Artist : Lazuli

Album : Le fantastique envol de Dieter Böhm

Release Date : 15-02-2020

Added : 03-04-2020

“This album is dedicated to all those who find the songs we throw into the sea…”: it is with this phrase that 'Dominique Leonetti' introduces the new album of the French of 'Lazuli' which, after 'Nos Ames Saoules' in 2016 and 'Season 8' in 2018, release a concept album 'The fantastic flight of Dieter Böhm' for their baby number 9 which consists of four acts.

First, at the musical level, we find the well-known French universe which is conducive to the blossoming of the texts of 'Dominique Leonetti', sometimes using a slow crescendo or sometimes alternating serenity and power : from the introduction, 'Sol' takes us into this rhythm so specific to the group in a slow procession which gradually takes off to relapse and regain strength on the final. Act I consists of the titles ‘Les Chansons sont des bouteilles à la mer’ and 'Mers lacrymales' in a rather melancholy atmosphere, then Act II starts with 'Dieter Böhm' which presents the hero of the story for slide very slowly towards 'Baume' which begins in a very refined way with a beautiful piano / voice duo and which offers us a refrain in which the voice of 'Dominique Leonetti' transforms to become airy and intense. Act III consists of 'Un visage lunaire' very typical of 'Lazuli' which takes us on an alternating intensity with a magnificent final guitar solo (we ask more !!), then Act IV takes relay for the instrumental 'L’envol', very evocative, which introduces 'L’homme Volant' which is the culmination of this story and which musically, offers us an energetic rhythm and a joyful melody translating the concretization of the project of 'Dieter Böhn'. And it is with 'In the hands of Dieter' that the story ends with a first atmospheric part which brings down all the energy of the previous title with simple but so strong words and a second instrumental part full of energy in which the Léode of 'Claude Leonetti' is unleashed and which falls down to finish on some magic guitar notes.

In summary, I found the bottle thrown into the sea by 'Lazuli', I opened it and I liked this simple story but so rich in emotion because 'The fantastic flight of Dieter Böhm' is quite simply a new highlight in the career of the French and it is absolutely necessary to listen to it as a whole to draw all the substantial marrow from it, listening title to title having no meaning...

Line Up / Musicians

Dominique Leonetti (Vocal, Guitar), Claude Leonetti (Léode), Gédéric Byar (Guitar), Vincent Barnavol (Drums, Percussions), Romain Thorel (Keybords)