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."