Guitare Xtreme Magazine numéro 121

Among the guitar heroes who shook the Old World, David Gilmour is clearly the one who, after Hendrix, allowed a whole generation to break the wall of sound. His organic and textural approach to the instrument, propelled by the work and pharaonic success of Pink Floyd, continues to spark fantasies among guitarists. The 50th anniversary of the release of The Dark Side of the Moon was for us the opportunity to zoom in on this crucial period for the history of the band, for popular music, and more broadly for society, with the defeat of the utopias carried by the hippie movement, psychedelism and May 68. Of course, we approached this "exhumation" through the prism of David Gilmour's guitar, the main thread of this kaleidoscopic journey, scrutinizing the evolution of his playing in the years leading up to the recording, but also this frantic sonic quest that led him to push the rudimentary equipment existing at the time to its limits in order to redefine the instrument. A great opportunity to plunge our ears back into the heart of this album, one of the three best-selling albums in history, especially since Warner is releasing a classy boxed set with a new mastering highlighting the work of Alan Parsons (The Dark Side of the Moon has long been the fetish album of hi-fi equipment demonstrators), a Dolby Atmos mix (guaranteed to take off) and the famous Live At Wembley Empire Pool of London in 1974, available for the first time on vinyl. This commemoration also has a more pathetic side, since the egocentric Roger Waters, in an impulse of pure revisionism, chose to re-record the album by completely hiding the performances of the other musicians, claiming that it is HIS work. It should not get old. We wish you an excellent reading!