Bonjour,
Après la chronique Norvégienne, voici la dernière chronique venue d'Uzbékistan. Le webzine PROGRESSOR publie une chronique très inspirée de l'album (en anglais). Ils ont apprécié.... belle nouvelle !!!
Vous pouvez la découvrir et visiter leur site en vous rendant à cette adresse :http://www.progressor.net/review/fbony_2008.htmlSinon elle dit ceci :
Prolusion.
Fabrice BONY is a French drummer and composer, born in 1970. He first
developed an interest in drums at age 6, and later in life chose to
study the instrument, achieving a professional degree in the early
‘90s. He has played with a number of bands and artists since the early
‘90s and has also worked on composing music for television. "Between
Day" is his first solo album, and was issued in March 2008.
Analysis.
I have to say I'm somewhat impressed by the ambition of Fabrice Bony
with this production. To create an instrumental concept album opening
with a track called Birth isn't that uncommon, but after Thread of Life
as the second track we're treated to Trauma and Coma, and whatever
notions one might have had about this being a production exploring a
lifecycle stops right there. While opening with the start of a
lifecycle, it is the existence between life and death, the twilight
zone where one can venture back to life or straight to the exit that is
explored in the major parts of this album. An ambitious project for
sure; and although only someone who's had that particular life
experience can truly answer to whether or not it is successful in
creating relevant moods and atmospheres, the musical journey is a
fascinating one in any event. Bony has chosen to blend ambient passages
with art rock of the symphonic variety to portray the various parts of
the journey through this world between life and death, at times
liberally sparked with space-tinged atmospheres. Bony is adept at
producing fascinating compositions, or perhaps segments is a better
word, having them in a pretty nice manner by introducing different
elements and shifting with ease from one theme to the next, but most
times revisiting sounds or themes to give the individual segments a
strong identity. When moving on to the next segment, there's a strong
sense of continuity as well, as there's always a shift in atmosphere
and mood from one section to the next, yet always with a fitting and
natural way of binding these together. As might be surmised by now,
this album is one composition divided into 12 parts rather than 12
compositions making up a conceptual exploration. The synths are the
musical red thread on this venture, providing floating space-tinged
layers in the ambient passages and symphonic and quite often majestic
ones in the symphonic tinged ones. The piano makes appearances in both
sets of styles explored, adding some compelling nuances to atmospheres
that might have become too droning and cold without it. Acoustic
guitars are utilized just a tad more than electric ones in the
symphonic passages, and prove to be an effective contrast to the synth
layers. One of the parts of the album that needs to be mentioned in
particular is Infini Journey.
Not because it's that compelling in itself, but because it is markedly
different from the other parts of this creation. In this aptly named
part of the album repeated, slow droning and space-tinged sounds are
served up for more than 11 minutes. Basically it's the same theme with
slight alterations presented time and time again, with two major
variations and several slight changes as this segment moves forward. As
a stand-alone track it gets overly long, but it is an integral part of
the composition as a whole and testifies to one particular aspect of
this creation: It needs to be enjoyed as a whole to get the most out of
it.
Conclusion.
Fabrice Bony has produced a pretty interesting album with "Between
Day". First and foremost to be regarded as an epic composition to be
enjoyed as a whole, it is one that should intrigue those fond of music
blending ambient electronic passages with art rock of the symphonic
variety - or those that regard this as an interesting mix - in
particular those who like their music instrumental in nature and with a
fair deal of space-tinged textures added: a strong and promising debut
overall.
OMB=Olav M Bjornsen:
June 12, 2009
F.B.