Weidorje
Encyclopedia
Weidorje was a French
Zeuhl
progressive rock
/fusion
band, formed in 1976 around former Magma
members, bassist Bernhard Paganotti and keyboardist Patrick Gauthier. They released one self-titled LP album
in 1978, re-released on CD with two 1978 live bonus tracks in 1992 by the French Musea
label, and dis-banded around 1979.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Zeuhl
Zeuhl
Zeuhl means celestial in Kobaïan, the constructed language created by Christian Vander. Originally solely applied to the music of Vander's band, Magma, the term zeuhl was eventually used to describe the similar music produced by French bands, beginning in the mid-1970s...
progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
/fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band, formed in 1976 around former Magma
Magma (band)
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the course of their first album, the band tells the story of a...
members, bassist Bernhard Paganotti and keyboardist Patrick Gauthier. They released one self-titled LP album
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
in 1978, re-released on CD with two 1978 live bonus tracks in 1992 by the French Musea
Musea
Musea Records is a non-profit [for the label's bands] musician-owned French record label dedicated to progressive rock. It was founded in 1985 by Bernard Gueffier and Francis Grosse, along with a small team of friends - Daniel Adt, Alain Juliac, Alain Robert, Thierry Sportouche, Jean-Claude...
label, and dis-banded around 1979.
Album personnel
- Bernard Paganotti − bass, vocals
- Patrick Gauthier − keyboards
- Michel Ettori − guitar
- Kirt Rust − drums
- Alain Guillard − saxophone
- Yvon Guillard − trumpet, vocals
- Jean-Philippe GoudeJean-Philippe GoudeJean-Philippe Goude is a French composer and keyboardist, born in Paris in 1952.-Early years:* 1969: first compositions* 1975: composition and recording of the soundtrack for Frankenstein, a play by Philippe Adrien at Théâtre de la Roquette * 1975: publication of the disc Jeunes Années * 1976 to...
− keyboards
External links
- Weidorje album review (in German)
- Biography at progarchives.com