Gaïa | 1.Godzilla
À propos de l'album
6 ans après la sortie de leur album éponyme, Audio’m revient avec un projet titanesque, véritable ovni de la scène prog actuelle : le premier volet d’un opéra prog en trois actes.
« Gaïa | 1. Godzilla » se présente sous la forme d’une seule et même oeuvre de +43mn durant lesquelles le groupe déroule un prog’ complexe forgé dans le creuset du rock progressiste des années 70, du jazz ou encore de la musique baroque.
De l’écriture à la composition, de l’enregistrement au mixage et au mastering, tout a été réalisé par Audio’m dans le sud de la France, entre terre et mer. Les 6 ans nécessaires à l’élaboration et à la maturation de cet album concept ont été mis au service de ce nouvel opus afin d’obtenir une oeuvre où rien n’est laissé au hasard.
Artiste : Audio’m
Date de sortie : 8 septembre 2022
Genre : Rock progressif
Illustrations : Valentin Bayle
Paroles / lyrics
Little Boy
Little Boy, his head in the clouds
His mum is sewing dirty shrouds
He dreams of being a strong fighter
To strike his enemy brother
But his short and bright future is written
‘Cause it’s a nuclear weapon made by men
A grim plane follows its odyssey
The atom bomb its prophecy
It will explode on the ground
The human target will be found
The energy of darkness in bloody hands
Created by a killer’s band
A majestic brightness in a mighty land
Lighting up the wild highlands
Gaïa
Gaïa, Gaïa
Gaïa watches these people dying
And can only cry
She goes into the plane
Needing to see his face
No guilty tears in his dark eyes
Arms raised toward the sky
She shouts and shouts again
A monster full of grace
And wrath
The Wake
And she says :
Godzilla wake up, Godzilla aaa
Begin your chase
Godzilla get up, Godzilla aaa
Kill the human race
The verdict has been given
The goddess’ echo resonates, when suddenly, the Beast appears
And then :
Half whale, half gorilla
Comes to the fore
Straight from the Earth’s core
Half whale, half gorilla
Comes to the fore
With a spine-chilling roar
Little Boy, his burnt head on the ground
His mum is scattered all around
The fighter plane fleeing away
Leaving behind a nightmare day
The Sacred Tree
Ginkgo feels Gaïa’s wrath
Is like the flood of Noah
His roots in the spirit world
The gateway to the underworld
He feels the anger of Gaïa
Nursing a new Messiah
Firebird, Majestic Firebird
Gingko says :
Look at the bird, he'll fly all round the world – Godzilla
Wait for my bird, he’ll listen with lofty care
To old nations that think they love the Earth
The Messiah’s return will show us how to pray - Godzilla
Then we’ll really know on judgment day
If the humans have to pay
Lift-off
Hey Hey, I can fly, I can feel the sun
My wings must be strong
To cross the sea
The trip will be long
I’ve conquered my fears
Look at the bird, he'll fly all round the world - Godzilla
Wait for my bird, he’ll listen with lofty care
To new nations that think they own the Earth
The Messiah’s return will show us how to pray - Godzilla
Then we’ll really know on judgment day
If it’s true that humans have to pay
Look at the bird, he'll fly all round the world Godzilla
Wait for my bird, he’ll listen with lofty care
To sages who know they're hosted by the Earth
The Messiah will come back on judgment day Godzilla
Then we’ll really know if the humans have to pay
And if it’s really the end
The salty tears flood
Under the black rains
And mingle with the blood
Flowing in our veins
Hiroshima
Godzilla calms down and see
The breastmilk coming from the tree
He drinks it greedily
And falls asleep,
It's time to start the trip
Then The Gingko Biloba
Raw sap of Hiroshima
Sees arriving a Nâga
Called Vasuki,
The right-hand man of Gaïa
Vasuki
Vasuki, guardian of the Gaïa’s treasures,
Coming straight from mount Mandara,
Crawls through the souls of the dead with pleasure
He wraps himself around The Gingko Biloba
To smother him in case of the Messiah's failure
Gaïa looks at the bird rising high in the sky
Towards the seven Buddhas
They will help him to make the trip to the highest peak.
The Journey
I’ll fly over the waves
I’ll listen to the slaves
I’ll talk to the corpse in the grave
I’ll ask the hidden beast in the cave
Gingko says :
Greet The Messiah, listen to The Messiah
Remember this divine day, to keep it holy
I’ll fly over the waves
I’ll listen to the slaves
I’ll talk to the corpse in the grave
I’ll ask the hidden beast in the cave
Greet The Messiah, listen to The Messiah
Remember this divine day, to keep it holy
やっと落ち着いた / Yatto ochitsuita
やっと落ち着いた (Yatto ochitsuita)
She looks away from the hopeful firebird
In the middle of a beautiful rainbow
やっと落ち着いた (Yatto ochitsuita)
I'm ready
Now, I'm ready ! I'll be leaving soon
At the next full moon
Oh now, I'm ready ! I'll be leaving soon
At the next full moon
I would like to dry the tears of Gaïa
The Nâga waits for me, Godzilla sleeps deeply
I would like to save the world of Gaïa
While Ginkgo Biloba watches over me
Review
Une chose est sûre, le groupe se révèle extrêmement inventif et créatif, accouchant d'une œuvre nécessitant bien des écoutes pour être totalement apprivoisée. Audio'm, avec ce second album, a de toute évidence trouvé sa propre voie et sa propre voix musicale, s’imposant définitivement comme un des chefs de file du prog français - Big Bang Magazine (France)
Je dois dire qu’outre le coup de cœur procuré par Audio’m (2016), mes espoirs fiévreux à retrouver un groupe que je croyais disparu en Méditerranée ou dans les limbes impitoyables du milieu prog’ sont plus que comblés. Je reconnais la ferveur créatrice des seventies et la joie de composer un rock poétique, enflammé, lyrique dans la meilleure tradition que certains n’ont pas oubliée voire même pas connue. Personnellement, je suis dans l’extase fébrile quand un groupe pond ce type de progressif à l’ancienne avec autant de dévotion envers le style - Prog Censor (France)