sleeve, is a

succession of seven guitar driven original compositions that manage to maintain

any incredibly high standard from start to finish. All the tracks are superb,

but several in particular stand out including the 11-minute experimental jam,

'Le Chateau Hante' (The Haunted Castle) and two instrumental numbers, 'Folies Du

Mercredi' and 'Pop-Pino'. There is extremely good fuzz guitar throughout, as

well as some exceptional flute solos courtesy of flautist Emile Naud. Hugely

enjoyable and highly recommended