Present

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Present
General information
origin Belgium
Genre (s) AvantProg
founding 1979, 1993
resolution 1985
Website http://www.rocktime.org/present/
Founding members
Roger Trigaux
Current occupation
Keyboard
 Roger Trigaux
Guitar, vocals
 Réginald Trigaux
Piano , keyboard
 Pierre Chevalier
Keith Macksoud
Kurt Budé
Dave Kerman
violin
 Liesbeth Lambrecht
Sound
 Udi Koomran
former members
Drums
 Daniel Denis
Piano, keyboard
 Alain Rochette
bass
 Christian Genet
bass
 Ferdinand Philippot
singing
 Marie-Anne Polaris
bass
 Guy Segers
bass
 Jean-Pierre Mendes
Drums
 David Davister
cello
 Yuval sacristan
saxophone
 Fred Backer
Dominic Ntoumos
Meidad Zaharia
singing
 Storm Lafayette
Matthieu Safatly
Pierre Desassis

Present is a Belgian avant-garde rock group founded in 1979 by Roger Trigaux.

history

Roger Trigaux and Daniel Denis were founding members of Univers Zéro and worked on their first two albums. After Heresie (1979) Trigaux left Univers Zéro in order to realize his compositions with the new band Present. In addition to Daniel Denis, Univers-Zéro member Christian Genet also participated in the early recordings of Present. Present broke up in 1985 after Le poison qui rend fou and reorganized eight years later. The new line-up included Roger's son Réginald Trigaux (guitar), Univers Zéro member Guy Segers (bass), and drummer Dave Kerman from 5uu's, U-Totem, Motor Totemist Guild and Thinking Plague .

Since the mid-1990s, Present occasionally play at the FreakShow Würzburg. The CD LIVE! was recorded there in December 1995. In April 2007 Present played two evenings at the Rock-in-Opposition Festival in Le Garric , France (Cap Découverte / Maison de la Musique), giving a concert for two pianos and percussion in one evening . Ward de Vleeschhouwer, who temporarily played with Aranis , was invited as the second pianist ; the other present members played percussion. Réginald and one other member spoke to the music. The two pieces Souls for Sale and Vertiges appeared in 2009 as video clips on the CD / DVD Barbaro (ma non troppo) . In September 2009 Present played a concert in France together with Univers Zéro, which again took place as part of the Rock-In-Opposition Festival. It was the first time that both bands were on stage together as a large orchestra. The pieces came from the Univers Zéro album Heresie and the Present album Triskaidekaphobie, which were composed jointly by Roger Trigaux and Daniel Denis. In September 2011 the Belgian groups Present, Univers Zéro and Aranis merged to form a 17-piece band called Once Upon a Time in Belgium at the Rock-in-Opposition Festival.

Roger Trigaux is now marked by an illness that affects his motor skills to such an extent that he is dependent on a wheelchair. In the beginning he played less and less guitar, conducted from time to time and mainly played the keyboard. He and Réginald continue to compose pieces for the present. Since Kurt Budé became a permanent member, he and Roger have taken on a management position.

At the RIO Festival 2015 in Carmaux, Liesbeth Lambrecht from Aranis played with Present for the first time.

Discography

  • Triskaidecaphobia (1980)
  • Le poison qui rend fou (1985)
  • COD Performance (1993)
  • Live! (1996)
  • Certitudes (1998)
  • No 6 (1999)
  • High Infidelity (2001)
  • A Great Inhumane Adventure (2005)
  • Barbaro (ma non troppo) (2009)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Present at Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ a b Gerhards, Udo: Present in the guide: Rock in Opposition on the Baby Blue Pages , accessed on June 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Gerhards, Udo: Present: Certitudes: Review on the Babyblauen Seiten , accessed on June 27, 2011.
  4. ↑ Reviews of Barbaro (ma non troppo) on the baby blue pages