TALESTALES
"PICTURES OF ASIA"
Somewhere in Time Records & Music Publishing
Tales, the name utilized by Jean-Luc Hervé Berthelot for his latest musical incursions, is one of the most interesting representatives of the kind of electronic music that is currently being done. Although its author confesses his having been influenced by Vangelis, Eno and others, his work appears to have a well defined style that no doubt will attract even the purists of these kinds of music. Tales, in Pictures of Asia, utilizes keyboards and guitars to shape about ten themes of an atmospheric and rhythmic kind, quite pleasant to listen to. Inspired in this occasion by the Eastern landscape, the author devotes his compositions to such interesting themes as the Silk Road, the Ganges, the famous Yeti, etc. This is then, a record with interesting electronic textures, sequences (non-computerized ones) and even meditative sonic passages. It always is pleasant to listen to well elaborated, varied sounds, giving the impression that the musician possesses an excellent mastery of his instruments. Hopefully, Pictures of Asia will allow him to cross some frontiers and his work will come to be more widely known. No doubt he deserves so.
V.A.
