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Jimi Tenor - Organism

jimi tenor organism
Jimi Tenor - "Organism"
Label : Warp WARPCD60
Distributeur : Source
Date de sortie : 1999

Jimi Tenor, c'est loin d'être un ténor! On fait tout un pata-tiroir-caisse de ce petit gars qui se prend pour le Andy Warhol de l'électro mais "va bien falloir le remettre à sa place". C'est jamais bon de parler de quelqu'un même si on le descend; rien ne vaut l'ignorance pure et simple. Mais là, l'imposture est trop flagrante, trop énervante pour ne pas gueuler un bon coup. Voilà comment tout inconditionnel de Warp réagira à la découverte de cet album. Trop habitué à entendre souffler les machines, il ne retrouvera pas ses marques dans la l'électro Pop de Jimi Tenor. Trop obtus, il aura du mal à aborder cette débauche de genres: pop, disco house, soul façon Prince. Le kitsch et la dérision sont de mise. Jimi Tenor affiche une douce mégalomanie qui est plus proche des délires d'une pop star à la recherche de son identité que de la discrétion et des éponymes du monde de la musique électronique. Mais ne jugeons pas son image, ce serait trop lui faire plaisir, jugeons sa musique. Force est de constater que monsieur Tenor est plutôt doué: des arrangements de cuivres impeccables et des claviers/basses tout funkadéliques. Jimi Tenor en clouera plus d'un sur "Sleep"': soul d'une rare finesse. On sent un réel potentiel, une faculté à orchestrer des éléments disparates, mais les rythmiques sont trop sommaires, stagnantes à en crever.
Note peut mieux faire, à suivre : (Loüm)
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