Revolution

Listening to this Purple Rain-era live show from Syracuse in 1985, you’re reminded how introverted Prince was. Does he dazzle? Yes. Does he dance? Yes—and shred, and sweat, and offer you his most carnal love. But he also creates a sense of interiority that, if not at odds with how physical the music is, at least feels remarkable when you remember there were 50,000 people there with him. God and Satan (“Let’s Go Crazy”), Mom and Dad (“When Doves Cry”), U and Me (“Let’s Pretend We’re Married”): He sees the lines and he blurs them. The funniest banter comes on “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore” when he asks, “Does your man have an ass like mine?” But the one that gets under your skin is on “God” because when he says, “I know you better than you think I do,” he says it like he might.

Pure Reason Revolution return with their fifth studio album, ‘Above Cirrus’, in May 2022, their second since reuniting in 2019. The band’s rebirth saw them going back to their earliest influences, and ‘Above Cirrus’ sees them reaching ever deeper into the atmospheric, cinematic psych-prog compositions that made ‘Eupnea’ such a rapturously received return. Based around the core trio of Jon Courtney, Chloe Alper & Greg Jong, the new album manages to expand the bands sound palette ever further.

À partir de 1983, durant une dizaine d'années, Michel Vovelle, directeur de l'Institut d'histoire de la Révolution à la Sorbonne, a été chargé de coordonner l'organisation de la commémoration scientifique du bicentenaire de la Révolution française. À la tête d'une équipe, il a élaboré des programmes, défini une politique et mis en place une organisation à l'échelle nationale et internationale, à visée à la fois scientifique et civique. …

This 3-CD/1-DVD Expanded Edition is a true collector’s item and the ultimate vision of Purple Rain. In addition to the 2015 Paisley Park Remaster and “From The Vault & Previously Unreleased,” it includes “Single Edits & B-Sides” and a never-seen on DVD of Prince and The Revolution Live! in 1985…

1. La révolution de Février
" Durant les deux premiers mois de 1917, la Russie était encore la monarchie des Romanov. Huit mois plus tard, les bolchéviks tenaient déjà le gouvernail, eux que l'on ne connaissait guère au commencement de l'année et dont les leaders, au moment de leur accession au pouvoir, restaient inculpés de haute trahison. …