Alain Markusfeld ~ France

I own the first three albums by MArkusfeld and eventually will get fresh reviews up for them.

  

Contemporus (1979)

I find it somewhat amazing that you can still buy high quality sealed prog albums from the 70s for under $10 (part 1). This is Markusfeld's 5th album. Concerning the predecessor I wrote: "On Platock, Markusfeld turns mostly to the acoustic guitar, with bursts of electric throughout - as well as a few wordless voices. This isn't so much a prog rock album, nor jazz fusion, but rather a cyclical piece that draws from both genres. Similar in that way to Mike Oldfield, and perhaps more specifically Michel Moulinie. Something like an Inventions for Acoustic Guitar, though far less cosmic. It's a unique album, one that doesn't grab your attention on paper, but becomes mesmerizing over the course of the album." All of that could be said here, perhaps even more academic. Almost an unclassifiable record, but one that satisfies on multiple listens. 

Ownership: 1979 Visa / Egg (LP)

3/3/22 (review)

Platock (1978)

Perhaps the most unheralded of all French progressive rock artists of the 1970s, Alain Markusfeld had no less than six albums throughout the 70s and early 80s, and none have seen a CD or LP reissue. On top of this, his original LP's on Egg, starting with Le Desert Noir, suffer the ignominy of being super cheap. That is to say, there is far more supply than demand. How can that be after all these years? I have no idea really, as Platock is yet another victim of the malaise surrounding the artist. On Platock, Markusfeld turns mostly to the acoustic guitar, with bursts of electric throughout - as well as a few wordless voices. This isn't so much a prog rock album, nor jazz fusion, but rather a cyclical piece that draws from both genres. Similar in that way to Mike Oldfield, and perhaps more specifically Michel Moulinie. Something like an Inventions for Acoustic Guitar, though far less cosmic. It's a unique album, one that doesn't grab your attention on paper, but becomes mesmerizing over the course of the album.

Ownership: 1978 Egg (LP)

7/11/18 (review)

No reissues exist for any Markusfeld album as of 3/18/25.

7/11/18 (new entry)