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Lard Free was a bit the project of Gilbert Hartman much the same way that Heldon 
was Richard Pinhas's project. Both groups hold many common points namely highly 
experimental but yet accessible music that can be likened to Krautrock, a good 
understanding of minimalist music such as Terry Riley, constant personnel changes and 
the same musical influences namely Can, Eno and Robert Fripp. Both Pinhas and Hartman 
collaborated on each other's albums.
Lard Free's eponymous debut album is full of great spacey rock with searing guitars, 
superb drumming and great sax and bass playing. The follow-up I'm Around About 
Midnight veered more towards electronics spacey layers sounding even more like they 
would come from the other the Rhine River. The last album called III but also known as 
Spirale Malax is yet even more Krautrock sounding and can be likened to some of the 
best Tangerine Dream albums of that era. Recently Spalax Records released a fourth 
album called Unnamed that was recorded well prior to the debut album around 71 & 72. 
It shows the band in yet another totally different mood this time close to RIO. Some real 
explicit moments and the music slaps you musically around a few times before you 
understand what is happening to you. Although all albums are different from each other, 
all are warmly recommended if you are into some adventurous mood for discovering 
experimental prog.
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1973 - Lard Free
1975 - I'm Around About Midnight
1977 - Lard Free III
2008 - Unnamed (Live 1971-72)

All albums are from the japanese remastered box of 2008.