Moving Gelatine Plates is a French

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band first formed in 1968 by Gérard Bertram (guitarist) and Didier Thibault (bassist and band leader), who met in 1966 as 14-year-old schoolmates.
– An interview with Didier Thibault (French) Being heavily influenced by jazz, the band is considered to be part of progressive rock's Canterbury scene despite its national origin. In particular, the band's sound has been compared to

Soft Machine Soft Machine are a British rock band from Canterbury formed in mid-1966 by Mike Ratledge (keyboards, 1966–1976), Robert Wyatt (drums, vocals, 1966–1971), Kevin Ayers (bass, guitar, vocals, 1966–1968) and Daevid Allen (guitar, 1966–196 ...

. According to Thibault, the band’s name derives from the novel '' Travels with Charley: In Search of America'' by John Steinbeck. Drummer Gérard Pons and multi-instrumentalist Maurice Hemlinger completed the line-up for the band’s first, self-titled album which was released by CBS in 1971. Moving Gelatine Plates under the same line-up released a second album with CBS in 1972 entitled ''The World of Genius Hans'', which like their first effort met with little commercial success. Owing to financial problems resulting from poor sales, after releasing this album the band was soon forced to break up.
– Biography on allmusic.com Thibault reformed the band with different members to release the album ''Moving'' in 1980 on the AMO label, shortly after which the band folded once more. The band reformed again to release a fourth album entitled ''Removing'' in 2006.
– Review of ''Removing'' on progressor.net

Discography

*''Moving Gelatine Plates'' (1971) *''The World of Genius Hans'' (1972) *''Moving'' (1980) *''Removing'' (2006)

Filmography

* 2015: '' Romantic Warriors III: Canterbury Tales'' (DVD)

References

External links

Discography on progarchives.com
{{Authority control French progressive rock groups Musical groups established in 1968