Gaspar Claus – ‘Tancade’
NEWS
- 06/01/2023
Gaspar Claus : Release party ‘Scaphandre’ à La Station – Gare des mines le 02/02
Un peu plus d’un an après la sortie de « Tancade », disque cramé au soleil d’une plage du sud de la France, Gaspar Claus vous invite, au cœur de l’hiver à Paris, à plonger dans son nouveau projet « Scaphandre », un vinyle englouti dans les profondeurs de cette même baie. Et pour éviter
- 07/09/2020
Gaspar Claus : création ‘violoncelles’ première au Théâtre de Vanves le 25/09
Gaspar Claus ne se lasse pas de son instrument fétiche. Le voilà même attelé à concevoir une pièce pour 6 violoncelles, comme un “éclatement” dans l’espace de sa propre monture, histoire de la faire voyager plus loin, dans vos oreilles et vos cerveaux. L’idéalement nommé ‘violoncelles’ sera joué au Théâtre de Vanves le 25 septembre.
- 04/12/2017
Gaspar Claus signe la b.o. de ‘Makala’ (film d’Emmanuel Gras)
Gaspar Claus signe de son violoncelle la musique originale de 'Makala', le film d'Emmanuel Gras, Grand prix de la semaine de la critique et Oeil d'or à Cannes.
BIO
Gaspar Claus is a cellist.
That is to say, he plays the cello, and pretty much anything he touches, he touches with his cello. That is to say all he weighs of the world surrounding him, he compares to the weight of his cello, an instrument to be hugged, stroked, pinched but also carried on one’s back along lengthy stretches.
And indeed it is no stretch to also call Gaspar Claus a surveyor. Geographer. Even, why not, a cartographer: drawer of lines and tracery.
For years now, we’ve run into him, often, somewhere within the vigorous and tender frenzy of his encounters, warming his instrument in service of others, or dedicating it to incongruous, largely unexpected dialogues, from pop to contemporary music, from plural traditions to noisy jazz, from chanson to electronic music. We’ve seen him, heard him, glimpsed him, guessed him alongside Rone and Barabara Carlotti, with Matt Elliot and Stranded Horse, Serge Teyssot-Gay and Angélique Ionatos, Joelle Léandre, Marion Cousin, Jim O’Rourke or Peter Von Poehl and Keiji Haino, equally involved, equally curious. From afar we’ve followed him to Japan, Mongolia, Iceland, Mali, Morocco, and from all these places and more, we saw him return enriched, that is to say – lighter.
Improvising alone or playing with his father Pedro Soler – a guitarist with a conception of flamenco as a broad form, all at once modern and archaic, member of the VACΛRME trio – with the violinists Carla Pallone and Christelle Lassort, or increasingly frolicking around various film scores (Makala, Vif Argent…), Gaspar shows the importance of how his unbridled courtship with all forms of music will have ultimately focused, rather than scattered, his way of playing and his theoretical approach, strengthening an ever more broadening and colourful vocabulary.
Thus, Gaspar Claus is stubbornly intent on reconciling opposites. On outfitting his most strident vituperations with baroque ornaments, or airing out compositions with free improvisation, and on viewing concepts as desirable and sensuous machines. Whether intimately entwined with his instrument or scrawling along a lone sheet of paper, writing for ensembles (six cellos under telepathic mentorship) or imagining great mental celebrations – such as La Nuit en LA, which saw the Paris Philharmonic resonating with a single A note for ten hours straight, under the hypnotized fingers of nine entranced musicians, or drumming his maple body with the wood of his own bow, or shamelessly listening to Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveiros or La Monte Young (listening is already playing), whether in solitude or in the warm imprint of long-nurtured friendships, Gaspar Claus asserts himself as a lyrical conceptualist, at turns meditative and explosive, cherishing ideas for their textures and, conversely, matter for how it arouses the imagination, which itself is but a thought.
