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Sylvain Chauveau : Discography

#1 : Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (2000) #1 : Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (2002 Re-issue) #1 : The Black Book of Capitalism (2008 remastered re-issue) #2 : Nocturne Impalpable (2001) #2 : Nocturne Impalpable (Taiwan, 2003) #2 : Nocturne Impalpable (Taiwan, 2003) #3 : Un Autre Décembre (2003) #4 : Des Plumes dans la Tête (2004) #5 : Down to the Bone (2005) #5 : Down to the Bone (Japan, 2007) #6 : S. (2007) #7 : Nuage (2007) #8 : Touching Down Lightly (2009) #9 : Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated) (2010) Abstractions Compilations Collaborations

 

Abstractions

Abstractions

CD 2012 Flau (FLAUR06)


  1. Heart Beating (remix of Agoria)
  2. Attractions (remix of Arca)
  3. High in the Morning (remix of Paul Duncan)
  4. Dernière Etape avant le Silence (remix of Sylvain Chauveau)
  5. Ik Week (remix of At The Close Of Everyday)
  6. A_ (remix of Sylvain Chauveau)
  7. Grey (remix of StretchAndRelax)
Abstractions features 7 songs remixed by Sylvain.


Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)

Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)

CD 2010 Type (TYPE057)
LP 2010 Type (TYPE057V)


  1. From Stone to Cloud
  2. Show the Clear and Lonely Way
  3. The Unbroken Line
  4. Complexity of the Simple
  5. Slowburner (with Stillness)
  6. A Cloud of Dust
  7. I Ascended
Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated) is the first SC solo album with vocals since 2005 "Down to the Bone". After ten years composing chamber music, it took two years to conceive this opus between Paris, Chicago, Montpellier and Bruxelles. Sylvain's objective was to deconstruct the "song" format and bring it to very unusual lands.


Touching Down Lightly (graphic design by Carlos Santos, photo by Valéry Lorenzo)

Touching Down Lightly

CD 2009 Creative Sources (CS152cd)


  1. Touching Down Lightly
47 minutes long piano improv composed and performed by Sylvain Chauveau.
Engineered and mixed by John McEntire at Soma Electronic Music studio, Chicago, 24 November 2008

Cover photo by Valéry Lorenzo
Graphic design by Carlos Santos.
Production by Ernesto Rodrigues.


Nuage

Nuage

CD 2007 Type (TYPE034)
LP 2007 Type (TYPE034V)


  1. Pauvre Simon
  2. L'approche du Nuage
  3. Troubles
  4. Nuage II
  5. Marianne
  6. Symptôme N°2
  7. Symptôme N°1
  8. Vers les Montagnes
  9. L'Orée du Bois
  10. Le Tunnel
  11. Marianne (variation)
  12. Fly like a horse
  13. Clara et Simon
  14. Nuage III


  15. Les Mains D'Andréa
  16. Andréa's hands
  17. Staring
  18. Andréa
  19. An old friend
  20. Andréa's hands II
Music for Sébastien Betbeder's films "Nuage" and "Les Mains D'Andréa".

Additional musicians:

  • Pierre-Yves Macé: piano, electronics
  • Maitane Sebastián: violoncello
  • Franck Dematteis: viola
  • Sylvain Chauveau: electric guitar ("Nuage")
  • Marina Rodriguez: violoncello 2 ("Nuage")
  • Music composed by Sylvain Chauveau.
    Produced by Les Films du Worso.

    "Nuage": Recorded by Marc Dubézy and Damien at CDM, Toulouse. Mixed by Pierre-Yves Macé in Paris.

    "Les Mains D'Andréa": Recorded by Julien Guinard at La Muse en Circuit, Alfortville. Mixed by Pierre-Yves Macé in Paris.

    Mastered by Lupo at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
    Artwork by Kabegami.


    S.

    S.

