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September 2007

Heavy schedule for Eclat ! To start ith, the band will play a concert at Maison de Quartier du Roucas de Vitrolles, on friday 14 september at 8:30 pm (Rue Roumanille, 13127 Vitrolles). Admission : 5 euros ! information : 33 442 75 18 42 and on www.vitrolles13.fr.
E-mail : mdqroucasvitrolles@yahoo.fr
Before that, two musicians from Eclat, Fred Schneider and Marco Fabri, will give master classes on bass guitar and drums, respectively, on September 11 and 12.

Eclat will then start a mini-tour in Japan, in october !

  • october 4 at Crocodile (Tokyo) with Rough & Ready.
  • october 6 at Anga (Chiba) with Baraka.
  • october 7 at Dress (Tokyo) with Fantasmagoria.
  • october at Star Pine's Café (Tokyo) with KBB.

Do not forget to visit Prog'Sud's website to look at nice pictures and read some reveiws of the latest edition to which, of course, Eclat participated.

April 2007

Eclat on MySpace !!
The band joined the club so meet them at :
www.myspace.com/eclatprogressiverock

Eclat will play once more during the Prog'Sud Festival, at Jas'Rod, Les Pennes-Mirabeau (near Marseille, France). The concert is on May 17 but the festival takes place from May 16 to 19. For this 8th edition, the invited bands are : Kotebel, Overhead, Oxygène 8, Opram, Rosco Il Est Content, Fantasmagoria, After Crying, Maldoror, Guillermo Cides, Rough&Ready, Quidam, Double face and... Eclat !
More info on the festival's website:
www.progsudfestival.fr
February 2007

Eclat on YouTube !!
Several vidéos ofEclat live in concert for yoru enjoyment:
www.youtube.com/profile?user=chiarazzo

October 2006

A busy autumn for Eclat ! Alain recalls : "First, there was the concert in Ville d'Avray, organized by the "Fantastiques Musiques" association, on September 23. Everything went well and we met Quidam, from Poland, and Sensitive To Light. Many thanks to Patrick gautier and his team !

Then, the band flew to Tokyo, Japan, for 2 concerts : the Poseidon Festival, at Rosa Live Inn (Oct. 7) and the gig with Baraka and Jakura, at Club 251 (Oct. 8). Two great evenings ! many thanks to Hiroshi Masuda, Tsuneko Arakawa, our friends from Baraka and everybody who was involved in these events ! A few pictures are availbale here.

July 2006

Here is the poster of the festival "La Nuit du Rock Progressif" to which Eclat will aprticipate, on September 23, at Théâtre du Colombier in Ville d'Avray (92), alongside Quidam (Poland) and Sensitive To Light (France). Information : www.fantastiques-musiques.com

Moreover, Eclat wil make a second trip to Japan, joining the bill of the Poseidon festival, on October 7, and playing with Baraka, on October 8. Both concerts will take place in Tokyo.

May 2006

Eclat will participate to the "Nuit du Rock Progressif" (Progressive Rock Night, on September 23, at Théâtre du Colombier de Ville d'Avray (92). Quidam and Sensitive to Light will play too. This event is organized by the association Fantastiques Musiques. More information by following this link: http://gauthier.patrice78.club.fr/index.htm

April 2006

A japanese version of this website is available if you follow this link:
www.musicterm.jp/poseidon/eclat/index.html
Many thanks to Tsuneko Arakawa and Hiroshi Masuda (Poseidon) !

February 2006

The rehearsals will start again at the end of February ! The objective is to prepare 3 new songs that will be added to the set-list of the forthcoming concerts at Prog'Sud. The new edition of the festival will take place from May 24 to May 27. The list of participating bands is available on the official website.

If all goes well, Eclat will fly to the United States next October !

July 2005

A new bass player for Eclat ! As Bruno dcided to call it quit after the Sarlat festival, his last concert should have been that at Prog'Sud Prog'Sud. However, unfortunately, Eclat could not play that night because the power was cut in the area.

Taking the comittement to play at the Gong festival, in Reggio Emilia (Italy) very seriously, the band contacted Fred Schneider, a virtuoso bass player and one of the few able to "digest" Eclat's material within 3 or 4 rehearsals !

Alain comment: "He accepted right away and the results has by far exceeded our expectations ! The music of Eclat has never sounded like that before !" To have a better idea of Fred's work, you may visit his website at fredschneider.net. Fred decided to continue the adventure with Eclat !

A few images of the Festival Gong are available on this page.

A mini-tour is planned for December, organized by Mylodon Records. Destination: Chile and Argentina !

May 2005

Alain Chiarazzo offers his memories from the Baja Prog 2005 festival in Mexicali (in french). He observes: "our popularity is intact. We even made new fans !!"

February 2005

For the third time, Eclat have been invited to participate to the Baja Prog in Mexicali (Mexico). This year, the festival will take place from March 30 to April 2. Caravan, Carl Palmer, Tryo, Banco, Taal, Ozric Tentacles and many more, will participate ! For more information, you can visit the official website: www.BajaProg.org

Eclat have been contacted by the Gong Festival, in Italy, in June, and are thinking about accepting the invitation for a tour in South America (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay) next November !

December 2004

Eclat have returned from their trip to Brazil. Alain wrote some of his impressions on the successful concerts the band gave during the two festivals Rio Art Rock and Macaé Prog Fest. A short review of Eclat's performance in Rio can also been found here, written in portuguese.

October 2004

Eclat are back for the Pro'résiste Convention that took place at Spirit of 66 in verviers (Belgium), on October 9 and 10. Alain gives us a brief account on the festival.

We also invite you to pay a visit to the brand new "Audio" section where you will find excerpts of Eclat songs to download in mp3 !

That is a real mini-tour which is being set up by Eclat in Brazil ! Three dates are now planned:
  • Rio Art Rock Festival, November 8
  • Macaé Prog Fest, November 10
  • Santa Maria Festiva, November 12 (to be confirmed)
September 2004

Eclat will play at the Convention Prog'Résiste that will take place on October 9 and 10 at the famous Spirit of 66, in Verviers (Belgium). On October 9: Mindgames (Belgium), Amanda (Belgium), Paatos (Sweden) and The Watch (Italy) - on October 10: Eclat (3:00 pm), Liquid Scarlet (Sweden), Ken's Novel (Belgium) and Consorzioacquapotabile (Italy). Information: http://users.skynet.be/pierre.romainville/pieromusic/convention.htm. There will be an important change in Eclat for this concert: Fabrice Di Mondo having decided to leave the band, Marco Fabbri, the drummer in Odessa (Italy), will replace him.

Other concerts and other travels are being planned but remain to be confirmed:

  • Rio Art Rock Festival in Brazil, in November.
  • Baja Prog 2005, in Mexicali, Mexico, in March 2005.
June 2004

The new edition of Prog'Sud took place at Pennes-Mirabeau (near Marseille) on May 20-22. It has been a success once again. Ashtar (Brazil), Adagio (France), Holy Graal (France), Akineton Retard (Chile), Odessa (Italy), Fragil (Peru), Cast (Mexico) and Nemo (France) were on the bill this year. You can browse a selection of pictures from the event on the official Prog'Sud website. Other pictures can be seen on: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jndc/Concerts/progsud2004/progsud2004.htm

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