During the last five years, Gaspar Claus has been creating, composing and recording his first solo album ‘Tancade‘ (InFiné / Les disques du Festival Permanent). At the crossroads of neo-classical experimental pop in the form of a soundtrack to an imaginary film, ‘Tancade‘ is a series of 11 pieces composed solely with his cello. Devising the stage version of these pieces is a real challenge. An orchestra of cellos would be needed to play them, to avoid the situation of the musician alone on stage playing excessively constraining loops. Gaspar Claus has teamed up with Basile3, who will control the cello’s sound processing on stage to achieve this multitude without it seeming too laborious or artificial.
→ Interview on ‘Hémisphère son’ 1/2
→ Interview on ‘Hémisphère son’ 2/2
LINE-UP
Gaspar Claus : cello, composition
Basile3 : electronics
Adrian Bourget : sound engineer
Matière Noire : lighting design
Co-production : Murailles Music, L’Hydrophone, Le Florida, l’A.M.I, Studio d’en Haut, Flashback, Paul B, Pannonica, with the support of the CNM and the DRAC Ile-de-France, Ministry of Culture.
LINKS
PRESS
NPR
“Claus turns the cello into an exquisitely expressive voice.”
Bleep
“A collection of exceptional cinematic mood pieces, guided by a visionary cellist.”
Norman records
“This blend of weird folk music, chamber music and cinematic expression leaves ‘Tancade’ difficult to pigeonhole, and all the better for it.”
A closer listen
“’Tancade’, which imagines an undiscovered tribe on an imaginary island. Delving into magical realism, the set is a dreamer’s paradise.”
CONTACT
Booking : Laura Zeguers
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou
TAGS
-
live à Jazz à Porquerolles 2024 (Arte concert)
'ECHOS' - Gaspar Claus 'archer sonore' (sound archer)
'Tancade' live 2023 (vidéo par Kevin Rolland)
'2359' (vidéo par Ilan J. Cohen, 2022)
'À l'infini' (vidéo par Loic Le Hécho & Tristan Bründler, 2022)
'Ô Sélénites' (Vidéo par Ilan Cohen, 2021)
Gaspar Claus Introducing ‘Tancade’ (edited by Thomas Rabillon)
'Une Foule' (vidéo par Clara Claus, 2021)
'L'envol' (Official Video - directed & edited by Colin Solal Cardo, featuring Camille De Haas)
Interview Sourdoreille, 2021
'Les Suds, tout court' (live à la Chapelle St-Honorat aux Alyscamps © Laurent Benhamou 2020)
Gaspar Claus, Live au CENTQUATRE-PARIS, 2016
‘Gaspar Claus playing in the Sahara Desert’ (A Take Away Show by La Blogothèque, 2008)
Rone feat. Gaspar Claus & Frànçois Marry 'Quitter la ville' (A Take Away Show by La Blogothèque, aéroport Paris CDG, 2015)
Makala | Bande annonce VF (2017)
DISCOGRAPHIE
Scaphandre
InFiné / Les Disques du Festival Permanent2023
LP / Digital
2359
InFiné / Les Disques du Festival Permanent2022
Digital
Tancade
InFiné / Les Disques du Festival Permanent2021
LP / CD / Digital
SERRANA
Les disques du festival permanent2017
CD / Digitial
MAKALA
Les disques du festival permanent2017
Digital
One Night Stand #1
Les disques du festival permanent2016
Digital
Jo Estava Que M’Abrasava
Les disques du festival permanent2016
CD / LP / Digital
Jo Ha Kyù Firsts contacts
Les disques du festival permanent2016
CD / Digital
CLAUS & CLAUSEN
Les disques du festival permanent2016
LP / Digital
Jo Ha Kyù
Les disques du festival permanent2013
LP / CD / digital
Past shows
- DateCountryCityVenuewith
- 07/10/2024FranceHyères (83)Jazz à Porquerolles, Fondation Carmignac Maya Dunietz, Joce Miennielinfos event
- 12/12/2023FranceMeylan (38)Hexagone, Scène Nationale de MeylanAki Ito et Jean-Philippe Lambert infos event
- 11/25/2023FranceSaint Vincent de Tyrosse (40)MACS, Pôle Sud Tyrosse (orga. Atabal Biarritz) (COMPLET)infos event
- 11/24/2023FranceLons (64)Espace Chambaud (orga. La Centrifugeuse)w. Zaho de Sagazaninfos event
- 11/23/2023FranceLa Rochelle (17)La SirèneThe Psychotic Monksinfos event
- 11/22/2023FranceBordeaux (33)Blonde Venusinfos event
- 11/16/2023FranceTourcoing (59)Le Grand Mix (orga. Tourcoing Jazz) (COMPLET)infos event
- 08/04/2023AllemagneRees (DE)Haldern Pop FestivalFrankie and the Witch Fingers, Omni Selassi, Divorce & othersinfos event
- 05/21/2023ItalieVittoria (IT)Scenica Festival (orga. Santa Briganti)infos event
- 05/12/2023FranceParis (75)Le Silencio Clubinfos event
- 05/11/2023FranceFécamp (76) Théâtre Le Passageinfos event
- 05/10/2023FranceRouen (76) Chapelle Corneille (orga. L'Étincelle)infos event
- 05/04/2023FranceDomfront en Poiraie (61)Théâtre de la villeinfos event
- 03/19/2023FranceAllonnes (72)Théâtre de Chaoué (orgas. Superforma et L'Excelsior Allonnes)Leila Bordreuilinfos event
- 02/15/2023AndorreLa Massana (AD)Teatre de les Fontetesinfos event
- 02/02/2023FranceParis (75)La Station Nord - Gaspar Claus : Release party 'Scaphandre''Tancade' (Iive), première écoute de 'Scaphandre', Vincent Moon live cinema & VACΛRME, Basile3 dj setinfos event
- 01/28/2023FrancePoitiers (86)Festival WEE!, TAPinfos event
- 01/19/2023FranceMetz (57)Les Trinitairesinfos event
- 12/02/2022FranceParis (75)30 ans Café de la DanseArthur H (solo), Fredrika Stahl, Barbara Carlottiinfos event
- 11/25/2022Grande-BretagneLondon (UK)Royal Albert Hall, The Elgar Roominfos
- 10/13/2022FranceMassy (91)Paul BGogo Penguininfos event
- 10/03/2022FranceParis (75)Le TrianonKeren Ann & Quatuor Debussyinfos event
- 09/16/2022FranceOrléans (45)Festival Hop Pop Hop, salle de l'Institutinfos event
- 08/15/2022FranceBanyuls sur Mer (66)Plage du Fontaulé Basile3 (DJ set), DJ Maude & Mukhayyar (DJ set)infos
- 08/03/2022FranceAngers (49)Festival Tempo2Rives, Musée Jean-LurçatIsolainfos event
- 07/23/2022FranceBussy-Rabutin (21)Festival Image Sonore, Château de Bussy-RabutinMila Dietrich, Ensemble Ars Nova, Almeeva Gaettson, Clarkinfos event
- 07/15/2022FranceSaint-Aubin-Sur-Mer (76)Festival Pete The Monkeyinfos event
- 06/03/2022FranceLourmarin (84)Festival YEAH !infos event
- 05/20/2022FranceNantes (44)Jazz en Phase, Jardin de la Psalette (orga. Pannonica)infos event
- 05/13/2022AllemagneBerlin (DE)ZENNER, 15 ans InFinéRone, Léonie Pernet, Deena Abdelwahed, Bottler, Basile3, Cubenx event
- 04/08/2022FrancePerpignan (66)Festival Musique Sacrée, les Dominicainsinfos event
- 04/01/2022FranceLa Riche (37)Festival Superflux, Château du Plessisinfos event
- 03/19/2022FranceNiort (79)Festival Nouvelle(s) Scène(s), Jardins du Moulin du Rocinfos event
- 02/19/2022FranceAudincourt (25)Le MolocoBRUIT ≤infos event
- 02/18/2022FranceSaint-Germain-en- Laye (78)La ClefChapelier Fou Ensemb7einfos event
- 02/06/2022FranceLille (59)L'Aéronefinfos event
- 02/04/2022SuisseVeyrier (CH)Festival Antigel, église de Veyrierinfos event
