PRESS REVIEW (June 1996)

Four stars in the record selection of the "Monde de la Musique"
"This album is more than the mere illustration of a play : Philippe Genty's superb Voyageur Immobile, it is a sort of meditation with sounds, a genuine acoustic therapy."

"It is a world of sounds remarkable for its emotion and sensitivity."

 "An intoxicating music that drags you and plunges you in a completely new, timeless poetic fusion beyond classification."

"One of the best scenic scores of the year. A universe we listen to for its own sake and we never get tired of when the performance is over."

 "A perfect alchemy generating melodies which are sometimes obsessive sometimes light, somber or flamboyant, repetitive or free-style. The music of Voyageur immobile did not leave the spectators when they were out of the Odyssud Theater."

"A rare poetic vision ... /... An astonishing creation"

"A very personal voice."

"A contemporary music far away from stereotypes."

"Clarity and lightness seem to be the major characteristics of that music which is more than only pleasant to listen to"

"A music for the present, the result of a research blending classical roots and the best of modernity"

"This record is not like anything we may have heard before. It is a music apart from the trends, deeply original that cannot be labeled restrictively and which offers intense moments of pleasure."

"That is the kind of music that leaves you as if in zero gravity, a music to which anyone can have access. An obsessive music that makes you feel giddy but the lightest man on earth as well."

"Torgue and Houppin are among those who contributed to make new music more democratic without resorting to a hazy pretentious language. Each of their soundtracks is a new step towards the recognition of ballet and towards the understandability of a genre that has always been thought to be limited to contemporary music."

"Obsessive rhythms and sound waves flowing gently. The musical rhythm is directly connected to an emotional state. It is a moment of unmitigated bliss."

About "Ice" the music of Carolyn Carlson's choreography

 "A hypnotic quality"

"A powerful music"

"An oniric music"

"A rare elegance, a very elaborated research on sounds."

About 'Ulysse', the soundtrack CD of Jean-Claude Gallotta's choreography

 "It is both delicate and powerful. The kind of record that you keep playing without ever getting tired of it. The kind of record you keep on the top of the stack. The kind of record you want your friends to listen to. A wonderful creation."

"An uncommon music both enigmatic and impressionist all entwined as if to go deeper into our own mysteries."

"A cheerful music, spontaneous sometimes tribal with long rippling sounds from the piano. A music you listen to to fill your head with images. Images that we need in this era which has lost its sense."

"A music for dreams, relaxation. The emotion it releases from peace to quasi lyrical flights cannot leave you unconcerned. A very good classical or modern record.
In fact the junction of two "genres'."

"A monumental suite, an irresistible incitement to travel."