Present

Present
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Belgian RIO/avant-progressive rock band formed in 1979 led by guitarist/composer Roger Trigaux. Disbanded in 1985 and reformed in 1993.
This came as a side project from Belgian avant-gardism group Univers Zero. As guitarist Roger Trigaux left that band, he got help from Marie-Anne Polaris (vocals), Alain Rochette (piano), Christian Genet (bass) and Daniel Denis (drums). Their music is incredibly somber (sinister is also appropriate) as it was on Univers Zero but here the music is electrified, more energetic and more constructed, as there is "normal song construction" if that ever meant anything to those musicians. Present's music is really hard to categorize and to give names of bands to tell you the sound would be misleading you.
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AllMusic.com, Deezer.com, ProgArchives.com, open.Spotify.com, Wikipedia, YouTube
Members:
Alain Rochette, Bruno Bernas, Christian Genet, Daniel Denis, David Kerman, Dominic Ntoumos, Ferdinand Philippot, Fred Becker (2), Guy Segers, Jean-Pierre Mendes, Keith Macksoud, Kurt Budé, Liesbeth Lambrecht, Matthieu Safatly, Pierre Chevalier, Pierre Narcisse, Réginald Trigaux, Roger Trigaux, Udi Koomran
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ATEM 7008 Triskaidékaphobie — Present Present Triskaidékaphobie (Album) Atem ATEM 7008 France 1980 Sell This Version
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Rune 3 Le Poison Qui Rend Fou — Present Present Le Poison Qui Rend Fou (Album) Cuneiform Records Rune 3 USA & Europe 1985 Sell This Version
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LOW 001 C.O.D. Performance — Present Present C.O.D. Performance (Album) Lowlands LOW 001 Belgium 1993 Sell This Version
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ARC-1022, Rune 87 Live! — Present Present Live! (Album) Cuneiform Records ARC-1022, Rune 87 Japan 1996 Sell This Version
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Rune 107 Certitudes — Present Present Certitudes (Album) Cuneiform Records Rune 107 US 1998 Sell This Version
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C7-043 Nº 6 — Present Present Nº 6 (Album) Carbon 7 Records C7-043 Belgium 1999 Sell This Version
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C7-058 High Infidelity — Present Present High Infidelity (Album) Carbon 7 Records C7-058 Belgium 2001 Sell This Version
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RUNE 207, Rune 207 A Great Inhumane Adventure — Present Present A Great Inhumane Adventure ‎(CD, Album) Cuneiform Records, Cuneiform Records RUNE 207, Rune 207 US 2005 Sell This Version
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Ad Hoc 30/31 Barbaro (Ma Non Troppo) — Present Present Barbaro (Ma Non Troppo) (Album) Ad Hoc Records Ad Hoc 30/31 US 2009 Sell This Version
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Compilations
RUNE 17 CDX, 17 CDX Triskaidekaphobie / Le Poison Qui Rend Fou — Present Present Triskaidekaphobie / Le Poison Qui Rend Fou (Comp) Cuneiform Records, Cuneiform Records RUNE 17 CDX, 17 CDX US 1989 Sell This Version
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BELLE 142287 - 9 Hi Infidelity — Present Present Hi Infidelity ‎(CD, Album, RE, SHM + CD, Album, RE, SHM + CD, Albu) Belle Antique BELLE 142287 - 9 Japan Unknown Sell This Version

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BongKarajan

BongKarajan

March 16, 2021
edited over 2 years ago
The irony is that the picture used to illustrate the band page was taken the exact day this line-up ceased to exist (somewhere in the summer of 1997); the picture was taken for the booklet of the fifth album "Certitudes", which was released in 1998, but was never played on stage by that line-up. The same day, another picture was taken with the line-up that was about to cross the ocean for the '98 North American Tour (documented on the live "A Great Inhumane Experience"). From that moment and for all the subsequent records, the core line-up was Roger Trigaux (guitar), Reginald Trigaux (guitar), David Kerman (drums), Pierre Chevalier (keyboards) and Keith Macksoud (bass). Note that Roger Trigaux passed away on March 10 2021 (one week ago).

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