Is Attakh Christian Vander’s first solo album? The absence of Jannick Top and the more than discreet presence of the ever-faithful Klaus Blasquiz would point in this direction. In any case, even if the musician on this album is not totally isolated, he is at the very least more and more solitary. It’s true René Garber remains close, but he never steps in as a musician. His vital role of first lieutenant is undoubtedly a mark of the understanding so essential to Vander that he no longer found with any other member of the group. In Attakh Christian Vander is constantly in the spotlight; later, in the studio album, Merci, he never stopped making the musician disappear behind the producer. Here he takes on all the lead vocal parts; soon afterwards he would abandon the drums almost completely (first in the context of Merci, then in the group Offering) to devote all his time and energy to singing. This is surely the most remarkable thing about this record: the revolution already sensed by some and longed for by others. Henceforth Christian Vander apparently wanted to concentrate all his energy, his whole being in fact, to singing. Soon Zëss would carry him to frenzied heights.
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