File under: Contemporary Electroacoustic Minimalism

Sylvain Chauveau

Name: Sylvain Chauveau – Politique du silence (LP Boxset, Green Bottle Clear)
Brand: Minority Records
SKU: MIN73
Price: 91.00 EUR
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Politique du silence (LP Boxset, Green Bottle Clear)

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"When I discovered the simple and powerful black and white pictures by Valéry Lorenzo, in the 90s, I immediately fell in love with them. We became good friends and since then I ask him to let me use one of his photos for most of my album covers, or to make my portrait for press shots. It has become a real collaboration, music and images, for more than 25 years. It was then logical to ask him again for the cover of this box set, like a gentle reflection on my piano and strings era. It's a true honour for me to see my early music recollected, repackaged, remastered after all this time. Which gives me hope that this music, in which I've put all my soul and heart during the years 2001 to 2003, is maybe not forgotten yet." ― Sylvain Chauveau

Nocturne Impalpable is a world of minimalism, abstraction, and contemporary rendition of classical music with variations for the piano, clarinet, strings, and accordion which are often compared to the compositions of composers Harold Budd and Claude Debussy. Here, Chauveau partially reveals his versatility as a composer by connecting electronic elements, noises, and ambient planes with monumental strings and piano preludes.

The album of piano variations Un autre Décembre is interspersed with field recordings and electronic noises. The inspiration for the recording of the album and for its name was the song Jaurès by the Belgian singer and composer Jacques Brel. This song tells the story of the grandparent’s generation who toiled in the mines. An album of 20 short instrumental sketches with several delicate intermezzos for the piano, string quartet, and the clarinet, Des plumes dans la tête, was composed for the eponymous film by director Thomas de Thier.

Details

File under: Contemporary Electroacoustic Minimalism

Cat. number: MIN73

Year: 2024

Format

Boxset contains:

• full-colored soft-touch laminated thick boxset

• 3x 180 gram green bottle clear vinyl individually housed in 350 gram soft-touch laminated and shrinkwrapped LP covers with 3 mm spine

• download coupon with a code to download FLAC version of the albums

The collection Politique du silence contains the recordings of Des plumes dans la tête (2004), Un autre Décembre (2003) and Nocturne impalpable (2001) on coloured 180 gram vinyls. The cover features artwork by French photographer Valéry Lorenzo.

Release notes

Boxset features download coupon with a code to download FLAC version of the albums. Boxset version with hand-numbered and signed photography by Valéry Lorenzo limited to 50 copies and exclusive to Minority Records eshop. Limited boxset edition of 300.

Tracklist

Des Plumes Dans La Tête LP
A1	Des Plumes Dans La Tête (Variation 1)	1:15
A2	Situation Initiale	1:20
A3	Pour Les Oiseaux	1:16
A4	Feu	0:24
A5	Le Brasier De Tristesse	3:36
A6	Ferme Les Yeux	1:08
A7	Des Plumes Dans La Tête (Variation 2)	1:15
A8	Les Débutants 1	1:50
A9	Pour Les Oiseaux (Variation 1)	1:17
B1	Anthracite	1:28
B2	Nocturne Urbain 2	0:59
B3	Pour Les Oiseaux (Variation 2)	0:39
B4	Sinon Le Vent Qui Passe	0:41
B5	Noir	1:19
B6	Ferme Les Yeux (Variation)	0:42
B7	Les Débutants 2	1:16
B8	Pour Les Oiseaux (Variation 3)	0:36
B9	Blanche Comme L'Infini	1:58
B10	Situation Finale	2:02
B11	Des Plumes Dans La Tête	1:20
Un Autre Décembre LP
C1	Minéral	3:28
C2	Sous Tes Yeux probablement	1:16
C3	Granulation 1	1:38
C4	Neuf Cents Lunes	3:56
C5	Alors La Lumière Vacille	1:07
C6	Granulation 2	0:56
D1	Il Fait Nuit Noire à Berlin	2:12
D2	La Lettre Qu'il N'envoya Jamais	2:00
D3	Granulation 3	1:35
D4	Un Autre Décembre	2:24
D5	Granulation 4	1:26
D6	Du Rève Dans Les Yeux	1:30
Nocturne Impalpable LP
E1	Blanc	2:23
E2	Cet Enfer Miraculeux	2:59
E3	Radiophonie N°1	2:54
E4	Doucement, Le Grain De Sa Peau	3:41
E5	-	0:36
E6	Ocre	2:47
E7	--	0:35
E8	Radiophonie N°2	3:15
E9	Adieu Miséricorde	1:14
E10	---	0:31
E11	Léger	2:25
E12	----	0:40
F1	Le Monde Intérieur	4:01
F2	Arachnéenne Encore	1:29
F3	-----	0:27
F4	Je Me Suis Bâti Sur Une Colonne Absente	4:04
F5	------	0:33
F6	Radiophonie N°3	2:07
F7	Nocturne Urbain	4:56

Credits

Vincent Pouplard: Accordion, Accordion
Eugen Fabris: Cello
Géraldine Devillières: Cello
Olivier Cavaillé: Cello, Arranged By
Aurélien Besnard: Clarinet
Matthias Meier: Clarinet, Arranged By
Sylvain Chauveau: Composed By, Electronics, Field Recording, Piano, Producer, Sampler
Dan Dudarec: Executive-Producer
Zuzana Malá: Graphic Design
Daniel Krieger: Lacquer Cut By
Valéry Lorenzo: Photography By
Olivier Lageyre: Piano, Arranged By, Piano, Arranged By
Hans-Jörg Maucksch: Remastered By
Matouš Godík: Remastered By
Hendrik Pauler: Transferred By [DMM]
Xavier Carrière: Trumpet
Marie Legendre: Viola
Benoît Génot: Viola, Arranged By
Sandrine Flavigny: Violin, Score Editor