Simon, Emilie: Polaris
Simon, Emilie: Polaris
Format: CD
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Artist: Simon, Emilie
Label: Vegetal
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 3700187684303
Genre: Rock
CD digipack. ÉMILIE SIMON IS BACK WITH A BRAND NEW ALBUM IN 10 YEARS !"Nothing and no one can extinguish this flame within you," sings Emilie Simon from the opening title of Polaris, her first true album in ten years. An apparent long eclipse that the French singer, musician, and producer has nevertheless used to explore new territories, open uncharted paths, and reinvent her musical vocabulary and narrative threads. Like Ariane in a dreamlike world, she stretches these threads along her journey, inviting us to blindly follow. After composing music for the film "The Jesus Roll" with John Turturro, and a musical journey between Earth and Mars through a series of singles, in 2023, Emilie Simon chose to revisit her debut album, both in the studio and on stage, to definitively close a chapter begun twenty years earlier.She also published "Phoenix," a gothic tale with a "vampiric" theme, sung and spoken in alexandrines. The central character, Lily Mercier, is the same one found at the heart of the Polaris adventure. Clearly, Lily is a projection of Emilie, on a quest for the North Star that symbolizes the never-extinguished desire to find her way. The dazzlement too, when one is a musician always eager to ignite again for the infinite mysteries of sound and to translate it's shivers into songs. This album, sung in both French and English, succeeds in combining the clarity of melodies with the demands of production. It immediately captivates (the irresistible burn of the Sun) and enchants over repeated listens, like a lasting iridescence of a thousand sonic fragments.Recorded in New York (where Emilie lived for a long time), Los Angeles, Montreal, Rome, and Paris (where she returned to settle), Polaris has it's own cartography. It's universe is the standard scale, it's pulsation inspired by cosmic rhythms, and it's unique poetry both disturbs and captivates. A sign that nothing and no one can extinguish this flame within her.
Tracks:
1.1 Soleil
1.2 Forteresse
1.3 Secrecy
1.4 Mon Tigre Ailé
1.5 Tiger
1.6 Crystal
1.7 Eau Salée
1.8 Lily's Wish
1.9 Send Me Back
1.10 Desolation (Interlude)
1.11 North Star
1.12 My Compass
1.13 Celestial
1.14 Ton Visage
