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<font color="white" size="5"><b> <!--insertion:interprete-->Tokyo / Overtones <!--insert_ende:interprete--> </b><br> <font color="#0099ff" size="3"><b> <!--insertion:titre-->The Polar E.P. <!--insert_ende:titre--> </b><br> <font color="white" size="2">( <!--insertion:label-->Cosmosonic -  <!--insert_ende:label--> <!--insertion:annee-->2002 <!--insert_ende:annee--> )<p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor=white> <!-- begin table text --> <table cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0 border=0> <tr> <td> <font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial" color="black" size="-1"> <span class=text> <!--insertion:article-->Le saviez-vous ? Nos amis de <a href="http://www.cosmosonic.com" class=lien_externe target="_blank">Cosmosonic</a> ont galement un label qui porte le mme nom. Et bien maintenant que vous le savez, vous allez mme vous en souvenir Premire signature, premire rfrence, <b>Tokyo/Overtones</b> place en un battement de cil gracieux l'aventure de la structure caennaise sous les meilleurs auspices. D'entre de jeu ou presque - il avait dj un single autoproduit  son actif -, ce groupe qui nous vient du Havre semble mettre la Pop franaise (chante en anglais) en orbite et la faire scintiller sous des angles divers. Posts face  l'Angleterre,  distance raisonnable mais  porte de tir, les quatre qui composent l'effectif de la formation ont eu tout loisir d'assimiler les vibrations musicales de la perfide Albion et de ses (ind-)dpendances. Combien auraient alors croul sous des rfrences telles que <a href="/artistes/d/grands/divine_comedy/index.html" class=lien_interne target="_blank">Neil Hannon</a> ou Perry Blake, auxquelles la voix de Laurent Ambrogianni fait immdiatement penser ? Pire, combien nous aurait abreuv de ples resuces malhabiles en esprant compenser avec une morgue malvenue ? Rien de tout a, ce <i>Polar E.P.</i> est confondant de matrise et d'humilit, la force de l'intuition en plus. Et l'audace en constante ligne de mire,  l'image d'un premier titre o les mariages organique-electronica sont ports  un haut niveau (et pourtant, dans le genre, on est encore sous le coup des merveilles de <a href="/chroniques/artistes/n/notwist_the/neon_golden/index.html" class=lien_interne target="_blank">Notwist</a>).  <!--IMPERIAXNEWLINE--><p> <!--IMPERIAXNEWLINE-->Deuxime morceau. La matire premire change, les mains qui la travaillent affichent la mme habilet et c'est la petite merveille de Pop sale <i>Polar E.T.</i> qui droule ses trois minutes comme d'autres donneraient des coups dans le ventre, les poings serrs. Classieuse et mouvante sans tre trop manire, la ballade<i>Then</i>,  la surface de laquelle affleurent de magnifiques cordes et guitares acoustiques napes d'arpges lectriques, rvle alors une nouvelle profondeur, une autre sensibilit. Dans ses accrocs saturs et sa voix en lvitation, <i>Out</i> nous rappellera un <a href="/artistes/r/grands/radiohead/index.html" class=lien_interne target="_blank">Radiohead</a> premire formule : l encore, cousinage ne rime pas avec copinage et Tokyo/Overtones s'extrait haut la main de la gangue rfrentielle. Arriv  ce niveau d'coute, on ne peut que saluer le parfait quilibre dans lequel s'inscrit la musique du groupe, entre voix enchanteresse rsolument Pop (haut de gamme), beaux influx Rock et programmations parcimonieuses et cruciales. Aprs la courte comptine <i>The Musing Lad</i>, <i>Winter Ballads Between Naked Trees</i> donne le coup de grce et vient conforter toutes nos impressions prcdentes au sein d'atmosphres plus abstraites et extatiques montant doucement en puissance. L'entrelacs de voix final et les sonorit fuyantes d'orgue perdurent au-del de la dure du titre : en six morceaux qui nous laissent forcment sur notre faim, Tokyo/Overtones aura men une parfaite entreprise de sduction. Le stylo  la main, nous voil fbrilement disposs  inscrire sur notre calendrier la date de sortie d'un premier album. <!--insert_ende:article--> <img src="/img/punkt.gif" width=7 height=7 border=0 alt=""><p> <!--IMPERIAOPTION-FIELDSECRETrespublicagenre:Pop-Rock--> <!--insertion:SECRETarticlexml--><!----> <!--insert_ende:SECRETarticlexml--> <!--insertion:SECRETauteur--><!--Fabrice Priv--> <!--insert_ende:SECRETauteur--> &nbsp;&nbsp; <!--insertion:SECRETemail--><!--fabrice@99octane.com--> <!--insert_ende:SECRETemail--> <i> <a href="mailto:fabrice@99octane.com">Fabrice Priv</a> </i> <br> <!--IMPERIAOPTION-FIELDsource:own--> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- end table text --> </td> </tr> </table> <!-- End Chroniques --> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> <center> <hr size="2" width="100%" color="#003366" noshade> <font size="2" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" color="#003366"> | <a href="/breves/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>br&egrave;ves</a> |  <a href="/zoom/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>zoom</a> |<a href="/agenda/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>agenda</a> | <a href="/chroniques/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>chroniques</a> | <a href="/agora/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>agora</a> | <a href="/index2.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>home</a> | <a href="/ours/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers> propos</a> | <a href="/info/index.html" Target="_self" class=wortdivers>contacts</a> | <hr size="2" width="100%" color="#003366" noshade> <font size="2" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" color="#003366"><p class="wortdivers"> &copy; 	<a href="http://www.seitenbau.com" class="wortdivers">SEITENBAU</a> 1999-2001.<br> Tous droits rservs. Reproduction interdite sans autorisation des auteurs. </center> </td> </tr> </table>  <!--essentials-->  </BODY> </HTML> 