    CD 2007 Type (TYPE 030)
    LP 2007 Type (TYPE030V)


    1. Composition 8
    2. P.
    3. E/R
    4. N
    5. A_
    All pieces composes for the dance show "Au nombre des choses" (All thing among things) by Compagnie Mi-Octobre / Serge Ricci.
    Composed and performed by Sylvain Chauveau (electric guitar, piano, electronics, vocals), 2005-2007.
    Produced by Compagnie Mi-Octobre / Serge Ricci.
    Recorded and mixed by Pierre-Yves Macé in Paris.
    Reworked with Sylvain Closier in Toulouse.
    Final layout with Geoffroy Montel in Paris.
    Mastering by Lupo at D&M Berlin.
    Design by Kabegami.


    Down to the Bone - An Acoustic Tribute to Depeche Mode

    Down to the Bone - An Acoustic Tribute to Depeche Mode (with Ensemble Nocturne)

    CD 2005 Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier (C-DSA 54093)


    1. Stripped
    2. The Things You Said
    3. Home
    4. Policy Of Truth
    5. Death's Door
    6. (Enjoy) The Silence
    7. In Your Room
    8. Blasphemous Rumours
    9. Freelove
    10. Never Let Me Down Again
    11. Enjoy The Silence
    Words and music by Martin L. Gore.
    Recorded and mixed by Marc Dubézy at CDM studio, Toulouse, with the precious help of L'Ampli in Pau.
    Artistic direction by Joan Cambon.
    Produced by Gérard Nguyen, Marc Dubézy and Sylvain Chauveau.
    "Freelove" was rearranged by Sébastien Roux, after a piano part by Luc Rambo, performed by Sam Crowther.
    Luc Rambo also rearranged "Blasphemous rumours".
    Mastered by Christoph Amann at Amann studios, Vienne.
    Sleeve by Sonia Gilhodes.

    Additional Musicians:

  • Aurélien Besnard : clarinets
  • Joan Cambon : electronics
  • Sam Crowther : piano
  • Géraldine Devillières : cello
  • Marc Dubézy : electronics
  • Marie Legendre : viola
  • Philippe Maynard : acoustic guitar
  • Sébastien Roux : electronics, acoustic guitar
  • JB Salles : contrabass
  • Anthony Taillard : prepared guitar
  • Olivier Cavaille, Olivier Lageyre, Luc Rambo, Rasim Biyikli

    Includes samples of Pierre-Yves Macé, Toy Bizarre and Below the Sea.

    "Equal delight as both a gorgeous set of stripped down 21st century torch songs and as a tribute to to these pioneering Basildon bastards. Yes please." (Boomkat.com, UK)
    "Este disco es quizà el mejor que jamàs se le pueda rendir a los chicos de Basildon" (Go Mag, Spain)
    "Son probablement meilleur disque" (Ludovic Perrin, Libération, France)
    "Disque de chevet" (Télérama, France)
    "Magnifique relecture à la bougie du répertoire de Depeche Mode" (Richard Robert, Les Inrockuptibles)
    "Chauveau se fait encore plus accessible grâce à ses reprises de Depeche Mode" (Ici Montréal, Canada)
    "Arrangements soignés qui exaltent les propriétés les plus soyeuses du répertoire des Anglais" (Le Temps, Switzerland)
    "L'Unplugged que Depeche Mode n'enregistrera pas" (Arnaud Viviant, Les Inrockuptibles, France)
    Appreciated by Daniel Miller (Mute), Fennesz, and David Grubbs.


  • Down to the Bone - An Acoustic Tribute to Depeche Mode (Japanese Edition)

    Down to the Bone - An Acoustic Tribute to Depeche Mode (with Ensemble Nocturne) : Japanese Edition

    CD 2007 Nature Bliss (DQC19)


    1. Stripped
    2. The Things You Said
    3. Home
    4. Policy Of Truth
    5. Death's Door
    6. (Enjoy) The Silence
    7. In Your Room
    8. Blasphemous Rumours
    9. Freelove
    10. Never Let Me Down Again
    11. Enjoy The Silence
    12. Shake The Disease
    13. (previously unreleased)
    14. Never Let Me Down Again
    15. (video by Vincent Moon)
    Japanese reissue of the album including a bonus track (Shake the disease) and the video for "Never let me down again" by Vincent Moon.


