LIBRA

psychedelic "super project" from Philippe Besombes, initially recorded for a little movie. Extremely eclectic and intelligent, this effort conciliate unique sources of sounds mixed to luminous analog synth /organ textures, occasionally punctuated by voices, and acoustic, electric instruments. Unusual instrumentation including a vast exploration electronic gadgets and "collages". "La plage" is weird as hell, a difficult but subliminal listening for "dark" electric guitar chords, "somnambulist", linear organ sounds and fantomatic- hysterical voices, totally "orgasmic" vibration. "Rugby" is sonic, freak n roll composition with hammering drums, interstellar noises and freakish bass lines, "mega cosmic" trip! "Theme Grave" delivers a "sinister", "plaintive" electronic funeral theme for glacial organic chords, spectral voices in the distance. "Ballade en velo" is a musical rupture, delivering a charming folk ensemble for brass instruments and acoustic guitars, a sunny melody is floating in the air. "Ceremonie" reveals an almost religious, incredibly awesome organ melodie accompanied by church like chorus coming from an other world, eternal! Despite the incredible personal atmospheres delivered in each composition I regret that there aren't any «epic» songs, playing with time and duration for a better progression in the musical movement. Anyway this remark is minor. A wonderful, "hyper-inventive" album with no equivalent elsewhere. At the top of the French prog electronic classics! Far better than Philippe Besombes side project called "hydravion".