Jelly Fiche
Montréal, Quebec, Canada | INDIE
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"8 / 10 Les textes sont travaille´s et seule une e´coute attentive permettra d’en appre´cier la profondeur. Ils sont mis en valeur par la voix de SYD, sans faille, claire et puissante."
"8/10 The lyrics are well wrote and you will be able to appreciate how deep they are only with an attentive listening. They are well carried by the perfect voice of Syd, clear and powerful." - Music Waves, France, December 2011
"10/10... the band shines with "Dans la peau d'un autre"... one of the best album of 2008!" - Cesar Lanzarini, Prog Brasil, Brasil, September 2008
"10/10... One of the best album this year!" - Rock Symphony, Spain, 2008
“ * * * *... Jellyfiche is to describe in one word virtually impossible. The music presents itself as diverse, rhythm based, spherical and bombast that never get bored. Depending on the emotion, the music can also mean addiction... Great band!” - Daniel Eggenberger, proggies.ch, Germany, February 2009
" * * * * 1/2... one of the genre best album of 2008!" - Michael Popke, Sea of Tranquility, Canada, October 2008
"...given the quality of the music and performances on Symbiose, it is an album that should appeal to a wide variety of Prog music lovers. Check Jelly Fiche out for sure." - Marc Review, Prog Gnossis, USA, December 2011
"...Jelly Fiche have the ability to create a world of very personal and unique characteristics which distinguish them from the masses by making them become a pearl in solitary prog scene."
"Listening to 'Symbiose' gives rare details and emotions that will satisfy even the most demanding listeners and make this disc a must buy." - Paul Brill, Hardsounds, Italy, December 2011
"This is the most exciting new band to come out of Que´bec since the golden age or the 1970's...C'est magnifique!" - Canadian Progressive Cds, Kinesis, USA
“...the great tradition of classic progressive rock from the French-speaking Canada continues to sound, but always fresh and modern. Beautiful music!” - JochenFreybeef, Baby Blue Prog Reviews, Germany, january 2012
“...they’ve created a modern symphonic prog masterpiece that hits all the
right notes... once again, J e l l y F i c h e gets my highest recommendation.” - Jerry Lucky Review, USA, January 2012
Discography
Symbiose (LP), 2011 - Unicorn Digital Records, Outside Music Distribution
Tout ce que j'ai reve (LP), 2008 - Unicorn Digital Records, Outside Music Distribution
A lot of tracks are playing on the radio worldwide.
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Bio
The music of Jelly Fiche, imprinted with poetry, mystery and revery, shines forth as much on their albums as on stage and charms European and North American progressive rock fans.
A short history...
It was in September 2005 that Syd (vocals), a rock and poetry enthusiast, Eric Plante (saxophone and keyboard), fond of jazz and mood music, and Jean-François Arsenault (guitar), a fan of progressive rock, brought together their love for music and formed Jelly Fiche. Their first album, Tout ce que j'ai rêvé, was launched at the Lion d'Or in Montreal in front of a packed house. It was ranked among the ten best progressive rock albums by interna-tional acclaim and was nominated in the "Best Debut Album" category at the Progawards 2008 in Italy. The single Dans la peau d'un autre was broadcast on all the radio stations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation throughout Quebec, on the airwaves of CKOI 96.9 FM, on the Sirius satellite radio network, as well as on regional radio stations.
In June 2008, Jelly Fiche appeared as the opening act for the Scottish artist Fish (Marillion), produced by Groupe Spectacles Gillett at the National in Montreal.
When Eric left the group in 2010 to join the Cirque du Soleil, Jean-François and Syd decided to completely produce and compose their second album Symbiose. Three accompanists then joined Jelly Fiche: Sylvain Auclair on bass, Thomas Brodeur on drums and Sebastien Cloutier on keyboard. All the members of Jelly Fiche are career musicians and are active on the local and international scene.
In 2011, back from a triumphant month long tour in France, the group launched Symbiose. This album brought them to the best known progressive rock festival in Europe, Crescendo, where they performed in front of 3000 spectators. The rave reviews have multiplied since their second album. In May 2012, Jelly Fiche is invited to perform at the Prog Sud Festival in Marseille. A review of the band has been publish in the Quebec Magazine "Paroles et Musique" (SOCAN) edition winter 2011.
In 2012, the German magazines Just for Kicks and Eclipse write a review of the band an release 35 000 copies on their compilation album of the song "Le marchand d’hommes". The same song appears also in 6000 copies on the compilation album of the magazines Rock Society (Germainy), IO Pages (Holland), Prog Resiste (Belgium), Colosus (Finland), Acid Dragon (France), Fireworks (Germany).
Jelly Fiche is recorded and distributed internationally by Unicorn Digital and distributed in Quebec by Outside Music.
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