Continuum - End of Line (1984 USA) On the Schmizz label. Heavy American fusion featuring John Redfield on keyboards and Robert Baglione on guitar. Nope, I don’t know anything about them either, but that’s the ONLY references I could find on this album. Baglione is primarily featured, though there’s some mean synth soloing as well. The jazz sequences featuring piano also light it up. Has some of the most insane guitar runs I’ve ever heard, and this is prior to the shredder movement! There’s much more meat on its bones than most 1980s era fusion albums. Not quite as angular as the Inserts “Out of the Box” for example, but that kind of aggressiveness. A very welcome development and a window to what the 1980s could’ve been. Never released on CD. Not related to the 90s US group Continuum.
Jean-Claude Gaupin - Anatheme (1984 France). Fairly typical early 1980s era light, sunny and breezy funk fusion. The great exception being the edgy guitar work from Xavier Piton, his one and only venture into recorded music (that I could find anyway). Other than that, it’s the usual sax, Caribbean drums and warm / funky bass that push these harmless cruise ship style instrumental tunes along. Never issued on CD.
Agharta - s/t (1981 Canada). Light and breezy instrumental fusion with piano and various woodwinds (sax, clarinet, flute) mixed up front. Lead by keyboardist Jacques Mignault, and released on his own label, with the help of other local Quebec jazz musicians including Michael Seguin. Very much a product of its day, with strong overtones of same era Weather Report and Spyro Gyra. Well done for the style. Another one without a CD issue.