Atoll is referenced by the media of the time as one of the most popular of the years 70/80 French groups with Angel , Telephone, Trust. He twice Olympia , touring throughout France and abroad . It remains one of Progressive rock bands of the most famous Seventies , otherwise among the best.

group provides music both complex and very elaborate , with sophisticated arrangements and constant melodic research. Recorded in 1974 , " Magicians Musicians "is revealed as a most successful debut album . Indisputable masterpiece of Messina training " My Spider l"( 1975) orchestra arrival of the talented guitarist Chris BEYA and a rival of violinist Jean-Luc Ponty .

two keyboardists know to intelligently Mellotrons Moogs and other featured, in compositions with multiple twists. This ambitious opus directed by ATOLL , reached at the time the tops of their art. Rock jazz inspired and masterfully executed "Cazotte # 2 "rubs two long pieces harmoniously with lyricism and more as conceptual nearly twenty minutes.

all reached this level of sophistication that puts ATOLL alongside YES or KING CRIMSON , as well as MAHAVISHNU THE ORCHESTRA . A business card more eloquent ! Now recognized for their melodic and instrumental perfection as far as their talents of composers and arrangers, its members have two years later the excellent album "Third ", a reference type ( without a second keyboardist or violinist ) a great instrumental mastery is strongly oriented towards progressive rock very carefully where the singer's voice became verbal music .

" Rock Puzzle "(1979) presents a more concise and varied music, along the lines taken by ANGE and MONA LISA at the same time . Following the release of a compilation Cosmic Trip in 1981

1988 enthusiasts Japanese offer to Chris BEYA produce a new CD ATOLL "Ocean " . This is the first time that the producers of the Rising Sun investing in a French group. It follows a Japanese tour. "Tokyo is Finished ! " is the "live"album recorded in 1989.

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Chris BEYA remainder of the initial training. It is then joined by Raoul LEININGER vocals, Jean Pierre KLARES bass, gilles BONNABAUD drums and keyboards Nathalie GESCHIER .

Output Illian - ' I hear rumbling Earth "in 2003, marks the return of Chris BEYA with retraining.

Illian , "I hear the rumbling earth! "

( Concept: Chris BEYA composer / Raoul LEININGER -author)

Imagine traveler, Illian , came from a universe to the confines of time and space , like Ulysses in a fantastic odyssey would be witness to a civilization with its paradoxes and anachronisms .

Observer discrete barbarism , intolerance and sufficiency of mankind which he had belonged , he looks at the world as in a mirror , sends his own image. It feels vulnerable and even a little guilty, but it 8000 years ahead .

It can not intervene or change the course of things, so let Illian signs to help men hoping they will decrypt .

How do I make them understand , make them hear when they do not listen ....

Love and hate are not competing in a fierce jousting that takes you to the heart of a new Atollien universe.