Pascal Comelade

Pascal Comelade, 2007

Pascal Comelade (born June 30, 1955 in Montpellier ) is a French - Catalan composer and instrumental musician. He has achieved particular importance as a film musician .

After living in Barcelona for a few years , he released his first record Fluence there in 1975 , which was influenced by electronic music and the French band Heldon . Later he turned increasingly to acoustic music, often playing his compositions on toy instruments, especially the children's piano . His minimalist but expressive pieces are mostly rhythmic and often take up tango or waltz rhythms .

Pascale Comelade has, e.g. Sometimes he also worked on his own publications with numerous musicians such as Robert Wyatt or Jaki Liebezeit . He is also featured on many compilations. The music of Yann Tiersen , who is 15 years his junior , is in many ways very similar to Comelade's pieces.

In Germany, the music Comelades was last heard more strongly again in 2005 as a film music for the summer in front of the balcony by Andreas Dresen . He enjoys the greatest recognition in Spanish Catalonia .

Comelade now lives in Céret , a small French town in the eastern Pyrenees on the border with Spain.

Discography

1975 Fluence 1978 Séquences Paiennes Vertical pianos 1980 Paralelo Ready-made 1981 Slow music 1982 Sentimientos Irregular organ 1983 Fall Of Saigon Logique du Sens 1984 La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser des Briques? Bel Canto Orquestra Milano Enharmonisto Précis de Décomposition Bruitiste Scénes de Musique Ralentie Detail monochrome 1986 Bel Canto 1987 El primitivismo 1988 Impressionnismes Rock Del Veneno 1989 33 bars Cent Regards 1991 Ragazzin 'The Blues Pataphysical polka Haikus de pianos 1992 Traffic d'Abstraction Topography anecdotique El Ermitaño - together with Bel Canto Orquestra 1993 Yo Quiero Un Tebeo 1994 Danses Et Chants de Syldavie

1995 El Cabaret Galactic 1996 Musiques Pour Films Vol.2 Tango Del Rossello Un samedi sur la Terre 1997 Un Tal Jazz Oblique Sessions - together with Pierre Bastien , Jac Berrocal and Jaki Liebezeit 1998 L'Argot du Bruit ZumZum.Ka Bel Canto Orquestra In Concerto 1999 Musiques De Genre Live In Lisbon and Barcelona Oblique Sessions II - together with Richard Pinhas Swing slang song 2000 Aigua de Florida Classes de Música a la Granja - together with Llorenç Balsach September Song - together with Robert Wyatt Pop Songs Del Rossello - together with Gérard Jacquet Pastis Catalan - for the Musée d'Art moderne in Céret (limited to 50 signed copies) 2001 La Isla Del Holandés - together with José Manuel Pagan Pop Songs Del Rossello 2 - together with Gérard Jacquet 2002 Sense el Resso del Dring Psicotic Music 'Hall 2003 Logicofobisme del Piano en Minuscul Musica Pop (Danses de Catalunya Nord) 2004 La Filosofia del Plat Combinat Back to Schizo 1975-1983 2005 Espace Détente 2006 Espontex sinfonia La Manera Més Salvatge - together with Enric Casasses Stranger In Paradigm 2008 Mètode de Rocanrol Compassió pel dimoni

Filmography (selection)

• 1998: fat gone!
• 1999: Lena's Land
• 1998: The Book of Life
• 2000: André le magnifique
• 2005: Summer in front of the balcony
• 2008: Hello, how are you? (Dovidjenja, kako ste?)

Web links

• Pascal Comelade in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• official homepage
• Discography from 2000 until today