Em 1979, Roland abordou os membros da Secession na tentativa de encontrar uma banda para apoiar o show. Ele estava um pouco hesitante no início devido a uma grande diferença de idade na época (ele tinha apenas 24 anos, enquanto a maioria da banda tinha 30 anos), mas eles concordaram e Roland estava prestes a criar seu primeiro álbum. A primeira formação da Rictus era pequena, mas incluía Daniel Corbont no baixo, Daniel Aizier na guitarra e François Corbont na bateria. Roland queria adicionar um segundo baterista à banda, uma ideia que ele teve ao assistir a um concerto pós-Peter Gabriel da Genesis. Ele encontrou seu baterista, e por acaso um compositor em Pierre Pomet. Pierre acabaria por compor algumas das músicas do show de "Christelle", incluindo "Thème de la drogue", "Mort de Christelle" e "Flashes" junto com Roland. Pierre fez alguns shows com a banda, mas acabou deixando a França e teve que ser tocado por Jean-Marie Wisselman. Foi nessa época que Roland descobriu Jean-Claude Schmidt, que viria a se tornar o vocalista da Rictus. Jean-Claude veio de uma vila perto de Roland's e fez parte de uma banda chamada Onezime, que era conhecida por fazer covers de The Rolling Stones, The Beatles e canções francesas politicamente carregadas. Enquanto estava em um show diferente da Genesis, "Lamb lies down on Broadway", um ano antes, Roland ficou fascinado com o conceito de projetar imagens no palco como parte do show. Para conseguir isso, Roland contou com a ajuda de Guy Mauvais, um artista local que ajudaria a empurrar Roland na direção certa. Eles usaram o primo de 6 anos de Roland para todos os slides de "Christelle", onde como o gênio do mal foi interpretado pelo próprio Roland. Enquanto Guy Mauvais preparava os slides, Roland começou a compor a música em um pequeno gravador Phillips K7.
A história "Christelle" é a seguinte (contada por Roland): Christelle é uma menina de 6 anos. Ela mora no interior e está tudo bem. Ela está feliz. Um dia, ela conhece uma espécie de "gênio do mal" que a faz ter algumas alucinações ruins. Cada música é uma dessas alucinações. Em seguida, o "gênio do mal" desaparece e estamos de volta à palavra real. Mas a palavra real não é melhor do que as alucinações! Christelle abre os olhos e descobre que a Guerra Mundial começou! (Esta é a longa música instrumental do lado B). E no final, ela está morta. E você pode ouvir sua vozinha no poema no final do disco. O primeiro conjunto de ensaios começou no início de 1979. Não foi fácil para a banda recém-formada, já que foram a primeira banda de sua pequena cidade a criar música original. Isso os deixou sozinhos, pois ninguém poderia oferecer-lhes qualquer ideia ou conselho sobre por onde começar. Eles podiam tocar música individualmente e todos eles podiam fazer covers de músicas, mas nunca antes algum deles tentou criar composições originais. Eles aprenderam, por exemplo, que um guitarrista não era capaz de cobrir vários arranjos de guitarra simultaneamente, algo que não haviam considerado antes. Isso levou a banda a encontrar um guitarrista secundário, Marcel Bony. Infelizmente, depois de apenas um show, Marcel encontrou seu tempo limitado e deixou a banda. Isso forçou Roland a alterar os arranjos para acompanhar um único guitarrista. O primeiro show ao vivo da Rictus foi no dia 18 de julho de 1980 em uma pequena cidade chamada Fougerolles. O local era pequeno, mas viável, e acomodava cerca de 300 pessoas. Rictus conseguiu ocupar 250 desses lugares, uma realização para uma banda que nunca havia tocado ao vivo antes. Eles usaram o mesmo sistema de som que usaram com Secession, uma configuração humilde, mas capaz. Isso também viu a apresentação de Agnes Brice, uma jovem que conheceu a banda por meio de sua habilidade de trabalhar a iluminação durante o show. Este aspirante a baixista viria a se juntar à Rictus dois anos depois, e permanece como baixista da Rictus até hoje.
