<<RINÔÇÉRÔSE>> - Music Kills Me

04'02

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<<RINÔÇÉRÔSE>>
Music Kills Me
(VVR1017372) V2 Music Ltd 2002
12 Tracks. 61mins07secs.
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<<Rinôçérôse>> caused a stir in the music industry when they released their first album, Installation Sonore, a couple of years ago. Emaning from Montpelier, in the south of France, their disco house sound based on guitars and electronic wizardry has never been embraced by the very Parisian ‘French Touch’. In fact, they have pretty much gained recognition on their music rather than because of any involvement to any scene. Formed by two psychologists, Jean-Philippe Freu and Patou Carrié, the <<Rinôçérôse>> project originally intended to produce house music entirely based on a traditional rock set up made up of guitars/bass/percussions. It however quickly became clear that a touch of technology was needed, and Johnny Palumbo became the third member of this unusual combo.
For these house hedonistic aristocrats, confronting their dance floor bonanza sound with the harsher realm of rock music has always been a mean to characterise their music. Their recent In Rock EP, which included the opening track of Music Kills Me, Le Rock Summer, was a condensed version of what this new album has to offer: incisive riffs, groovy bass lines and powerful beats. Le Rock Summer and Music Kills Me both set the standards for the most unusual journey into club music, with pulsating aggression and runaway beats. It’s Time To Go Now!, Resurrection D’Une Idole Pop and Brian Jones: Last Pictures denote a more laidback side of the <<Rinôçérôse>> sound, stuck between Daft Punk and St Germain, with their almost jazz influences, mainly translated through the omnipresent flute, which, if used elsewhere in the album, never has more impact than here, and soulful guitars. The trio clean up their attractive atmospheric ambiences on the slightly more melancholic Professeur Suicide and No, We Are Not Experienced!, reaching the realms of deep house in style with elegant seventies pianos and guitar gimmicks. The live <<Rinôçérôse>> sound is truly alive and palpable here. The last few tracks of Music Kills Me emphasise on the near chill-out incarnation of the band, with the bossa inspired Dead Can Dance and the acoustic Highway To Heaven.
The references made to legends of rock through song titles - Hendix (No, We Are Not Experienced!), Brian Jones (Brian Jones: Last Pictures), or Led Zeppelin and AC/DC in the conjoined Highway To Heaven – as well as some Motown touches here and there clearly demonstrate that, if the <<Rinôçérôse>> soundscapes have a modern feel, their roots are firmly set in the past, between rock and funk. The trio's music is reverent enough to dissipate any accusation of shameless pillage though, and proves to be more intrinsically modern, inspired and clever than most of their Parisian contemporaries.

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TRACK LISTING

01	Le Rock Summer Edit	07	Professeur Suicide
02	Music Kills Me	08	No, We Are Not Experienced!
03	It's Time To Go Now!	09	Brian Jones: Last Pictures
04	Lost Love	10	Obsèques D'Un Guitar Hero
05	Dead Flowers	11	Dead Can Dance
06	Resurrection D'Une Idole Pop	12	Highway To Heaven

DISCOGRAPHY GERLING

INSTALLATION SONORE V2 Music 1999 Buy it on line now	La Guitaristique House Organisation Radiocapte Sublimior Le Mobilier 323 Secondes De Musique Répétitive Avec Guitar Espagnole Mes Vacances A Rio Popular Mechanics I Love Ma Guitare <<Rock Classics>> Volume 1 Le Triangle
HEADCLEANER Infectious 2002 Buy it on line now	Le Rock Summer Edit Music Kills Me It's Time To Go Now! Lost Love Dead Flowers Resurrection D'Une Idole Pop Professeur Suicide No, We Are Not Experienced! Brian Jones: Last Pictures Obsèques D'Un Guitar Hero Dead Can Dance Highway To Heaven

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