{"id":17361,"date":"2017-12-14T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/?p=17361"},"modified":"2017-11-26T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T17:38:00","slug":"alexandre-varlet-soulage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/alexandre-varlet-soulage\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandre Varlet &#8211; Soulage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">2007 \u2013\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">\u00a010 titres \u2013\u00a0<b>38&rsquo;42<\/b><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><em><strong>Label :\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/7ciel.net\/artistes\/alexandre_varlet\" target=\"_blank\">Les disques du\u00a07e ciel<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><em>Style\u00a0:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Folk-Rock noir<em><i><\/i><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0France,\u00a0\u00a0Bretagne, Saint-Malo (35)<br \/>\n<em><strong>Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0janvier 2018<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Notre avis : [star rating=\u00a0\u00bb4&Prime; max=\u00a0\u00bb5&Prime;]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><b>10 ans qu&rsquo;on avait pas eu l&rsquo;occasion de vous parler d&rsquo;Alexandre Varlet (<a href=\"http:\/\/Mon 6e album s'intitule Soulage. Je l'ai enregistr\u00e9 chez moi, dans la Vall\u00e9e de la Rance, pr\u00e8s de St Malo. &quot;Soulage&quot;, en plus d'une r\u00e9f\u00e9rence au peintre Pierre Soulages - ses aplats de noir qui tendent la main, qui engouffrent, qui bercent, qui calment, qui bordent - c\u2019est un mouvement que j\u2019ai r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 mener jusqu\u2019\u00e0 son terme - je n'\u00e9tais pas certain d\u2019en arriver \u00e0 bout. Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, j\u2019ai travaill\u00e9 \u00e0 la maison, dans mon propre studio. \u00c7a a commenc\u00e9 par pas mal de bavardages, d\u2019\u00e9quilibre pour le moins fragile, tant et si bien que j\u2019ai fini par effacer quelques cinq mois de sessions. Pour tout reprendre d\u2019une traite. Je n\u2019ai pas vu la Vierge Marie, mais j\u2019ai suivi ma respiration, mon \u00e9lan, j\u2019avais recouvr\u00e9 la lumi\u00e8re \u00e0 laquelle je tiens de plus en plus dans mon travail. Convaincu ainsi que je ne parlais plus qu\u2019\u00e0 moi-m\u00eame mais que d\u00e9j\u00e0 je partageais ma musique. Avec vous. Bien que la sortie de Soulage soit soutenue par Les Disques du 7\u00e8me Ciel, label sur lequel j'ai sorti mon disque pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, votre contribution permettra de finaliser les frais de production et peaufiner les d\u00e9tails de ce nouvel album. Merci pour votre participation.\" target=\"_blank\">Ciel de F\u00eate<\/a> &#8211; 2007). Pas que l&rsquo;artiste se soit mis en hibernation\u00a0prolong\u00e9e, puisque \u00ab\u00a0Soleil Noir\u00a0\u00bb (Shayo Records) et \u00ab\u00a0Alexandre Varlet\u00a0\u00bb (Les Disques du 7\u00e8me Ciel) sont sortis respectivement en 2010 et 2013. Mais bon, voil\u00e0, difficile d&rsquo;aborder de fa\u00e7on exhaustive une production musicale aussi large.\u00a0S\u00e9ance de rattrapage donc&#8230;<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8230; En pr\u00e9sentant ce 6e album du chanteur qui a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de venir respirer le bon air de notre r\u00e9gion pour l&rsquo;enregistrer. C&rsquo;est dans un petit village de bord de Rance, \u00e0 quelques coups de rames de la cit\u00e9 corsaire, que le Rochelais a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 ses valises et ses guitares, pour s\u2019impr\u00e9gner de l&rsquo;atmosph\u00e8re singuli\u00e8re des lieux et donner une suite \u00e0 sa Folk noire initi\u00e9e avec son album <em><strong>Soleil noir<\/strong><\/em>. Pour cela, il s&rsquo;est install\u00e9 un petit Homestudio \u00e0 demeure.<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A l&rsquo;instar de <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Gris-chien<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, autre artiste-artisan r\u00e9sidant sous les remparts, qui cite volontiers\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Pierre Soulages<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0comme une source principale d&rsquo;inspiration, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Alexandre Varlet<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> donne son nom &#8211; \u00e0 une lettre pr\u00e8s &#8211; \u00e0 son nouvel album, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Soulage<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, comme s&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agissait d&rsquo;un adjectif, d&rsquo;un synonyme du noir et de l\u00a0\u00bboutrenoir\u00a0\u00bb,\u00a0en jouant peut-\u00eatre aussi sur l\u2019ambigu\u00eft\u00e9 du verbe.