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CHAUVEAU, SYLVAIN & STEPHAN MATHIEU - Palimpsest

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Schwebung Æquinoktium MMXII Release Year: 2012 Note: highly intimate organic breeze-drones performed in a breathtaking way on diverse acoustic instruments (like organ, cymbals, french horn), combined with processed radio & phonographic sounds... with vocals by SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU who sounds almost like DAVID SYLVIAN; very special, creating a intense surrealistic suction ... lim. 500 inkl. download code Price (incl. 19% VAT): €21.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "Limited Vinyl Edition in Deluxe Gatefold Artwork! “Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau.” "Sylvain and I were discussing an instrumental album since we met for the first time in 2009. During 2010 I made recordings for this project, using the instruments I’m having in the house – a piano, spinett, Farfisa organ, zither, french horn, cymbals, as well as recordings of a viol quartet I had written in 2008. This material was arranged and reprocessed then using my usual tools, resulting in my usual abstract soundscapes. To my surprise, once Sylvain heard the tracks he came up with the proposal to add lyrics of some of Bill Callahan’s classic Smog songs, instead of further instrumental voices. I’m still amazed by how he had heard this potential in my pieces, by how he placed Bill’s lyrics there, especially since my original material is used for the album as is, without further changes or editing. It is exciting for me to hear my sound in this context, the way how things suddenly start to fall into place. Instead of being classic cover versions, Palimpsest is much more rooted in the tradition of the exquisite corpse." Stephan Mathieu [label info] www.schwebung.com