Ancienne moitié du duo hip-hop Abstrackt Keal Agram (AKA) avec son compère Tanguy Destable dit Tepr, Lionel Pierres monte son nouveau projet Fortune en 2007.
Epaulé par deux acolytes, le guitariste se fait l'interprète de chansons electro pop rutilantes distillées sur les EP Bully (avril 2009) et Highway (juin). Le trio se voit également confier des remixes pour Phoenix, Axe Riverboy, Rubin Steiner ou Pony Pony Run Run (« Hey You »).
Précédé d'une réputation avantageuse, l'album Staring at the Ice Melt sort en mars 2010. Le disque qui reprend les titres connus et dévoile quelques nouveautés comme « Under the Sun » ou « Gimme » fait rapidement l'unanimité dans la critique et les blogs. Il place Fortune en orbite pour être la nouvelle révélation frenchie de l'electro, après Justice et Phoenix.
Copyright 2010 Music Story Loïc Picaud
At last, Parisian quartet *Fortune* are releasing "/*Bully*/" in its final version today, with improved production, thanks to Pierrick Devin, the /"//fifth member//"/ of the band, who had previously been working with Adam Kesher, Alex Gopher, Cassius or even Cut Copy. The track has been remixed by super hands *Dj Sega* from the *Brick Bandits **C**rew*, also *Diplo*'s new protégée, recently signed to his Mad Decent label.
"/*Mission*/" gets revisited by the distinguished *M83* while "*Celebrate*", an exclusive track, opens and sets the tone for the new release called "/*Staring at the Ice Melt*/".
In 2007 *Fortune* released their first doubled-sided Single, already including the first version of the trac, together with 4 other major synth-pop-rock bangers, cleverly written to get you dancing and emotional. *Lionel Pierres* broke away from his former electro Hip Hop project Abstrackt Keal Agram which he used to front with *Tepr*, and now writes pop songs in English for *Fortune*. As the band gets to add its touch, the songs benefit from a deep new wave treatment full of lighter contrasts turning them into hits.