Delired Cameleon Family - 'Musique Du Film "Visa De Censure N°X" De Pierre Clementi. 1975 France

After some 20+ years since my last listen, my opinion of this album remains unchanged. Not likely to ever go up or down at this stage. My Gnosis review below is where I still stand (slightly revised):

Around the same time of Forever Blowing Bubbles, another Cyrille Verdeaux project began. Delired Cameleon Family is basically Clearlight in disguise composing music for an obscure film called Visa de Censure Numero X. Essentially this film is a one hour dialogue-less music video. The musicians on this effort are a combination of those found on the first two Clearlight LP's and the music is an amalgam of both. The opener 'Raganesh' is an Indian percussion driven piece similar to the last moments of '1st Movement' from their debut. Meanwhile 'La Fin du Debut' recalls the female vocal-lead tracks found on Forever Blowing Bubbles. Overall the album is much more tripped out and loosely improvised than the Clearlight albums proper. In fact, I could see Delired Cameleon Family fitting comfortably on the German Kosmische Kouriers label. Throughout the album, Verdeaux's familiar nervous staccato piano remains as his signature sound.

Ownership: LP: 1975 EMI. Single sleeve. Acquired at VVV in Dallas in early 1988.

1988; 4/21/01 (Gnosis); 1/29/23 (new entry)