(Review from progarchives.com)

Odyssee is the one and only album from this French quartet.

Each 6 songs holds it’s own captivating personality. The title track lets the listener know what’s in store on the rest of the album. The song pulses with energy, aggressive rhythms and arresting melodic choices setting the tone. It crashes into the mellow beginnings of “Le Chant D’Orphee”, which builds and builds and eventually succumbs to Jack Mlynski’s incredibly powerful riff construction. Vocals are sparse on ‘Odyssey’, but when introduced on “Le Chant” they are enigmatic and ghostly.

The album’s real centerpiece is “Artcane I”, a lengthy track encapsulating everything great about Artcane: patient crescendos of cosmic atmospherics; hypnotic keyboard repetitions courtesy of Alain Coupel; the nimble yet heavy-handed drumming of Daniel Locci; creepy, dark vibrations all over the place; spurts of jazz-rock rhythms; moments of pure heaviness like the most metallic moments of ’70s-era Rush.

Two of the most exciting moments come second-hand from themes laid down by King Crimson. A rhythm and melody in King Crimson’s “Red” (heard in third track “Novembre”) are borrowed quite liberally. Additionally, the first two “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic” movements are referenced in fourth song “25e Anniversaire”. Mlynski’s Frippian style straddles the line between homage and plagiarism.

‘Odyssee’ is full of ideas, chemistry, talent and power. A very enjoyable ride only the most resentful Crimson fans would shun.

Line-up:
- Daniel Locci / drums, percussion
- Jack Mlynski / guitars, vocals
- Stanislas Belloc / bass, vocals
- Alain Coupel / keyboards, synthesizers, vocals

Track List:
01. Odyssey – 2:30
02. Le Chant d’Orphee – 3:41
03. Novembre – 9:42
04. 25e Anniversaire – 4:44
05. Artcane I – 16:18
06. Nostalgie – 4:48

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