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.” 

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Tancade

Une Foule

TRACK PREMIERE : Gaspar Claus - Une Foule

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Ultra rare psych monster classic from Mexican psychedelic band Kaleidoscope (1969) - Heavy grooves / super fuzzified guitar / raving, ranting, drooling savage garage sound ☮
Originally released: 1969, LP: KALEIDOSCOPE, published by La Ciruela Electrica

Kaleidoscope - Once Upon A Time There Was A World

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The sound of giant crystal meteorites being fired out from the black hole of a new psychedelic mass
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Kaleidoscope - Once Upon A Time There Was A World

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