Outre l'aspect étonnament "soumis" du titre de l'album, Obey The Time marque une nouvelle étape pour Vini et le batteur Bruce Mitchell. Une ouverture au son du moment, celui des discodromes, comme la célèbre Hacienda où le grattin musical anglais est venu se frotter à l'univers impitoyable des pistes de danse. Loin des participations, plutôt plus que moins oiseuses, aux productions récentes de Messires Morrissey (ex. The Smiths) ou Holly Johnson (ex. Frankie Goes To Hollywood) Vini Reilly nous gratifie d'un disque totalement instrumental d'une rare cohésion, un nec plus ultra d'Ambient Musak (avec un M majuscule), un petit chef d'oeuvre "techno-baroque". Le must dont vous rêviez pour votre discothèque ô combien sophistiquée ...
Durutti Column sera en concert, mercredi prochain, à l'espace européen, place Clichy à Paris.
I might as well admit it immediately, and without any detour, the reviewer here is an unconditional fan of the anorexic guitarist from Manchester since at least 10 albums; unconditional of this guitar with a sound so brilliant and refined that it should be forbidden; that's to say that the cronyism is going well. Durutti Column is a very particular entity in the rock microcosm, since Vini Reilly walks since his first LP, between a quasi-classical music and his last discovery, the samplers.
Besides the surprisingly "submissive" aspect of the album title, Obey The Time marks a new step for Vini and drummer Bruce Mitchell. An opening to the sound of the moment, that of the discodromes, like the famous Hacienda where the English musical scraping came to rub with the merciless universe of the dance floors. Far from the participations, rather more than less idle, to the recent productions of Messrs Morrissey (ex. The Smiths) or Holly Johnson (ex. Frankie Goes To Hollywood) Vini Reilly gratifies us with a totally instrumental record of a rare cohesion, a nec plus ultra of Ambient Musak (with a capital M), a little "techno-baroque" masterpiece. The must of which you dreamed for your sophisticated discotheque ...
Durutti Column will be in concert, next Wednesday, at the European space, place Clichy in Paris.
originally edited through a weekly chronicle in the daily french newspaper :: la presse de la manche
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