\u00a0 De ce noir \u00e0 multiples facettes et tout autant de reflets diff\u00e9rents, Varlet propose dix nouvelles variations qui inqui\u00e8tent ou rassurent. La premi\u00e8re d&rsquo;entre elles,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Au coeur des t\u00e9n\u00e9bres<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, introduit l&rsquo;album comme la lumi\u00e8re famili\u00e8re et rassurante d&rsquo;un phare au milieu de la nuit. La guitare, acoustique et r\u00e9p\u00e9titive, domine la m\u00e9lodie, pendant que la voix d&rsquo;Alexandre, en clair-obscur, vient orner de sa lumi\u00e8re, le d\u00e9cor morne, presque sinistre de la vie que ses mots nous content. Le d\u00e9cor, c&rsquo;est bien le mot-cl\u00e9, dans ces nouvelles chansons, entre sc\u00e9nario\u00a0et score d&rsquo;un film imaginaire (<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Dans quel film je suis,\u00a0Hippocampe,\u00a0Nightclubbing<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gkh4zcCTLao\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">La musique de <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Soulage<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> peut aussi \u00eatre assist\u00e9e d&rsquo;une batterie \u00e9lectronique (<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Je suis pas une lumi\u00e8re<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">) et passer ainsi du\u00a0noir profond \u00e0 une lueur chatoyante, et pas d\u00e9pourvue d&rsquo;une forme d&rsquo;humour, qui rappelle alors les univers \u00e0 perspectives\u00a0multiples d&rsquo;un\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Bashung<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, d&rsquo;un\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Miossec<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0ou d&rsquo;un\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Gainsbourg<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0(<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Mes limites<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">). Ou m\u00eame encore\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Murat<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, dont on retrouve un peu du\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Manteau de pluie<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, un peu partout, dans les diff\u00e9rents chapitres de <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>Soulage<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Toujours sous-estim\u00e9 <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Alexandre Varlet<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 ? Il est \u00e9vident que sa musique n&rsquo;a toujours rien de facile et accessible au premier abord. Pourtant, \u00e0 l&rsquo;instar d&rsquo;un\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Silvain Vanot<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0ou d&rsquo;un\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Rodolphe Burger<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">, Alexandre Varlet pousse l&rsquo;auditeur \u00e0 l&rsquo;effort constant pour entrer dans son univers unique, \u00e9trange mais toujours extraordinaire. Pers\u00e9v\u00e9rez, l&rsquo;effort\u00a0sera\u00a0vite r\u00e9compens\u00e9. Car\u00a0nul doute que\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Soulage<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0saura trouver une place dans le c\u0153ur et la discoth\u00e8que de ceux qui id\u00e9alisent encore, vingt apr\u00e8s,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Na\u00eff Comme Le Couteau<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexandrevarlet.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alexandre.varlet.96\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\/ <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/7ciel.net\/artistes\/alexandre_varlet\" target=\"_blank\">Achetez l&rsquo;album<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Line-up :<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Alexandre Varlet :\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Guitare, chant<em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Tracklist :<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>1- Au coeur des t\u00e9n\u00e9bres<br \/>\n2- Dans quel film je suis<br \/>\n3- Grace \u00e0 ta volont\u00e9<br \/>\n4- Hippocampe<br \/>\n5- J&rsquo;ai pris<br \/>\n6- Je suis pas une lumi\u00e8re<br \/>\n7- Mes limites<br \/>\n8- Nightclubbing<br \/>\n9- Que la nuit s&rsquo;\u00e9tire \u00e0 jamais<br \/>\n10- Tu es le champion du plongeon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rresNJIkkI\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-17361\" data-postid=\"17361\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-17361 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2007 \u2013\u00a0\u00a010 titres \u2013\u00a038&rsquo;42 Label :\u00a0 Les disques du\u00a07e ciel Style\u00a0:\u00a0Folk-Rock noir\u00a0 Origine\u00a0:\u00a0France,\u00a0\u00a0Bretagne, Saint-Malo (35) Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :\u00a0\u00a0janvier 2018 Notre avis : [star rating=\u00a0\u00bb4&Prime; max=\u00a0\u00bb5&Prime;] Par Mike S. 10 ans qu&rsquo;on avait pas eu l&rsquo;occasion de vous parler d&rsquo;Alexandre Varlet (Ciel de F\u00eate &#8211; 2007). 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