Diskonoir live: the potential success of quintessence revisited in beautiful versions.

Sixth live output DED one year after (almost to the day) the great album "Songs of innocence". This limited edition includes 2 CDs with 22 tracks in total. 19 titles up lintégralité the concert at the Cité de la Musique in July 2014. 3 duets recorded at Pleybel room complete ALL OPERATING.

Oddly the concert of 19 titles was distributed as follows: 16 tracks are on the first CD and 3 other titles are on the 2nd CD with the 3 duets history of artificially inflating the CD time.

While standard editing on the same CD contains all 19 tracks. Marketing Funny !!!

Called limited editing is packed in a cardboard sleeve superb dual (vinyl type replica) or black and white photograph of Richard Dumas is sufficient in itself: no name of the artist or title. A simple purple sticker.
A nice effect that harmoniously comes rank with limited editing of the album Songs of innocence with reissues of previously released 5 studio albums.

It is rare to find as much coherence in LOEUVRE discography dun artist.

We come now to the audio content. I have been particularly impressed with this live. Here scrolls a galaxy of tubes spread over almost 30 years. No break in this disc. The songs senchaînent and lon likes to hum all the songs that are part of our French music heritage. The list is long (see tracklisting) is missing some (Weekend in Rome My ride to me, a man overboard etc.) but it would have taken a much more 2nd CD topped the 24 minutes that it offers.

Well it is not the first time quun artist offers a best of live.

But in Daho, we feel a sincerity in his artistic approach. This is one of the few French singers to nocculter any song in her repertoire. For proof, the first single from the album "Midnight Sun". This song was composed by Franck Darcel while still under Mythomane first album in 1981 (which we find a very nice demo version on the deluxe reissue released in 2012). This title will resurface in 1986 for the soundtrack of the movie Disorder recorded in the same vein as the album Pop Satori. Then replace the rare album Collection.

Midnight sun redo about him on the deluxe reissue of Pop satori (in 2006) since 2 versions were remixed and reworked by 2 holds employees.

The musicians accompanying Etienne are already accustomed. They infuse ALL OPERATING tracklisting of a rock edge. The songs are found reclaimed, while not distorting the original melodies.

We rediscover the songs that lon knows by heart: the big sleep, in yet another version (similar to that that he had made in 1989 for his first live: live ed). Hindu hours rid of its synthetic clothes, in a sober version (whose male choirs bring to a song crooner side).

The invitation was also revisited in an accelerated version with a side a little "punky".

The last album is also represented extracts 4 singles. The versions are quite close to the studio versions. Mention nevertheless for the song On the surface where lon seen DETIENNE flair, namely making the right artistic choices. This song written by Dominique A, is one of the most successful recent songs. Here the rhythm is really forward. Effective and pop. And the chorus holds the end of the song, show how this singer can sing just well (despite the criticism he could make the object in decades). His tone of voice, really allows us to "delight" in his texts. No need most of the time to delve into the books to understand the lyrics. This is crystal clear.

The radius of surprises for the fans, it should be noted Satori theme title, rarely played live. AND whose version energizes us a lot of rhythm. And the duet with Mathieu Lescop of the city, a title of the directory of the late Daniel Darc which Etienne had produced the title in 1988.
Surface also sang a duet with Dominique A on the bonus disc in a longer version and rearranged from that of the first disc.

Diskonoir This is a true jukebox.

Hard to recommend both the public and faithful admirer hold Quà simple curious that can precisely cut their teeth on a panorama of the hold directory.

Artist is finally talking about which few in the media but the directory and the final LOEUVRE Nont really nothing to envy to all fathers.

Continue expensive Etienne to offer us so many good songs. The more you advance in age and in your albums and you Upgrade, while never neglecting your past works.
It's beautiful ...