Chamber piece based on Dionisio Cañas' famous poem "Dados Negros"

Performed on July 21, 2024 by "Ensemble Offrandes" at Abbaye de l'Epau.

Voice (bass-baritone): Olivier Gourdy
Violin: Olivier Mingam
Cello: Laure Balteaux
Guitar: Nicolas Courtin
Direction: Martin Moulin

Dados Negros

Chamber music piece based on a self made transcription of a "pi pap" flute northwestern Vietnam melody.

Performed on April 2024 at "CRR de Tours" by:

Flute/Piccolo: Cécile Marchand-Clouet
Cello: Xavier Richard
Piano: Anne Bertin Hugault

Pi'Pap Nucleon

“Feule” is a short piece for reduced orchestra (20 instrumentalists).
Composed quickly during an orchestral writing course, this piece was a first experience of that kind.
The piece is divided into three sections:
1)A thunderous introduction (inspired by the cat's howling, "FEULEment" in french), where a regular rhythm emerges from a general orchestral tension.
2) A thematic phase.
3)A final, longer part derived from the pattern
previous melodic and organized into music stands.
“Feule” was recorded in sight reading during a 2-hour studio session (included in the course) by "Orchestre du Monstre" au "Studio Guillaume Tell" (Suresnes, 92). A first draft of mixing was carried out.
No official creation or commercial use to date.

Feule

Créé en 2021, « Baishi » fait le tour d’horizon d’un seul et même endroit musical. Celui des peaux lâches, des cordes vives et des couleurs cuivres. L’écriture construite en « tableaux » autour de mélodies étirées joue sur la densité, par empilements et dégringolades de lignes, bâtissant des reliefs plus que des morceaux sur un tempo ample, élastique. L’amplification des cuivres, les réglages poussés des éléments de percussions, ainsi que le travail sur l’accordage et la préparation des guitares confèrent au groupe un son volontairement brut, très organique, qui tend à le rapprocher d’un ensemble de musique traditionnel électrifié. Librement inspiré de la musique du théâtre Nô et du Gagaku japonais, « Baishi » est dédié à Igor Stravinsky.

Released on May 3, 2025

Alan Regardin: trumpet, effects 
Olivier Laisney: trumpet 
Alexis Persigan: trombone 
Jules Boittin: trombone 
Axel Gaudron: drums, flugelhorn, percussions 
Etienne Ziemniak: drums, trombone, percussions 
Thomas Leuwers: baritone guitar, prepared guitar, composition

Recorded and mixed by Baptiste Mésange 
Master: Mathieu Pion 
Artwork inspired by Qi Baishi's (1864-1957) painting

"Baishi" is part of "Capsul Collectif".


Baishi

Excerpt from NOUR's second album "Flip a Machine That Works", February 2017.

This song is performed by:
Thomas Leuwers: Lead voice, guitar, irish bouzouki, keyboards
François Rosenfeld: Bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Bastien Torre: Drums, keyboards, objects, backing vocals

https://capsulrecords.bandcamp.com/album/flip-a-machine-that-works 

Someone Else

Vibes

Excerpt from "Baishi" 's first album (recorded in septet version), May 2025

This music is performed by:
Alan Regardin: trumpet, effects
Olivier Laisney: trumpet
Alexis Persigan: trombone
Jules Boittin: trombone
Axel Gaudron: drums, percussions, flugelhorn
Etienne Ziemniak: drums, percussions, trombone
Thomas Leuwers: baritone guitar, prepared guitar, composition

https://baishi.bandcamp.com/album/baishi

Introduction

Interlude

Gagaku

Impacts

Thème Lent 2

Choral

Excerpt from "Feule", orchestral piece for 20 musicians, July 2020

Excerpt (2) from "Dados Negros", for male voice, violin, cello and guitar, July 2024

Dados Negros (2)

Excerpt (2) from "Pi'Pap Nucleon", for Flute, Cello and Piano, February 2024

Pi'Pap Nucleon (2)

Excerpt from "Tournez Nadège" 's second album "Débuts", October 2024

This song is performed by:
Paul Cadier - Saxs, percussions
Thomas Leuwers - Half-prepared baritone guitar
Matthieu Desbordes - Drums, synthesizers, voice

https://thomasleuwers.bandcamp.com/album/d-buts


Chant de bienvenue

Excerpt from "Tournez Nadège" 's second album "Débuts", October 2024

This song is performed by:
Paul Cadier - Saxs, percussions
Thomas Leuwers - Half-prepared baritone guitar
Matthieu Desbordes - Drums, synthesizers, voice

https://thomasleuwers.bandcamp.com/album/d-buts

Millenium

Primordial

Tuxedo (thriller style)

Escapade

Excerpt from Chilly Mazarin's improvisation

This song is performed by:
Samy Chapuis: computer, keyboards
Thomas Leuwers: half prepared baritone guitar

https://samychapuis.bandcamp.com/album/chilly-mazarin

Chilly Mazarin (David Lynch style)

YC (compo 1)

Excerpt from "Tournez Nadège" 's second album "Débuts", October 2024

This song is performed by:
Paul Cadier - Saxs, percussions
Thomas Leuwers - Half-prepared baritone guitar
Matthieu Desbordes - Drums, synthesizers, voice

thomasleuwers.bandcamp.com/album/d-buts

Love

Excerpt from a self-recorded improvisaion on classical guitar

Thomas Leuwers

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