    Des Plumes dans la Tête

    "Des Plumes dans la Tête" O.S.T.

    CD 2004 Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier (C-DSA 54084)


    1. Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 1)
    2. Situation Initiale
    3. Pour les Oiseaux
    4. Feu
    5. Le Brasier de Tristesse
    6. Ferme les Yeux
    7. Des Plumes dans la Tête (Variation 2)
    8. Les Débutants 1
    9. Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 1)
    10. Anthracite
    11. Nocturne Urbain 2
    12. Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 2)
    13. Sinon le Vent qui Passe
    14. Noir
    15. Ferme les Yeux (Variation)
    16. Les Débutants 2
    17. Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 3)
    18. Blanche Comme l'Infini
    19. Situation Finale
    20. Des Plumes dans la Tête
    21. Suber *
    22. Datebook *
    (*) Webcam remixed by Sylvain Chauveau, recorded and mixed with Joan Cambon.
    Original Webcam's pieces are on the album "Weaving" (Noise Museum, 2000).

    Additional Musicians:
  • Olivier Lageyre : piano, strings arrangement
  • Géraldine Devillières : cello
  • Marie Legendre : viola
  • Sandrine Flavigny : violin
  • Aurélien Besnard : clarinet

    Un beau disque contemplatif" (Libération)
    "Un ensemble obsédant" (Magic!)
    "Très belle musique" (Mouvement)
    "Cette B.O. flirte avec le classique sans jamais sombrer dans le mélodramatique facile ou l'excès de préciosité" (Longueur d'Ondes)


  • Un Autre Décembre (pochette par Stéphen Joly)

    Un Autre Décembre (Another december)

    CD 2003 130701 / Fat-Cat Records (CD13-02)


    1. Minéral (Mineral)
    2. Sous Tes Yeux Probablement (Under your eyes probably)
    3. Granulation 1
    4. Neuf Cents Lunes (Nine hundred moons)
    5. Alors La Lumière Vacille (Then the light flickers)
    6. Granulation 2
    7. Il Fait Nuit Noire A Berlin (It's a deep dark night in Berlin)
    8. La Lettre Qu'Il N'Envoya Jamais (The letter he never sent)
    9. Granulation 3
    10. Un Autre Décembre (Another december)
    11. Granulation 4
    12. Du Rêve Dans Les Yeux (Dream in the eyes)
    Additional Musicians:
  • Vincent Pouplard: accordion
  • David Mascunan: mix, mastering

    "All the more remarkable" (Mojo)
    "Uncomplicated piano chords and phrases, repeated slowly, hang in the air and charm" (The Wire)
    "Reflective, peaceful, each note contemplated with care" (BBC.online)
    "Truly beautiful and deep piano based compositions" (Boomkat.com)
    "This mini album exposes the rough beauty of piano music" (The Milk Factory)
    "Las veinte minutos màs largos, memorables y extremadamente conmovedores del momento" (Go Mag)
    "Plus près du silence, les mélodies du français redoublent de vigueur et de tendresse" (Les Inrockuptibles)
    "On ne peut déjà plus s'en passer" (Magic!)
    "Magique" (Octopus)

    Appreciated by Stefan Schneider (To Rococo Rot, Mapstation).


  • Nocturne Impalpable (pochette par Sonia Gilhodes)

    Nocturne Impalpable (Impalpable Nocturne)

    CD 2001 Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier (C-DSA 54076)