- 01/21/2022SuisseBâle (CH)Fondation Beyeler, Festival les yeux fermés (ANNULÉ)Nora Sigue
- 01/20/2022FranceParis (75)Café de la Danse, release party (COMPLET)TBAinfos event
- 12/10/2021FranceSète (34)Festival Bazrinfos event
- 11/14/2021FranceParis (75)Le Centquatre-Paris, 15 ans InFinéVanessa Wagner, KMRUinfos event
- 11/06/2021FranceRennes (35)Festival Jazz à l'Ouest, L'Antipode (ANNULÉ)Arooj Aftabinfos event
- 11/03/2021FranceMassy (91)Festival Primeurs de Massy, Paul BAurus, Silly Boy Blue, P.R2B, Mydinfos event
- 10/09/2021AllemagneBerlin (DE)Michel Berger (ANNULÉ)infos event
- 10/03/2021FranceLyon (69)Les Subs, Salon du violon et des instruments et archets du quatuorinfos event
- 10/01/2021FranceLyon (69)Opéra Undergroundinfos event
- 09/23/2021FranceAgen (47)Le FloridaRONEinfos
- 09/22/2021FranceCenon (33)Le Rocher de PalmerRONEinfos
- 09/13/2021FranceParis (75)Le Trianon (COMPLET)RONEinfos
- 09/11/2021FranceLanguidic (56)Festival Dehors, Plantation de thé Filleule des féesinfos
- 09/02/2021FranceMarseille (13)Festival Jamais d'eux sans toi, église Belle de Mai (orga. A.M.I)infos event
- 06/24/2021FranceNantes (44)'Le Souffle Continu', Le Studio d'en Haut (Sortie de résidence)infos
- 10/24/2020FranceLa Baule (44)Festival Ecrivains en bord de mer, Chapelle Sainte-Anne - accompagnement lecture Yoann Barbereauinfos event
- 09/25/2020FranceVanves (92)Théâtre de Vanves, 'Violoncelles' [création] (première) : Gaspar Claus, Didier Petit, Jérémie Arrache, Karsten Hochapfel, Julie Läderach, Lola Malique.Monolithe Noirinfos event
- 08/12/2020FranceBelfort (90)Les Mercredis du Château, La Citadelle de Belfortinfos event
- 05/14/2019FranceVanves (92)Switch Festival #3 - Théâtre de Vanves& Clausen, Borja Flames, Romain Berthaud, Ambeyanceinfos event
- 01/17/2019FranceRennesFestival autres mesures au Musée des beaux-arts de RennesL'Ocelle Mare, Gaspar Claus (solo)infos event
- 01/12/2019FranceParisTrabendoJuliana Huxtable, Charm, Rui Ho, Odete, Yha Yha event
- 12/15/2018FranceParis'One Night Stand#2' à la Philharmonie - CITÉ DE LA MUSIQUEAmbeyance, Bachar Mar-Khalife, Borja Flames, Camille Hardouin, David Chalmin, Joakim, Juliette Gelli, Katerina Fotinaki, Laure Brisa, Ojard, Peter von Poehl, Sébastien Forresterinfos event
- 12/05/2018FranceParisLe ZorbaLinde, Dúplum dúó event
- 07/07/2018FranceRennesTombées de la Nuitinfos event
- 05/05/2018FranceLes LilasLe TritonVincent Segal
- 02/15/2018FrancePalaiseau MJC Théâtre des Trois Valléesinfos event
- 09/28/2017FranceTullePop Corn Festival, Théâtre des Sept CollinesL'Ocelle Mare, Will Guthrie, Gaspar Claus (solo)infos
- 09/16/2017FranceNantesMusée d'arts de Nantes, les journées du PatrimoineAlexis Degrenier, L'Ocelle Mare, Gaspar Claus (solo)infos event
- 08/09/2017FranceMens (38)Festival Mens Alors, Le Templeinfos event
- 06/30/2017FranceToulouseFestival les Siestes Electroniquesinfos
- 05/18/2017FranceParisL'espace en coursPowerdove event
- 03/09/2017FrancePoitiersJazz à Poitiers, Carré BleuWill Guthrie, l'ocelle mareinfos event
- 11/10/2016FranceVanvesThéâtrePaul Colomb, Oliver Coatesinfos event
- 10/23/2016FranceParisLe CentquatreL'ocelle Mareinfos event
- 08/07/2016FranceSérignan (34)Musée régional d'art contemporaininfos
- 07/15/2016FranceLuz-Saint-Sauveur (65)Festival Jazz à Luz
