Catherine Ribeiro + 2Bis - Catherine Ribeiro + 2Bis - Lumière Écarlate

Catherine Ribeiro + 2 bis is the only album by the eponymous group (which later became Alpes 1 ), released in 1969. 2 bis is simply the address of the premises located on Quai du Port in Nogent-sur-Marne where the album's demo was made and in front of which the group posed for the cover photograph. All the texts are written by Catherine Ribeiro and set to music by Patrice Moullet. "It's not only Ribeiro's vocal antics that stand out and demand the listener's attention. The otherworldly sounds of Patrice Moullet's homemade instruments are equally wild. While Ribeiro handles all lyrics and vocals throughout the band's existence, it was Moullet who wrote all the music and invented several instruments such as the percuphone, cosmophone and orgolia that give this music the most unique and unparalleled sound in the progressive music scene." (PA) "Lumière Écarlate" - first song on the A-side of the album. (Wiki, Discogs, Prog Archives)