    1. Blanc (Blank)
    2. Cet Enfer Miraculeux (This miraculous hell)
    3. Radiophonie n°1 (Radiophony #1)
    4. Doucement, le Grain de sa Peau (Slowly, the grain of her skin)
    5. -
    6. Ocre (Ochre)
    7. --
    8. Radiophonie n°2 (Radiophony #2)
    9. Adieu Miséricorde (Farewell mercy)
    10. ---
    11. Léger (Light)
    12. ----
    13. Le Monde Intérieur (The inner world)
    14. Arachnéenne Encore (Gossamery, still)
    15. -----
    16. Je me Suis Bâti sur une Colonne Absente (I built myself on a an absent column)
    17. ------
    18. Radiophonie n°3 (Radiophony #3)
    19. Nocturne Urbain (Urban nocturne)
    Additional Musicians:
  • David Bernadas: recording of Urban nocturne's final part
  • Joan Cambon: recording, mix
  • Xavier Carrière: trumpet
  • Olivier Cavaillé: cello, arrangement
  • Eugen Fabris: cello
  • Benoît Génot: viola, arrangement
  • Olivier Lageyre: piano, arrangement
  • Frédéric Luneau: recording, mix
  • David Mascunan: Mastering
  • Matthias Meier: clarinet, arrangement
  • Vincent Pouplard: accordion

    "Un disco struggente e bellissimo" (Blow Up)
    "Un lavoro delicato ed intimista" (Rumore)
    "la soberbia musica que propone Nocturne impalpable tiene muy poco de decomedida y mucho de rigurosa, casi religiosa" (Go Mag)
    "Depuis la première écoute souffle en nous cette musique de longue haleine" (Télérama) ffff
    "Nocturne impalpable est, comme son nom l'indique, un petit bijou de poésie aérienne" (Le Nouvel Observateur)
    "Nocturne impalpable restera longtemps un précieux camarade" (Les Inrockuptibles)
    "Piano bistré, orgues majestueuses et violoncelle élégiaque" (Libération)
    "Une réussite" (Vibrations)
    "Un voyage intimiste aussi exigeant que beau" (Magic!)
    "Ces dix-neuf plages instrumentales captivent" (Classica)

    Quoted by Ryuichi Sakamoto in his 2002 top 5.
    Played by John Peel on the BBC.
    Appreciated by Christian Fennesz.


  • Nocturne Impalpable - Taiwan (red cover by Heaven Book) Nocturne Impalpable - Taiwan (blue cover by Heaven Book)

    Nocturne Impalpable (Taiwanese re-issue)

    CD 2003 September Culture (SEP20042)


    Taiwanese re-issue of the album, released in 2003.
    The musical content is strictly the same as the previous version.
    The design has been totally revisited by Heaven Book.
    The album is available with 2 different sleeves (further information and sleeve scans).


    Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (sleeve by Valéry Lorenzo)

    Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (The Black Book of Capitalism)

    CD 2000 Noise Museum (nm051)


    1. Et peu à peu les flots respiraient comme on pleure (And gradually the waves breath like one cries)
    2. JLG
    3. Hurlements en faveur de Serge T. (Howlings for Serge T.)
    4. Le marin rejeté par la mer (The sailor rejected by the sea)
    5. Dernière étape avant le silence (Last step before silence)
    6. Dialogues avec le vent (Dialogues with the wind)
    7. Ses mains tremblent encore (His hands still shiver)
    8. Ma contribution à l'industrie phonographique (My contribution to the phonographic industry)
    9. Géographie intime (Intimate geography)
    10. Je suis vivant et vous êtes morts (I am alive and you are dead)
    11. Mon Royaume (My kingdom)
    12. Potlatch (1971-1999)
    13. Un souffle remua la nuit (A blow moved the night)
    Additional Musicians:
  • Joan Cambon: recording, mix, bass
  • Myriam Rigaill: piano, arrangement
  • Frédéric Luneau: recording, mix
  • Olivier Cavaillé: cello, arrangement
  • Syren Gomez: voice
  • Benoît Génot: viola
  • Serge Turc: text and voice
  • Fabien Magni: accordion, arrangement
  • Franck Alix: voice

    "Splendide partition" (Télérama) fff
    "Ce premier album a été injustement négligé" (Libération)
    "Le livre noir du capitalisme se lit au crépuscule, allongé sur un nuage" (Les Inrockuptibles)
    "Une authentique sensibilité de mélomane instruit" (Magic!)


  • Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (sleeve layout by Sonia Gilhodes, photo by Valéry Lorenzo)

    Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme (2002 Re-issue) (The Black Book of Capitalism)

    CD 2002 Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier (c-dsa 54079)


    Re-issue of the album, released in 2002.
    The musical content is strictly the same as the original version.
    The sleeve design has been revisited, and a note by Sylvain about the re-issue has been added in English.


    The Black Book of Capitalism (layout by Radu Prepeleac, photo by Richard Skelton)

    The Black Book of Capitalism (2008 remastered re-issue)

    CD 2008 Type (TYPE025)
    LP 2008 Type (TYPE025V)


    Re-issue of the album "Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme", released in 2008.
    The tracklisting is the same as the original version, but the album has been remastered by Lupo at D&M, Berlin.
    The sleeve and the layout are totally different than the original version. For the first time, the album is released on vinyl (limited edition: 400 copies only).


    Basque Electronic Diaspora #2

    Compilation appearances



    Floored memory... fading location (FatCat)

    The Pet Series volume 6 (Volkoren)

    • Begiak Hetsi is on the compilation Basque Electronic Diaspora #2 on spanish label Metak, out en 2001.

    • A remix by Sylvain of the piece called L'Egalité des Hommes Devant la Mort (Equality of men in front of death) by Glider appears on the band's remixes album, Sand from Water, out in 2002 on Alice in Wonder.

    • Minéral (from Un autre décembre) is on the double compilation by Fat-Cat, Branches and Routes, out 30/06/2003.

    • Cinematography 1 and Cinematography 2 (exclusive excerpts from the "Feathers in my head" O.S.T sessions) are featured in the MP3 series of July 2003 on Antiopic

    • In your room (from Down to the Bone) appears on the freebie CD joined with French magazine D-Side #30.

    • The version of Enjoy the silence that ends up the album Down to the Bone is on the sampler of German magazine Spex's december 2005 issue.

    • A remix by Sylvain of the piece called Within the Orderly Life by Pulseprogramming appears on the band's remixes album, Tulsa for One Second Remix Project, out in 2005 on Aesthetics.

    • Never Let Me Down Again (from Down to the Bone) appears on the Czech compilations Super Plouzaky 2007 and Music Box Hity 5, issued in 2006.

    • Home (from Down to the Bone) appears on the Japanese compilation Quiet Rock released by Hot Sauce Tokyo in 2006. new

    • Composition 8, opening track of the EP S.  appears on the 2007 MP3 compilation TYPE - Free The Future available from the English site BoomKat.com.

    • The Phonecall, unreleased excerpt from the "Les Mains d'Andréa" O.S.T., appears on the compilation The Pet Series volume 6, the mouse released in 2007 by the Dutch label Volkoren.

    • A remix by Sylvain of the piece called ik weet by at the close of everyday appears on the band's remixes album, leaves you puzzled, released in March 2007 by Volkoren (volkoren 20).

    • Il Fait Nuit Noire à Berlin, from the album Un Autre Décembre and La Vie Lointaine (previously unreleased piece recorded for and taking its title from a 2008 film by director Sebastien Betbeder) appear on the compilation Floored memory... fading location released in 2009 by FatCat (CD13-10)

    • Cet Enfer Miraculeux, from the album Nocturne Impalpable and In the Darkened Underpass (previously unreleased) are featured in the compilation Variations of Silence released in 2009 by the Japanese record company Inpartmaint (PDIP-6502)

    • Nuage III and Fly Like a Horse, from the album Nuage, appear on the compilation Pop Ambient 2009 released in 2009 by the German label Kompakt (KOMPAKT CD 69)
    Variations of Silence (Inpartmaint)

    Pop Ambient 2009 (Kompakt)


    Millimetrik: Variery is the Spice of Life

    Collaborations



    Sylvain was a member of Watermelon Club and Micro:mega, and is part of Arca and On. He has recorded an album with Felicia Atkinson.

    He also collaborated with other bands on the following projects: