PASCAL COMELADE

PASCAL COMELADE
« Le non-sens du rythme »
New LP
09/09/2022

Since his first record published in 1975, Pascal Comelade, a child of the rock frenzy of the 60s and 70s, has developed a profuse body of work including numerous musical collaborations (PJ Harvey, Robert Wyatt, Jaki Libezeit (Can), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), The Limiñanas…) and non-musical collaborations (Jeanne Moreau, Sergi Lopez, Jean François Stévenin, Bob Wilson…).

His compositions are reminiscent of MC5, Erik Satie, Nino Rota, Ennio Morricone, Suicide: a language that dances on a musical skeleton in perpetual movement by successive fusions, mixing folklore and underground, repetitive music and french chanson, pataphysical riffs and toy instruments.

As a multiple artist, he developed an aesthetic approach via a particular link to visual arts. He draws, paints and occasionally performs with painters Miquel Barcelo and Hervé Di Rosa.

On his new album coming, « Le non-sens du rythme » (to be translated « The nonsense of rhythm », the title says it all), Pascal Comelade almost plays all the instruments, not only multiple pianos / keyboards but also the Rickenbaker e.bass, the indian harmonium, various guitars and even the tin can. He’s joined by some of his old partners in crime, notably Jac Berrocal (Catalogue) on trumpet and Tony Truant (Wampas) on guitar. René Vienet, an eminent situationist, sinologist, filmmaker and editor, recites Arthur Rimbaud‘s poem « L’orgie parisienne » on the last track of the record, an extended version of the single « Musique hypertrophique des remontoirs ».

Pascal Comelade remains the undisputed master of the instrumental ritornello inspired by popular music as well as krautrock.