Excellent band from Germany who has 5 great albums in his discography.
Their music can be described like an hybrid between CAMEL and NOVALIS.
Music is very rich, with melodic guitar, flutes and a romantic touch in
their lyrics.
ROUSSEAU were formed in 1977 by Ali Pfeffer, Georg
Hutchmacher, Peter Stutz, Ulla Boos and Cristoph Huster. First album
"Flower in Asphalt" was released in 1980 (after the change of two
members in the original line-up), with a notable success in Germany.
Three years later, the second album "Retreat" was issued, but not with
the same success than the previous, because in those years in Germany
new musical waves stole attention of prog rock. In 1987, ROUSSEAU
released their last album from the 80´s, "Square The Circle", with
line-up´s changes again and good reviews, but not with a great success.
After
this, members of ROUSSEAU start to write songs for some side projects
and this was the "dead" of ROUSSEAU... but in 2002, 16 years after their
last studio album, ROUSSEAU joined again and issued another album - a
very good album with a sound more classical than the previous and with
some very good instrumental passages. This album was called "At The
Cinema", and was published by French label "MUSEA", who also re-released
their back catalogue.
- Rainer Hofmann - piano, mellotron, synthesizers, Hammond organ
- Jörg Schwarz - electric & acoustic guitars
- Christoph Huster - flute, percussion, guitar
- Georg Huthmacher - bass pedals, Fender bass, piano
- Ali Pfeffer - drums, percussion
All tracks written, arranged and produced by Rousseau.
01. Skylight - 4:24
02. Glockenrock - 4:38
03. Flower In Asphalt - 4:25
04. Le grand rêveur - 5:11
05. Entrée - 5:14
06. Fool's Fantasy - 4:14
07. Dancing Leaves - 8:41
