FIGURES

Aksak Maboul

RIO/Avant-Prog

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This album is a goldmine of understated, ultra-arty Frenchness. Add Astrud Gilberto-like vocals to elaborately constructed songs, enigmatic electronic constructions, and a certain portion of pure progressive instrumental whimsy. Super-infectious - if Poulenc had a pop band, it might sound like this. Listen to it on a breezy day with the windows open in your apartment overlooking the C�te d'Azur. Highlights include "Spleen�tique," one of the more conventionally proggy tracks, "Retour chez" with some very dramatic harmonies and "Un Ca�d," contrasting light-hearted vocal verses with some startling instrumental breaks and an enigmatic ending. It's a double CD/LP and is refreshingly free of skippable dead space.

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