Limelight
LALU
French soundtrack composer embraces pop-prog with an all-star guestlist.
Romancing the stone: Vivien Lalu. Limelight
PRESS/ ANTHONY DUBOIS
AS THE SON of Noëlle and Michel Lalu of 70s French band Polène, Vivien Lalu was born into prog.
“It’s true,” he says with a laugh. “When my mother was pregnant with me she was playing a Minimoog onstage, and I guess that was a prenatal influence. Prog was my parents’ life, and it’s mine, too.”
Awash with high-profile guests, the third studio album to bear Lalu’s surname, Paint The Sky, marks a radical departure from its predecessors. In fact, Lalu doesn’t seem to mind if readers skip over his 2005 debut, Oniric Metal, and 2013’s Atomic Ark to go straight to his latest release. “They were made a long time ago at a point where I was 22 years old and obsessed with heavy guitars,” he admits. “I see Paint The Sky as a reboot; I’m starting afresh.”