O show foi tocado sete vezes no total em pequenas cidades vizinhas. Não foi fácil encontrar lugares para tocar, principalmente para uma banda desconhecida que não tinha apoio do rádio ou da televisão. Além de alguns pequenos comentários em jornais locais, o nome de Rictus foi espalhado boca a boca. No início de 1981, Guy Mauvais sugeriu que a banda fizesse o disco. Sem rótulo e sem dinheiro, a ideia parecia mais uma fantasia do que uma realidade. Felizmente, uma pequena prensagem chamada Le Kiosque D'Orphee estava abrindo portas para talentos locais. Roland descobriu Le Kiosque d'Orphee por meio de um anúncio na Rock & Folk, uma revista de música francesa. Eles eram uma pequena fábrica de prensagem sediada em Paris que prensava pequenas quantidades de vinil para qualquer um que pudesse fornecer um master. Eles não ofereceram nenhuma distribuição ou contrato, apenas um meio para bandas menores imprimirem vinil. Rictus gravou sua estréia usando um AKAI 4 nas faixas de propriedade de um dos amigos de Roland, Francis Paul. A banda tocou ao vivo, assim como no palco. Eles começaram gravando uma gravação estéreo de 2 canais de todo o projeto. Na semana seguinte, os vocais foram gravados na terceira faixa e, finalmente, a quarta faixa foi usada para solos de guitarra e teclado. A mixagem final foi rebatida para um Revox B77 mais ou menos uma semana depois de gravar a parte final do álbum, o poema de "Christelle". A fita foi então enviada ao Le Kiosque d'Orphee para impressão. Le Kiosque d'Orphee também oferecia impressão de capa, mas a um preço bastante alto. É provavelmente por isso que alguns dos lançamentos do selo recorreram à colagem nas capas. No caso da Rictus, eles decidiram tentar fazer as capas eles próprios com a ajuda de uma gráfica local. O dobramento, corte e colagem das capas foram feitos pela banda em casa, e a arte foi desenhada e criada por Guy Mauvais. A impressão foi limitada a 250 cópias, a maioria das quais vendidas para amigos, familiares e fãs da Rictus. A distribuição foi limitada a uma pequena loja de discos que fez vendas para ajudar a banda.
A Rictus passou a gravar 7 álbuns de estúdio (3 LP de vinil e 4 CD), 2 álbuns ao vivo (CD) e 3 singles (estúdio).
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Roland Brultey was born in 1954 in East France within a small town named Luxeuil-les-Bains, and has lived there ever since. He learned to play the piano at the age of 7, and three years after he started to play the accordion. When he turned 15, Roland purchased an acoustic guitar and started to learn how to compose and write music on his own. Upon turning 20, Roland joined a band named Secession (known for playing US & French pop covers in local clubs) where he played both keyboards and accordion, and learned how to play various instruments such as bass, drums & electric guitar. In 1978, Roland found himself coming into his own in regards to his music. This is when he wrote "Christelle", the story of a 6 year old girl (named after Roland's 6 year old cousin), who meets an evil genius that proclaims to show her all of the evil in the world. This is how the title "'Christelle' ou 'La découverte du Mal'" was derived, which translates to "'Christelle' or 'The discovering of Evil'".
In 1979, Roland approached the members of Secession in an attempt to find a band to back the show. He was a bit hesitant at first due to a large age gap at the time (he was only 24, where as the majority of the band was 30 years of age), but they agreed and Roland was on his way to creating his first album. The first formation of Rictus was small, but included Daniel Corbont on bass, Daniel Aizier on guitar and François Corbont on drums. Roland wanted to add a second drummer to the band, an idea he got from attending a post-Peter Gabriel Genesis' concert second's out. He found his drummer, and by chance a composer in Pierre Pomet. Pierre would eventually compose some of the music in the "Christelle" show, including "Thème de la drogue", "Mort de Christelle" and "Flashes" along with Roland. Pierre played a few shows with the band, but eventually left France and had to be replayed by Jean-Marie Wisselman. It was around this time when Roland discovered Jean-Claude Schmidt, who would eventually become the lead singer of Rictus. Jean-Claude came from a village near Roland's, and had been part of a band named Onezime, which was known for covering The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and politically charged French songs. While at a different Genesis show, "Lamb lies down on Broadway", a year earlier, Roland became fascinated with the concept of projecting pictures on stage as part of the concert. In order to achieve this, Roland enlisted the help of Guy Mauvais, a local artist who would help push Roland in the right direction. They used Roland's 6 year old cousin for all the slides of "Christelle", where as the evil genius was played by Roland himself. While Guy Mauvais was preparing the slides, Roland started composing the music on a small Phillips K7 tape recorder.
