01	Pas Encore						08:04
	02	Unique au Monde						08:40
	03	mise au Point						01:57
	04	Pour qui sont ces Rangers qui marchent sur nos tetes?						07:46
	05	L'etroit Huit						08:17
	06	Vision Intempestive						09:27
	07	Ecco						08:23
	08	Ragnarok						08:12
	09	Villiers						07:44
	10	Pzkr !						04:39

Musique Noise - "Fulmines Integralis"
(Musea Records 2002/1988, FGBG 4409.AR)


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From Aural Innovations #23 (April 2003)

Musique Noise are a French ensemble whose music is influenced in equal parts by Magma inspired Zheul, jazz fusion and progressive rock. Fulmines Integralis is a reissue of the bands 1988 release on Musea entitled Fulmines Regularis, plus 4 tracks recorded in 1992 for a never released second album.

Much of the bands music has a cool jazz sound, but also a more progressive edge that reminded me of Soft Machine, Gong, and perhaps even In The Wake Of Poseiden era King Crimson. However, the near operatic chanting vocals of Isabelle Bruston, Cornelia Schmid and Jean-Philippe Gallet inject a power and majesty into the music that reveals the bands Magma influences, and indeed there are several tracks that see the band traveling more overtly into Magma territory. The intensity level is high and the music exciting as Musique Noise keep the listener on seats edge with their continual shifts through multiple themes. The band alternates between fiery and calmer sections, though even the slower sections function as fervent buildups. "L'etroit Huit" is a standout track being a killer mixture of Magma and Gong, perhaps even some Nektar circa Recycled but with a heavier progressive rock keyboard presence. "Ragnarok" is an excellent piece of prog-fusion, and dig that electric piano! Overall, Musique Noise are a band that excel at fire, passion and well thought out complexity. Recommended to fans of all things Zheul who aren't looking for a mere clone of Magma.

Reviewed by Jerry Kranitz








Musique Noise - Fulmines Integralis

Released: 2002
Label: Musea
Cat. No.: FGBG 4409.AR
Total Time: 71:07


Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck, January 2003
I am not quite sure what to say or feel about this CD. Musique Noise is very original and Fulmines Integralis is one of the most different progressive albums I have ever heard. There are essentials of jazz, rock, classical, opera, and some very strange French gibberish going on, if you can think of it, they do it, anything and everything goes with this group. I have to warn all of you that like to experiment with certain drugs that cause you to hallucinate, do not listen to this while under that influence; you may find yourself in a very strange space when you come down. Hell, I do not even do drugs and I felt weird when this CD ended.

Besides all of the musical avante garde insanity that this band creates, there are many marvelous musical moments during the course of this recording, although I found it extremely difficult pulling it all apart to understand it and when it was over I felt agitated. The last song "Pzkr!" just pushed me over the edge. Honestly, there is some good music and this group has some very talented musicians in it, however I do not think that I will ever listen to this again, it was too bizarre for me. I loathe opera; if that ingredient was not present, I would be fine. That one aspect really irritated me.

Musique Noise, whose style Keith details above would fall into the Zuehl category (a la Magma), originally released this as Fulmines Regularis in 1988, and when they added 4 then previously unreleased tracks composed in 1992 for a second, never-to-materialize, album, added them to this album's re-release. -ed.

Rating: 3/5

More about Fulmines Integralis:

Track Listing: Pas Encore (8:03) / Unique Au Monde (Single In The World) (8:40) / Mise Au Point (Development) (1:57) / Pour Qui Sont Ces Rangers Qui Marchent Sur Nos Tкtes? (For Which Is These Rangers Which Goes On Our Heads) (7:46) / L'Etroit Huit (8:17) / Vision Intempestive (Inopportune Vision) ( 9:27) / Ecco (8:23) / Ragnarok (8:11) / Villiers (7:44) / Pzkr! (4:39)

Musicians:
Simon Bot Jan Bok - Saxophone
Isabelle Bruston - Chant, nouvelles, percussion
Xavier De Raymond - Rhodes, synthesizer
Jean-Philippe Gallet - Chant, saxophone
Freddie Huyni - Bass
Denis Levasseur - Piano, synthesizer, percussions
Corneila Schmid - Chant, pompech
Philippe Zarka - Batterie, synthesizer, voix

Discography

Fulmines Regularis (1988)
Fulmines Integralis (2002) Second is re-issue of first with additional tracks