My Playlist #5

Today, I’d like to introduce you to Gaspar Claus, a French cellist out of Paris, who has a number of collaborations, performing appearances, and soundtrack work under his belt (some names include Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens, Jim O’Rourke, and Ryuichi Sakamoto), with the upcoming Tancade being his first solo album. I have covered plenty of music featuring the cello as the main instrument, and I can’t seem to get enough of its low, raspy textures, deep melancholy sighs, and soft fluttering sails. I do love the violin, but the cello still holds a very special place among the favourite timbres of my mind. And so the music from Tancade hits the spot, with the cello being the only instrument on the entire album, layered, processed, and orchestrated to sound as if numerous Claus clones are spinning a complex braid of sound all at once. On the first single of the record, which I am happily premiering for you today, the instrument is “rubbed with a bow, plucked, brushed, bumped, caressed, jostled, and transfigured,” for all its “rich harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic potential,” but even if you don’t zoom in on the technicalities, it is a piece of music that sounds grand. “Une Foule,” which means “a crowd,” refers to the “wild and marvellous parties that take place at ‘Tancade’, a small and difficult to access cove.” 

More here: https://hcdi.gs/UneFoule

Tancade

Une Foule

TRACK PREMIERE : Gaspar Claus - Une Foule

Premier extrait de son nouvel album "Sometimes Awake" à paraitre le 27 octobre 2014

Charles Pasi - A Man I Know

Road Movie - Yom.mp3

The 39 sessions - Sink ship

Heartland

Little Black Train

Laughter Through Tears

Yesterday's Mistakes

Ladino Song

Voodoo

Sweet Dreams

This is a Jun Miyake track that Lisa Papineau sings on. We love it - The Song was featured on the soundtrack for the Academy Award Nominated  Wim Wenders Film "Pina" and is also in the film. The story of Pina Bausch. 

HEAR MORE LISA PAPINEAU HERE: 
http://lisapapineau.bandcamp.com 
http://bigsir.bandcamp.com 
http://meandlp.bandcamp.com 
https://www.facebook.com/lisapapineaumusic

JUN MIYAKE site: http://junmiyake.com/

Ladino Song

Oi Va Voi

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