Winner at the 2005 Victoires de la Musique awards: album of electro / groove / dance music of the year, "Moon Safari" had impressed everyone, even the English, even the Americans. But since 1998, the Versailles duo, despite numerous releases (the soundtrack for "Virgin Suicides," a slightly less successful second album, an ambitious project with author Alessandro Baricco), had not managed to set the bar as high again. Without truly losing steam, the leading group of the French touch movement was somewhat searching for its direction. But while "Moon Safari" perfectly oscillated between trendy electro and chic psychedelia, "Talkie-Walkie" boldly played the song card, ultimately the most perilous exercise. To say that the ten tracks on this release are successful is an understatement. "Cherry Blossom Girl," "Universal Traveler," "Another Day," or "Alpha Beta Gaga," in English because it's the language of pop, co-produced by Nigel Godrich (sound engineer for Radiohead among others) and incomparable in their genre, are close to perfection. In terms of composition and arrangement. They catapult Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel to heights we didn't think they were capable of reaching again. So there they are, a little alone, sitting in the snow, but certainly delighted to be there.
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