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‘The Journey’ - The Octopus Division

  ‘The Journey’ - The Octopus Division In ‘The Journey,’ a sonic mosaic unfolds that—permeated by neon-soaked synth pads and a melody that feels like memory—is less a song than a spiritual compass. The time that relentlessly pursues us, according to ‘Time keeps chasing us every day’, is not portrayed as an enemy, but as a constant touchstone that we face with our heads held high: ‘ We won't let the rain wash us away’ . Photography, here metaphorically as a key to the past, opens doors to moments that seem long gone but live on within us. The chorus – a kind of collective mantra – describes not just a journey, but an intertwining of stories that support each other. The garden in which hopes take root becomes a symbol of what must be nurtured in order to flourish. And when ‘ our songs have lost a note or two ’, it is not a flaw, but proof of lived depth. A song that is not meant to be heard, but to be lived through – like a familiar glance at an old photo album by candlelight. b...
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The Artist: ART FICTIF - "Returning to Graceland"

 A story of time travel and a promise kept. 1989, A small fishing village in the south of France, not far from "Cap Sicié, les deux frères" ... Two friends, keyboards, samplers, an Atari ST, a guitar, a sound system, all in the back room of the family flower shop, this is what the universe of ART FICTIF looked like when the wall fell in Berlin. Then the years pass but the promise remains : we will make a record together and it will be like us. It will take a global health crisis and widespread containment for us to get there, working from a distance. Ten titles, and a year later, here is the result of this hard work at all times, a total self-production that exceeds our expectations ... This was a short Bio of them and now here is the result and it sounds great, it has that something that shoot you back to the late 80's. A great mixture of sounds like Kraftwerk meets Duran Duran (maybe more Arcadia) with a touch of Depeche Mode. 


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