DE L'AUTRE CÔTÉ DU MONDE

Quebec has given us some amazing music over the years and this new band HUNE continues with that tradition. I have to thank Todd for the bringing this band to my attention before they were even added to this site.

"De L'Autre Cote Du Monde" is the over 24 minute title track. I remember getting excited the first time I heard this one.The atmosphere blows in and settles.This is right up my alley. Acoustic guitar joins in then piano before the percussion is added. A calm after 5 minutes with samples (I like the waves) then it kicks in suddenly before 8 minutes. It settles back some before 10 minutes. Prominant guitar before 12 minutes followed by lots of synths.The guitar is back, organ too. Then vocal for the first time before 16 1/2 minutes.That calm returns again late with samples. Great tune. "Citadelle" opens with sparse piano until it starts to pick up the pace. Vocals after 1 1/2 minutes.Great sound here. Vocals stop. I like the mellotron here and keyboards. Vocals are back after 5 minutes. It's fairly intense before 10 minutes. Some nice guitar a minute later. Excellent song !

"La Lettre Du Marque" features samples early followed by a nice heavy soundscape. The bass is chunky. Vocals before 2 minutes (so uplifting). I like how this sounds when the vocals stop too. They're back 4 minutes in. Aggressive guitar 7 minutes in. Mellotron before 9 minutes as it calms down. Three fantstic tracks in a row. "Le Revers De La Medaille" has this deep melodic rhythm to it. Synths around a minute.Vocals before 2 minutes. The synths are kind of spacey before 4 minutes and they are prominant to the end. "Mission En Mer" has this relaxing beat with synths that eventually start to lead the way. The beat gets heavier and vocals join in before 2 1/2 minutes. I like this. I'm reminded of FLOYD. The guitar is a nice touch 5 minutes in too.

A very strong debut that I hope will get some much deserved attention from Prog fans out there.