Artist..........: Christian Decamps
Album...........: PsychΘdΘlice
Genre...........: Pop
Label...........: Musea Records
Catnr...........: FGBG4813
Source..........: CDDA
Rip.Date........: 16-05-2010
Street.Date.....: 15-01-2009
Quality.........: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url.............: http://www.amazon.fr/Psych%C3%A9d%C3%A9lice-Christian-DECAMPS/dp/B001MK00WK/
Size............: 71.00MB
Song.Title :
01. PsychΘdΘlice 1 (Aux Aurores) 6:48
02. Petit DΘjeuner Compris 5:03
03. PsychΘdΘlice 2 (Rencontres) 6:49
04. Amplitudes (Sieste / Energies) 9:00
05. Spleen attitude 3:36
06. Fanfarfelue 2:56
07. Fantasmes 3:01
08. Posologie De L'amour 5:28
09. PsychΘdΘlice 3 (Voyage Astral) 6:09
10. A L'unisson 1:25
Runtime: 50:15 min
Release.Info :
Christian DECAMPS is a highly familiar figure in the world of progressive rock,
first and foremost in his home country of France, due to being the front man of
Ange ever since that outfit started their career in 1969. And although he's had
a few solo ventures outside of this group, first of all with the band Fils,
"Psychedelice" is one of the rare true solo productions by Decamps and is one of
the few occasions where his name stands alone as the performing artist and where
he is the main performer as well as composer. Indeed, for this excursion he's
chosen to handle all instrumental duties himself.
Although his musical roots are shown clearly throughout this venture,
"Psychedelice" is a creation where Christian heads out into quite different
musical territories than on earlier efforts. Aspects of his previous solo
outings with Fils as well as elements that will sound familiar to fans of Ange
are very much present, but in a different musical setting. The most surprising
aspect will possibly be that the compositions for the most part are
instrumental. Of the ten tracks only one contains any vocals, Posologie De
l'Amour. The stylistic expression of choice for this piece is one with a new age
tinged foundation. Floating layers of synths and keyboards are essential
elements in everything here, and light fluctuating melodic themes are a very
important part of the sonic tapestries woven. But while the individual tracks
may start off in a fashion reminiscent of artists like Gandalf or Vangelis, they
soon evolve into quite different areas in their overall stylistic expressions.
Darker, ominous-sounding or brooding tinges are inserted into the background of
the mix, while additional symphonic layers are added to the main melody lines of
most of these excursions. Atmospheric guitar soloing or gentler acoustic guitar
patterns are additional flavors woven in, and in a select few cases the synths
provide emulated trumpet and flute passages to the soundscape as well. The end
results are richly textured and often grand-sounding creations, majestic in
scope with nerve, tension and a great deal of theatrical flair. There are enough
contrasts present to maintain an interest in the proceedings, and more often
than not the complex sound and melody lines give the listener many details to
keep track of too, and while somewhat predictable at times, there are enough
subtle variations added to keep the various segments and themes intriguing. The
main weakness with this disc in general is that it is somewhat synthetic
sounding; keyboards and synths can never replace other instruments
wholeheartedly. In this case this is a minor point, but one noticeable and thus
worth mentioning.
"Psychedelice" is a creation that will cater to the needs of those who relish
symphonic music in general and the keyboard dominated variety in particular.
With new age colors rather than rock as the musical foundation it is a creation
that undoubtedly will have a stronger appeal for followers of acts like Vangelis
and Gandalf, but the richly detailed compositions should also appeal to a wider
crowd - in particular those fond of instrumental symphonic manoeuverings
containing a fair deal of melodramatic and theatrical flair.
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