The story "Christelle" goes as follows (as told by Roland): Christelle is a 6 year old little girl. She lives in the country and everything is alright. She is happy. One day, she meets a kind of "Evil genius" who makes her have some bad hallucinations. Each song is one of these hallucinations. Then the "Evil genius" disappears and we are back to the real word. But real word is not any better than the hallucinations! Christelle opens her eyes and discovers that the World War has begun! (This is the long instrumental song on the B side). And at the end, she is dead. And you can ear her little voice in the poem at the end of the record. The first set of "rehearsals" began at the start of 1979. It wasn't easy for the newly formed band, as they were the first band from their small town to ever create original music. This left them on their own, as nobody could offer them any insight or advice on where to begin. They could individually play music, and they could all cover songs, but never before had any of them tried to create original compositions. They came to learn for example that one guitar player wasn't able to cover multiple guitar arrangements simultaneously, something they hadn't considered before. This led the band to finding a secondary guitar player, Marcel Bony. Sadly, after just one show Marcel found his time to be limited and left the band. This forced Roland to alter the arrangements to accompany a single guitar player. The first live show by Rictus was on the 18th of July, 1980 in a small town named Fougerolles. The venue was small but workable, and seated around 300 people. Rictus managed to fill 250 of those seats, an accomplish ment for a band who'd never played live before. They used the same sound system as they had been using with Secession, a humble but capable setup. This also saw the introduction of Agnes Brice, a young woman who met the band through her ability to work the lighting during the show. This aspiring bass player would eventually joint Rictus two years later, and has remained the Rictus bass player until today.
The show was played seven times in total in small surrounding towns. It wasn't easy to find places to play, especially for an unknown band that saw no support from radio or television. Apart from some small writeup's in local newspapers, Rictus' name was spread by word of mouth. At the start of 1981, Guy Mauvais suggested the band make record. With no label and no money, the idea seemed more like a fantasy then a reality. Luckily a small pressing plant named Le Kiosque d'Orphee had been opening doors for local talent. Roland discovered Le Kiosque d'Orphee through an advertisement in Rock & Folk, a French music magazine. They were a small pressing plant based in Paris that would press small quantities of vinyl for anyone who could supply a master. They didn't offer any distribution or contracts, just a means for smaller bands to press vinyl. Rictus recorded their debut using an AKAI 4 tracks owned by one of Roland's friends, Francis Paul. The band played live, just like on stage. They started by recording a 2 channel stereo recording of the entire project. The following week the vocals were recorded on the third track, and finally the fourth track was used for guitar and keyboard solos. The final mix was bounced down to a Revox B77 a week or so after recording the final part of the album, the poem by "Christelle". The tape was then sent to Le Kiosque d'Orphee for pressing. Le Kiosque d'Orphee also offered cover printing, but at a fairly high price. This is most likely why some of the releases on the label resorted to paste on covers. In the case of Rictus, they decided to try making the covers themselves with the help of a local print shop. The folding, cutting and glueing of the covers was all done by the band at home, and the artwork was designed and created by Guy Mauvais. The press was limited to 250 copies, most of which were sold to friends, family and fans of Rictus. Distribution was limited to a small record shop that took on sales to help the band.
Rictus has gone on to record 7 studio albums (3 vinyl LP and 4 CD), 2 live albums (CD) and 3 singles (studio).
In 1979, Roland approached the members of Secession in an attempt to find a band to back the show. He was a bit hesitant at first due to a large age gap at the time (he was only 24, where as the majority of the band was 30 years of age), but they agreed and Roland was on his way to creating his first album. The first formation of Rictus was small, but included Daniel Corbont on bass, Daniel Aizier on guitar and François Corbont on drums. Roland wanted to add a second drummer to the band, an idea he got from attending a post-Peter Gabriel Genesis' concert second's out. He found his drummer, and by chance a composer in Pierre Pomet. Pierre would eventually compose some of the music in the "Christelle" show, including "Thème de la drogue", "Mort de Christelle" and "Flashes" along with Roland. Pierre played a few shows with the band, but eventually left France and had to be replayed by Jean-Marie Wisselman. It was around this time when Roland discovered Jean-Claude Schmidt, who would eventually become the lead singer of Rictus. Jean-Claude came from a village near Roland's, and had been part of a band named Onezime, which was known for covering The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and politically charged French songs. While at a different Genesis show, "Lamb lies down on Broadway", a year earlier, Roland became fascinated with the concept of projecting pictures on stage as part of the concert. In order to achieve this, Roland enlisted the help of Guy Mauvais, a local artist who would help push Roland in the right direction. They used Roland's 6 year old cousin for all the slides of "Christelle", where as the evil genius was played by Roland himself. While Guy Mauvais was preparing the slides, Roland started composing the music on a small Phillips K7 tape recorder.
