Launched in 2006 by Nicolas Devos and Penelope Michel , along with their project Cercueil (responsible for three albums particularly noteworthy), Puce Moment has so far existed mainly on stage, diluted over time (a handful of concerts only) and image ( projections, performances or contemporary dance pieces). Ice, dust and blinding flashes of white light: Puce Moment had the scene, the soul and backbone were only missing. This will be achieved in 2012. Isolated in a cabin, the duo composed and recorded nine songs that make up their first album, between spectral marauding («Moonoom») and drone wizards («Legacy»), resurrecting old ghosts («Video Dada» single title survivor of their invisible past) , revealing the first images of a future draped in chrome («L’ombre», composed for choreographer Christian Rizzo’s new project ).
Mastered by Joe Lambert (Animal Collective, Young Magic, Dirty Projectors), Puce Moment is both the sum of a singular journey, fueled by forays into dance and cinema - a confirmation of their simply unreal abilities - and the beginning of a long and disturbing procession. Their next step will be the stage for which the group is preparing a set modeled after their music: blazing, poisonous, untouchable, but always human.
- Lelo J. Batista[info from label]