Nobody is more loyal to Marka than Marka. If there's one artist who doesn't lie about the goods, it's Marka. In 1991, when he released his first solo album, the title - JE VOUS DIT TOUT - had to be taken literally. Thirty-three years on, like a contract made with himself, he continues to tell us everything, with an aplomb, a style and a voice that perfectly conceal his doubts and anxieties.So it's about him again on this album, ‘a mirror in which everyone can see me' - as France Gall used to say, evoking, between the lines, the profession of singer in a business that defines the rules. Marka knows the rules, but he changes lanes when he crosses them, convinced for a long time that there is no greater fool than the one who follows the path laid out by the artistic director of a record company whose musical culture begins with ‘I Gotta Feeling' (with all due respect to that Black Eyed Peas hit). If you've lost track of Marka, or if he hasn't called you in a while, the best way to hear from him is to listen to his album. As you discover his eleven new songs (ten to be exact, the eleventh is a fake instrumental - I'll come back to that later), you realise that the man is starting to put away his old papers, rediscovering old memories and sorting out what was good and not so good in his life. ...
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Nobody is more loyal to Marka than Marka. If there's one artist who doesn't lie about the goods, it's Marka. In 1991, when he released his first solo album, the title - JE VOUS DIT TOUT - had to be taken literally. Thirty-three years on, like a contract made with himself, he continues to tell us everything, with an aplomb, a style and a voice that perfectly conceal his doubts and anxieties.So it's about him again on this album, ‘a mirror in which everyone can see me' - as France Gall used to say, evoking, between the lines, the profession of singer in a business that defines the rules. Marka knows the rules, but he changes lanes when he crosses them, convinced for a long time that there is no greater fool than the one who follows the path laid out by the artistic director of a record company whose musical culture begins with ‘I Gotta Feeling' (with all due respect to that Black Eyed Peas hit). If you've lost track of Marka, or if he hasn't called you in a while, the best way to hear from him is to listen to his album. As you discover his eleven new songs (ten to be exact, the eleventh is a fake instrumental - I'll come back to that later), you realise that the man is starting to put away his old papers, rediscovering old memories and sorting out what was good and not so good in his life.
Personne n'est plus fidèle à Marka que Marka. S'il y a bien un artiste qui ne ment pas sur la marchandise, c'est lui. En 1991, quand il fait paraître son premier album solo, il fallait prendre son titre - JE VOUS DIT TOUT - au pied de la lettre. Trente-trois ans plus loin, comme un contrat passé avec lui-même, nous dire tout, c'est ce qu'il continue de faire avec un aplomb, un style et une voix qui cachent à merveille ses doutes et ses angoisses.C'est donc encore de lui qu'il nous entretient sur ce disque, «miroir dans lequel chacun peut me voir» - comme disait France Gall en évoquant, entre les lignes, le métier de chanteuse dans un business qui en définit les règles. Ces règles, Marka les connaît, mais il change de trottoir quand il les croise, persuadé depuis longtemps qu'il n'est de plus grand fou que celui qui suit le chemin tracé par un directeur artistique d'une maison de disques dont la culture musicale commence à «I Gotta Feeling» (avec tout le respect qu'on a pour ce tube des Black Eyed Peas). Si vous avez perdu de vue Marka ou s'il ne vous a pas appelé depuis longtemps, la meilleure façon d'avoir de ses nouvelles, c'est d'écouter son disque. En découvrant ses onze nouvelles chansons (dix pour être exact, la onzième est un faux instrumental - j'y reviendrai), on comprend que l'homme commence à ranger ses vieux papiers, retrouve d'anciens souvenirs et fait le tri dans ce qui était bien et moins bien dans sa vie.
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