Influences Of Chrysalide :
"Here is, in bulk, some of the musical and literary references that had influenced the members of Chrysalide during the composition :
- The Cold Wave, mainly Bauhaus and Joy Division ;
- Progressive Rock of the seventies, as, for example: Deep Purple, Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), Led Zeppelin or the early work of Pink Floyd, in their long lasting songs ;
- "Chanson française", for the arrangements, and particularly the following artists : Gainsbourg, Autour de Lucie, Superflu, Dionysos ;
- Liturgic and holy music for the construction of the songs and the vocal parts ;
- Symbolist and romantic poets of the 19th century : Arthur Rimbaud, Lautréamont, Charles Baudelaire, Les "Poëtes du Chat Noir" ;
- Medie.val writers, such as Dante Alighieri."

"I did not have any expectations on my first listen, but I must say that I'm pretty surprised by this group. With only an acoustic guitar, a bass guitar and some very basic percussion, they achieve to create a very dense and dark atmosphere. The progression of intensity in their songs somehow reminds me of M.D.K. by Magma (only the progression, not the sound). I would rather compare the sound to some of the late acoustic guitar work by Robert Fripp...I would recommend this album to any open minded prog listener." - Astrodomine-ProgArchives

"The band was founded in 1996 in Limoges around the bass player Geoffroy Vincens and the guitarist Jacques Malinvaud. The first achieved project of the band is the album La Chute, which was written and recorded between November 1997 and April 1998, with the help of the singer Marie Golfier. The recording conditions, quite rudimentary, didn't allow the diffusion of this album (in fact this version of the album was never made public. It was rerecorded in 2006 with an addition of a new song Le Vide and with Geoffroy Vincens taking over the vocals)..." - ProgArchives