Cuneiform: Present – A Great Inhumane Adventure / Dieses Wochenende für FIVE !
„No matter how great their record is, little could have prepared us for experiencing Belgium’s Present live. The churned out mind-numbingly complex and shifting songs that always seemed to be driving towards some sort of awesome denouement. If they ever come around again, see them even if you have to kill to do it.“ – Atlanta Press
In 1979, seeking a change of musicial direction towards a more rock-based sound, Roger left Univers Zero and formed Present.
In 1998, when Cuneiform released Present’s fifth album, Certitudes, the band came to the USA for the very first time and undertook a huge, full US tour, logging in 10,000 miles and 5 weeks of concerts.
Professionally recorded on 24 track at the final date of the tour, after 35 days of touring, the band were a tight, hard-rocking, road-tested machine and this is a very well recorded, stunning, loud and hot performance.
„Present’s dark vision is alive and well (so to speak) on this live disk, and the vision is perhaps even more congenial to the modern audience than it was at the time of its inception back in 1981…
In 1996, after a long hiatus, Present emerged from obscurity…[and]… two years later, after touring in the U.S. to support a new studio album, Certitudes, they played before a live audience at a small studio in Baltimore, MD, and made the dynamic live recording they weren’t able to make two years earlier…touring had obviously honed the band’s sound to a keen edge….The result is music that is still uniquely Present, communicating a sound and vision that hold up nicely more than 20 years after the band’s inception.“ – AllMusic
Pierre Chevalier – Roland piano, keyboards
Dave Kerman – drums, percussion
Jean-Pierre Mendes – bass
Reginald Trigaux – guitar, vocals
Roger Trigaux – guitars, vocals, keyboards
with
Keith Macksoud – bass solo on Promenade au Fond d’un Canal
Recorded to 24 track digital by Craig B. Hopwood at Orion Sound Studios, Baltimore, MD on June 6th, 1998.
Mixed at Orion by Mike Potter and Dave Kerman with Steven Feigenbaum on September 15th – 17th, 2004.
Mastering by Brad Blackwood at Euphonic Music.
Photography by Jeff Kushner.
Artwork and design by Bill Ellsworth.
Release coordination by Steven Feigenbaum
Present is a Belgian band formed and led by guitarist/composer Roger Trigaux. In 1974, Trigaux and drummer Daniel Denis co-founded Univers Zero. Trigaux performed with Univers Zero for five years, performing on their first two album and touring throughout Europe.
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