CD Details

L'ECHELLE DU DESIR

JACK DUPON
2008 , FRANCE , EAN CODE 3426300086914 - EURO 13.00

Label: MUSEA GAZUL

ALBUM REVIEW
In 2008 the band signs a contract with Musea and eventually a second, more professional work sees the light the same year on Musea's Zeuhl/Rio/Avant Prog specialized sub-label Gazul, entitled L’echelle du desir. The album is dominated by two very long compositions, La trilogie des mouches' and 'L'homme à la jambe qui boit, clocking totally at over 53 minutes (!!!), next to three more shorter cuts. The style of the band is really hard to describe, quite personal, but also very hard to follow. Guitar-dominated mostly instrumental music with over the top aggressive theatrical vocals here and there, characterized by dark grooves, divided into low- and up-tempo rhythms. Both the longer compositions are raw examples of guitar workouts with an evident KING CRIMSON-vibe, offering plenty of breaks, solos, dual interplays and jams, always under a very dark-sounding mood. Bass lines are really heavy along with some powerful and pounding drumming. The shorter cuts do not at all.However the lack of some extra instrumentation along with the similarity of the compositions make this CD quite monotonous along the way. And while the concept of blending these guitar performances with some excessive vocal parts seems decent and far from cliche, the album is too long and repetitive for its own sake. (apps79 - Rate Your Music)