Bernard Xolotl ~ France

Procession (1982)

Sometime in 2004 I wrote:

Very spacious, nice sequencer touches, copious use of violin adds a unique blend. A definite Schulze vibe, circa Dune maybe (minus Arthur Brown of course). Getting better with age.

---1/20/25

Known to his mother as Bernard Jean Louis Jacquet, by the time the CD came out, he even dropped his first name, and simply went by Xolotl. He's one of those deep thinker types, who wears white jackets, pink shirts, and white scarves. And describes himself as an "Holistic Artist". You get the idea. Essentially though, he screws around with electronics and was heavily influenced by the Berlin School masters.

The key to this album really is the other guy: "With Daniel Kobialka". Being a non-socialite rube, I had no idea who he was except the liner notes called him an international violin virtuoso from San Francisco. Well, good. But now that I'm out there digging for Classical music myself, his name turns up. Unfortunately not in the banking department, but my eyes always light up at his name, having been etched in my brain by this album. So there's a temptation to state this is what it would be like had Johanna Martzy* dropped in on a Klaus Schulze session.

The truth is, my scratch off notes at the top pretty much define the album succinctly and accurately. A great way to pass the time on a snowy afternoon.

*-Just showing off. Check what some of her original albums go for when you get a moment. I did find one out in the wilds a few years ago, and I'm keeping it.

Ownership: 1993 Erdenklang (CD). Liner and bio notes. Also features an 18:30 minute bonus track that is very much like the album proper.

Former ownership: 1983 Nada Pulse (LP). I didn't own this very long and switched to the CD early on. The bonus track makes it the easy keeper choice.

1992 (first listen); 2004 (notes); 2009; 1/20/25 (review)

1/20/25 (new entry)