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Pascal Comelade

Degeneration Electronics 1974-1983 (Friends Ed.) 5xLP box

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Friends edition limited to 99 copies. Records coming on white vinyl in non-glossy black box with white print. It includes a special numbered certificate and a special numbered and signed art object designed by Pascal Comelade himself. This outstanding box presents Pascal Comelade earlier works with focus on his electronic tracks from 1974 to 1983 on LP 1 to LP 4 and includes his first concert with the Bel Canto Orquestra from 1983 on LP 5. Pascal Comelade is a French-Catalan musician, born in 1955 in Montpellier. is a French pionnier in experimental electronic soundscapes, revealing himsel as a very eclectic musician, absorbing various popular musical genres to create something unique. His discography features colourful impressionist, micro-tonal electronic efforts for a large variety of instruments and sound effects. He later developed an unconfoundable style, co-operated with artists like Robert Wyatt, Faust, Jac Berrocal, and PJ Harvey, and even has a tribute band in Japan, the Pascals.

After living for several years in Barcelona in the early/mid 70's, he made his first album, "Fluences", influenced by electronic music and the group Heldon. Subsequently, his music has become more acoustic and is characterized by the sounds of toy instruments, used as solo-instruments and as an integral part of the sound of his group, the Bel Canto Orquestra.

Details
Cat. number: VOD124
Year: 2014

Format

Frends Edition. Includes signed art object by Pascal Comelade.

Release notes

Friends edition limited to 99 copies. Records coming on white vinyl in non-glossy black box with white print. It includes a special numbered certificate and a special numbered and signed art object designed by Pascal Comelade himself. This Box is presents his earlier works with focus on his electronic tracks from 1974 to 1983 on LP 1 to LP 4 and includes his first concert with the Bel Canto Orquestra from 1983 on LP 5.

Tracklist
Fluence
A1A Few Reasons To Stay - A Few Reasons To Split
A2Barcelona Tango
BSchizo
Paralelo
C1Mouvement Décomposé D'un Coup De Marteau
C2Good-Bye Wyatt Hat
C3Via-Laietana
C4Paralelo
C5Vertical
C6Musique Ridicule
D1Politico
D2Automne
D3Musique Pour Les Ascenseurs
D4Paralelo 7
D5Erratum Musical 1
D6Erratum Musical 2
D7Nicaragua
D8Mediterraneo
Sentimientos
E1White Light
E2Approximative But Fair
E3Wyatt Ah Um
E4Lettre De Mozart À Sa Petite Cousine
E5Still Life With Goldfish
E6The Grey Velvet Gentleman
E7From DC By PC
E8Taking Tiger Mountain
E9Habanera
E10Carmen
F1Avant-Midi
F2Sicilia
F3We Did It Again
F4White Heat
F5Distant Pianos
F6Paralelo
F7In A Lebanon Park
F8Courant D'Air Sur Le Pommier Du Japon
F9La Opera
F10Barrett
Sequences Païennes / Ready Made
Sequences Païennes
G1Séquence 1
G2Séquence 2
G3Séquence 3
G4Séquence 4
G5Séquence 5
G6Séquence 6 (33t Et/Ou 45t)
Ready-Made (Rhythm)
G7Again
G8Éclairage Sur L'Eau
Ready-Made (Musiqe De Chambre)
G9Chanson Pop
G10Distant Pianos
G11San Salvador
G12El Wiski Twist
Musique Par Correspondance
H1Irregular Organ
H2Musique Par Correspondance
En Concert
IThe Curious Sofa
L1Moments De Bruits Pendant Le Naufrage
Slow Musics
L2John Cage Descendant Un Escalier
L3Slow Music
Credits
Jacques Fournel
Artwork [Fluence]
D.J Ciccolini
Artwork [Paralelo]
Pierre Bordes
Artwork [Sentimientos], Photography By [Sentimientos], Executive-Producer (A1 to B)
Thomas Heckmann
Mastered By
Gérard Nguyen
Photography By [Cover Photographie Sequences Païennes]
Pascal Comelade
Piano, Organ, Saxophone [Plastic], Vibraphone, Guitar, Toy Piano, Maracas, Tenor Saxophone, Guitar [Plastic], Drums, Synth [EMS/AKS], Tape (E1 to F10), Producer (A1 to B, E1 to F10), Producer (C1 to D8), Producer (G1 to G12), Recorded By (A1 to B, E1 to F10), Recorded By, Composed By, Instruments [EMS/AKS Synthi, Pianos, Organ, Percussives] (C1 to D8), Recorder, Synth [EMS/AKS], Piano [2 Pianos], Drums [Amateur], Toy [Toy Limited Orchestra] (G7 to G12), Saxophone [16 Plastic Saxes], Toy Piano, Performer [Imitation Synthé], Recorder (G1 to G6), Written-By (A1 to B, E1 to E9, F1, F2, F4 to F10, G1 to G12)