Disco de Indochine: “7000 Danses”

Indochine is a strong Pop Band. This album is one of their most accomplished, if not their greatest of all. 7000 Danses opens like a fairy tale with La Buddha Affaire: an instrumental-classical-like-song powered by a wonderful orchestration. From there, l'Indochine let you penetrate into a mystical trip. The main composer, a Guitar-Hero named Dominik Nicolas, created a unic sound while twanging like Hank Marvin on a Fender Mustang. That unic "Indosound" will haunt you forever after having heard songs like Les Citadelles, La Machine À Rattraper Le Temps and Une Maison Perdue...

But Indochine isn't only handsome music, it's also wonderful lyrics. Nicolas Sirkis' poésie is universal. The beauty of French is at its peak. Sirkis' playing with words and senses making unusual Love and Sex stories, always with a poetic elegance. And there's also great wit in Les Tzars.

This album is Beautiful. Absolutely a Masterpiece.

A melodious album, full of energy, poetry and mystery from the very cover (who could deny the fascination exerted by the silhouettes of those crows?). In spite of containing only 9 tracks, they're sufficient to involve you in an adventure in which good taste, harmony and balance are predominant. Just have to listen to songs like LA CHEVAUCHEE DES CHAMPS DE BLE, LA MACHINE A RATTRAPER LE TEMPS, 7000 DANSES or UNE MAISON PERDUE to realize they "breathe loud like the wind" and are authentic European pop-music jewels. In a nutshell, it's the most complete and complex of all Indochine's albums... highly recommendable....

This is superb French pop music. Melodic, interesting, and textured. The mix of arrangements, and production make for a thoroughly sophisticated pop album.

I saw Indochine in concert back in 1989 in Lima, listening to 7000 danses just reminds me how great these French guys were, I totally recommend it,