Members: François Breton, Claude Guilain, Roland Tuder

L'Assemblée was a short-lived French psych/pop-rock band from Paris founded in 1969. The trio's sole single, Le Chien / Blues En Do Banal 7" on Odeon, is considered one of the first French psychedelic rock artifacts and became a sought-after and pricey collectible. L'Assemblée displayed "acid" influences in their sound, most notably in Dudon/Guilain's guitar playing. The title track "Le Chien" stands out with all instruments playing in different time signatures. The single featured the sounds of "rhaita," or "ghaita" (غيطة) — a Morrocan double-reed instrument similar to the Turkish zurna. "Le Chien" was rediscovered and began appearing on reissue compilations in the mid-2000s.

The band initially spun off the Blues Bag, an electric blues group formed by Jacques Dudon circa 1968. He used several stage names at the time, including Claude Guilain and Ghislain. Originally named "The Soul Bag," Dudon's first group went through several name changes — first to "Ghislain Blues Bag," at the suggestion of their manager Jean-Claude Pognant, and finally to Blues Bag. The collective won the first prize at the French rock bands contest organized by Rock & Folk magazine in 1968. They had three drummers before Roland Tuder joined in '69.

L'Assemblée disbanded and ceased activities soon after releasing their seven-inch in 1970. Jacques Dudon has a distinguished and unique career, inventing and building original "photosonic" instruments and composing microtonal just intonation music. François Breton later joined a prominent Occitan singer Claude Martí on bass, appearing on his '75 L'An 01 LP. Breton was active as a singer, storyteller, and actor with several theatrical companies. He recorded an album of Georges Brassens covers and composed microtonal music.

Band Members
Jacques Dudon: guitar, vocals
François "Pépé" Breton: bass, rhaita
Roland "Daffy" Tuder: drums