Label: Efficient Space
Catalog#: ES007
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Australia
Released: 2018
1 N'Écrire Que Du Vent
2 La Visite Au Musée
3 And Then The Wind
4 Chienne De Vie
5 Quand Natalia Peint
6 Thème Entre Deux Chants
7 Les Sanglots Du Locataire
8 John Doe
9 C'Était À L’Aube
10 Le Dialogue Des Joueurs De Cartes
11 Et L'Obscurité Toute Entière Pour Me Rappeler Cela
12 Le Train Ne S'Arrêtera Plus
13 L'Oubli
14 Chryséléphantines
15 D'Un Pas Chancelant
80年代後期から90年代半ばにかけて、自国の近代音楽〜印象主義の様式を受け継ぐローファイなベッドルーム・コンポジションを欧米のアンダーグラウンド・カセットレーベルから発表していたフランスの作曲家／鍵盤奏者Sebastian Gandera（セバスティアン・ガンデラ）。彼の楽曲を集めた初の編集盤が、メルボルンのプロデューサーMichael Kucykが運営する音楽サイト／ラジオ番組Noise In My Headのレトロスペクティヴ・レーベルEfficient Spaceよりアナウンス。選曲・監修は同レーベルのDIYポップ編集盤「Sky Girl」の選曲も手掛けたJulien Dechery、ライナーノーツはP.A.M.のデザイナーMisha Hollenbachが担当。リリース予定日は9月27日。
Le Raccourci is a welcome introduction to the world of modern classical identity Sebastian Gandera. The impressionist landscapes of a sensitive soul self-reflecting, these miniature compositions alternate across a rudimentary set up of piano, field recorder, sampler and four track. Melancholic utterings hastily captured some 100km east of Paris. Classically trained by the same teacher as his parents, Gandera first began recording in the confines of his university dorm room, inspired by a C60 from friend and future collaborator Bernard Odot (A Gethsémani). Humbly existing without sparing a thought to music industry or career, Gandera’s personal effects surfaced via the European and US cassette networks from 1988 to 1994. Impressively accomplished for the DIY scene they orbited, these tapes were issued in scant quantities, rendering his pieces as private secrets shared and duplicated in small concentric circles. Aside from a sole, avowedly traumatic performance, the material was never shared in a live context. Selected by Sky Girl co-conspirer Julien Dechery, Le Raccourci culls 15 tracks from Gandera’s extensive cassette discography, discarded DAT recordings, and split CD with Lyon toy music project Klimperei. These sentiently charged compositions only hint at his larger catalogue, but act as a compelling cross section of the artist’s oeuvre. The identity is further detailed by archival images, Glen Goetze penned liner notes and original artwork from Perks and Mini’s Misha Hollenbach. While Gandera’s nostalgic melodies incidentally parallel with the piano key manoeuvres of Pascal Comelade, Robert Haigh and Dominique Lawalrée, Le Raccourci could only stem from the escapist desires of one Eric Morin.
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