The story "Christelle" goes as follows (as told by Roland): Christelle is a 6 year old little girl. She lives in the country and everything is alright. She is happy. One day, she meets a kind of "Evil genius" who makes her have some bad hallucinations. Each song is one of these hallucinations. Then the "Evil genius" disappears and we are back to the real word. But real word is not any better than the hallucinations! Christelle opens her eyes and discovers that the World War has begun! (This is the long instrumental song on the B side). And at the end, she is dead. And you can ear her little voice in the poem at the end of the record. The first set of "rehearsals" began at the start of 1979. It wasn't easy for the newly formed band, as they were the first band from their small town to ever create original music. This left them on their own, as nobody could offer them any insight or advice on where to begin. They could individually play music, and they could all cover songs, but never before had any of them tried to create original compositions. They came to learn for example that one guitar player wasn't able to cover multiple guitar arrangements simultaneously, something they hadn't considered before. This led the band to finding a secondary guitar player, Marcel Bony. Sadly, after just one show Marcel found his time to be limited and left the band. This forced Roland to alter the arrangements to accompany a single guitar player. The first live show by Rictus was on the 18th of July, 1980 in a small town named Fougerolles. The venue was small but workable, and seated around 300 people. Rictus managed to fill 250 of those seats, an accomplish ment for a band who'd never played live before. They used the same sound system as they had been using with Secession, a humble but capable setup. This also saw the introduction of Agnes Brice, a young woman who met the band through her ability to work the lighting during the show. This aspiring bass player would eventually joint Rictus two years later, and has remained the Rictus bass player until today.
The show was played seven times in total in small surrounding towns. It wasn't easy to find places to play, especially for an unknown band that saw no support from radio or television. Apart from some small writeup's in local newspapers, Rictus' name was spread by word of mouth. At the start of 1981, Guy Mauvais suggested the band make record. With no label and no money, the idea seemed more like a fantasy then a reality. Luckily a small pressing plant named Le Kiosque d'Orphee had been opening doors for local talent. Roland discovered Le Kiosque d'Orphee through an advertisement in Rock & Folk, a French music magazine. They were a small pressing plant based in Paris that would press small quantities of vinyl for anyone who could supply a master. They didn't offer any distribution or contracts, just a means for smaller bands to press vinyl. Rictus recorded their debut using an AKAI 4 tracks owned by one of Roland's friends, Francis Paul. The band played live, just like on stage. They started by recording a 2 channel stereo recording of the entire project. The following week the vocals were recorded on the third track, and finally the fourth track was used for guitar and keyboard solos. The final mix was bounced down to a Revox B77 a week or so after recording the final part of the album, the poem by "Christelle". The tape was then sent to Le Kiosque d'Orphee for pressing. Le Kiosque d'Orphee also offered cover printing, but at a fairly high price. This is most likely why some of the releases on the label resorted to paste on covers. In the case of Rictus, they decided to try making the covers themselves with the help of a local print shop. The folding, cutting and glueing of the covers was all done by the band at home, and the artwork was designed and created by Guy Mauvais. The press was limited to 250 copies, most of which were sold to friends, family and fans of Rictus. Distribution was limited to a small record shop that took on sales to help the band.
Rictus has gone on to record 7 studio albums (3 vinyl LP and 4 CD), 2 live albums (CD) and 3 singles (studio).
website: www.grouperictus.com
Membros
Daniel Corbont - baixo
Daniel Aizier - guitarra
Marcel Bony - guitarra
François Corbont - bateria
Pierre Pomet - bateria
Jean-Claude Schmidt - vocal
Roland Brultey - teclados
01. Ouverture
02. Thème du génie
03. Thème de la drogue
04. Thème du policier
05. Prosper's reggae
06. Thème de l'aveugle
07. Thème de la bagarre
08. Flashes
09. Départ du génie
10. Thème de la guerre
(inclus: "Mort de Christelle")
11. Christelle
12. Vendanges (bonus)
13. Mélanger tout ça (bonus)
14. Aujourd'hui tu t'en vas (bonus)
15. Ernesto Massoud (bonus)
Mp3 320kbps and full artworks: enjoy!
Rictus - "Christelle" ou "La découvert du Mal" - 1982
Rictus - On stage - 2020
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