I got to know the following band through the ingenious EP compilation De La Pure Came!! of Cameleon Records and I liked their song so much that I was happy to get hold of their album. Let me give you a little info from the makers: Affection Place is a group from Lyon created in late 1978 by Peter Petersen (guitar/vocals, ex-Negative), Xavier Galliot (guitar) Pierre Leca (bass) and Christian Bonnet (drums). Managed by Bernard Meyet, who later became the manager of Carte De Séjour, the group is an integral part of what is known as Lyon Capitale Du Rock. Between concerts in Lyon (Molière Hall with Marquis De Sade at the end of 1979 and Electric Callas in 1980) and tours in the region, the band opened for MAGAZINE by Howard Devoto in Lyon, Valence & Grenoble. In the aftermath the group played at the Transmusicales of Rennes in December 1980. Excerpt from the book Frenchy But Chic: "Four Lyon dandies, the last magnificent survivors of what was the capital of the new Frenchy wave. Guitar/synth, guitar, bass , drums; abstract paintings behind each musician; wrapped around each microphone a green plant from which a unique green spot emerges, aquarium atmosphere.
Affection Place sings in English and plays modern psychedelic rock, music of sharpness and a rare intelligence. Urban swing and marble riffs, the soundtrack of a Ballard novel that would have become reality. They made the first part of Cramps in Bobino in Paris on June 6, 1981 (with Modern Guy), where their set will last forty minutes without interruption, the concert of Cramps will turn madly; that of Lew Lewis in Annecy and A Certain Ratio @ the Entpe on May 12, 1981. They refused to go to Montreux, the group broke up in mid 1981 after having recorded a demo of three tracks @ the DB Studios in Rennes. Petersen will continue with Petersen Les Emotifs and Xavier Galliot founded Raison Pure. This great record was released in 300 copies with printed insert. An error slipped before printing of the insert "newspaper", it is indeed Lew Lewis and not Huey Lewis for the concert indicated in the article concerning Affection Place. (source: 45vinylvidivici) - I can only say: fantastic music!!!
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