先日､初の来日を果たしたﾌﾗﾝｽの人気作曲家､sylvain chauveau｡彼が2000年にDSAからﾘﾘｰｽした記念すべき1stｱﾙﾊﾞﾑは､ﾚｰﾍﾞﾙの倒産によって長らく廃盤になっていましたが､この度めでたくtypeからﾘｲｼｭｰされることとなりました｡ｵﾘｼﾞﾅﾙではﾌﾗﾝｽ語のｱﾙﾊﾞﾑ･ﾀｲﾄﾙ（『Le Livre Noir Du Capitalisme』）でしたが､今回､英語に直され､ｱｰﾄﾜｰｸも一新｡さらにﾍﾞﾙﾘﾝの名門､Dubplates and Masteringでﾘﾏｽﾀﾘﾝｸﾞされました｡ﾏｲｹﾙ･ﾅｲﾏﾝのようなｴﾓｰｼｮﾅﾙな弦楽協奏曲から､ｻﾃｨのようなｼﾝﾌﾟﾙながらも味わい深いﾋﾟｱﾉ曲まで､ﾃﾞﾋﾞｭｰ作ゆえの多様さがかえって魅力的でもあります｡｢JLG｣というﾀｲﾄﾙの曲が収録されているように､このｱﾙﾊﾞﾑは､まるでｺﾞﾀﾞｰﾙの映画のように美しく､独特の空気感を持っています｡
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Originally released in 2000, Le Livre Noir Du Capitalisme was the first album from French composer Sylvain Chauveau. Now in 2008, it has been remastered and repackaged for Type Records, translated into the English The Black Book of Capitalism. This record was the first the world had heard from Sylvain, a musician who had been rooted in post-rock before realizing that he could do a lot more with the instruments around him. On The Black Book of Capitalism, we hear a rare playful side to the composer as he flirts with Gallic classical music, electronica, jazz, and even indie rock. The variety splintered into various side-projects as Sylvain moved on in the music scene, but here we get a sense of confident experimentation without a hint of clich?. Sylvain's sound would go on to influence a host of other artists and kick off an entire sub-genre of modern classical music, but strangely enough, this debut album has been out of press for some time. Now remastered by Dubplates and Mastering in Berlin and on vinyl for the first time ever, it sounds more relevant and timeless than it ever has. Beginning with a cloud of smoky ambience, piano, strings and the atmospheric field recordings that frame the record, we are dragged into Sylvain's noir-esque world. This sets the scene for the entire album which drifts through the kind of piano-led classical vignettes popularized by Max Richter and more recently Goldmund, yet punctuates these with doomy jazz and lighter pieces such as the guitar-led "Dialogues Avec Le Vent." The result is a beguiling collection of pieces which show an incredibly inventive mind at work, a mind refusing to be held to one specific style, or even time.
Track Listing:
Disc 1
01. Et Peu A Peu Les Flots Respiraient Comme On Pleure 03:28
02. JLG 02:10
03. Hurlements En Faveur De Serge T. 02:57 04. Le Marin Rejet? Par La Mer 03:36
05. Derniere ?tape Avant Le Silence 04:55 06. Dialogues Avec Le Vent 03:31
07. Ses Mains Tremblent Encore 01:58
08. Ma Contribution ? L'industrie Phonographique 02:47
09. G?ographie Intime 05:24
10. Je Suis Vivant Et Vous ?tes Morts 04:17
11. Mon Royaume 02:46
12. Potlatch (1971-1999) 01:58
13. Un Souffle Remua La Nuit 02:32
- Originally released in 2000, Le Livre Noir Du Capitalisme was the first album from French composer Sylvain Chauveau. Now in 2008, it has been remastered and repackaged for Type Records, translated into the English The Black Book of Capitalism.
- "Sylvain Chauveau's work proves that academic electro acoustics can create murky atmospheres that a lot of doom and drone outfits would sell their guitars for." --Foxy Digitalis
- "Chauveau continues to prod the world of post-Satie classical piano composition into new enclosures with subtle electronic boundaries." --Exclaim!
