Adonia

Recorded in June 1978 during a sweltering Paris summer, Ose’s “Adonia” captures a rare alignment of intellect, imagination and emerging technology.

At just 26, Hervé Picart was living three parallel lives: scholar of rhetoric and ancient languages, journalist for the French music press, and guitarist in progressive garage bands. Drawn increasingly away from British prog toward keyboards and synthesizers, he began envisioning a more spatial music situated somewhere between Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk. That triangulation would define “Adonia”. Ose itself was conceived as a variable-geometry project devoted to concept albums, with narrative and composition as guiding forces. Picart imagined a platform that could accommodate shifting collaborators and literary or interplanetary themes.

Original pressing! Sleeve has significant wear, vinyl has some scratches but plays good.