- 05/20/2016FrancePloéven (29)Festival Sonore, Eglise Saint MéenL'ocelle mare, Will Guthrieinfos
- 11/21/2015FranceParisCentre FGO-BarbaraMotus, Cabaret Contemporaininfos event
- 11/19/2015FranceBrestFestival Invisible, Penn Ar Jazzinfos
- 10/15/2015FranceBrestAtlantique Jazz Festival, Le Mac OrlanSurvival Unit IIIinfos
-
live à Jazz à Porquerolles 2024 (Arte concert)
-
'ECHOS' - Gaspar Claus 'archer sonore' (sound archer)
-
'Tancade' live 2023 (vidéo par Kevin Rolland)
-
'2359' (vidéo par Ilan J. Cohen, 2022)
-
'À l'infini' (vidéo par Loic Le Hécho & Tristan Bründler, 2022)
-
'Ô Sélénites' (Vidéo par Ilan Cohen, 2021)
-
Gaspar Claus Introducing ‘Tancade’ (edited by Thomas Rabillon)
-
'Une Foule' (vidéo par Clara Claus, 2021)
-
'L'envol' (Official Video - directed & edited by Colin Solal Cardo, featuring Camille De Haas)
-
Interview Sourdoreille, 2021
-
'Les Suds, tout court' (live à la Chapelle St-Honorat aux Alyscamps © Laurent Benhamou 2020)
-
Gaspar Claus, Live au CENTQUATRE-PARIS, 2016
-
‘Gaspar Claus playing in the Sahara Desert’ (A Take Away Show by La Blogothèque, 2008)
-
Rone feat. Gaspar Claus & Frànçois Marry 'Quitter la ville' (A Take Away Show by La Blogothèque, aéroport Paris CDG, 2015)
-
Makala | Bande annonce VF (2017)
NEWS
- 06/01/2023
Gaspar Claus : Release party ‘Scaphandre’ à La Station – Gare des mines le 02/02
Un peu plus d’un an après la sortie de « Tancade », disque cramé au soleil d’une plage du sud de la France, Gaspar Claus vous invite, au cœur de l’hiver à Paris, à plonger dans son nouveau projet « Scaphandre », un vinyle englouti dans les profondeurs de cette même baie. Et pour éviter
- 07/09/2020
Gaspar Claus : création ‘violoncelles’ première au Théâtre de Vanves le 25/09
Gaspar Claus ne se lasse pas de son instrument fétiche. Le voilà même attelé à concevoir une pièce pour 6 violoncelles, comme un “éclatement” dans l’espace de sa propre monture, histoire de la faire voyager plus loin, dans vos oreilles et vos cerveaux. L’idéalement nommé ‘violoncelles’ sera joué au Théâtre de Vanves le 25 septembre.
- 04/12/2017
Gaspar Claus signe la b.o. de ‘Makala’ (film d’Emmanuel Gras)
Gaspar Claus signe de son violoncelle la musique originale de 'Makala', le film d'Emmanuel Gras, Grand prix de la semaine de la critique et Oeil d'or à Cannes.
BIO
Gaspar Claus is a cellist.
That is to say, he plays the cello, and pretty much anything he touches, he touches with his cello. That is to say all he weighs of the world surrounding him, he compares to the weight of his cello, an instrument to be hugged, stroked, pinched but also carried on one’s back along lengthy stretches.
And indeed it is no stretch to also call Gaspar Claus a surveyor. Geographer. Even, why not, a cartographer: drawer of lines and tracery.
For years now, we’ve run into him, often, somewhere within the vigorous and tender frenzy of his encounters, warming his instrument in service of others, or dedicating it to incongruous, largely unexpected dialogues, from pop to contemporary music, from plural traditions to noisy jazz, from chanson to electronic music. We’ve seen him, heard him, glimpsed him, guessed him alongside Rone and Barabara Carlotti, with Matt Elliot and Stranded Horse, Serge Teyssot-Gay and Angélique Ionatos, Joelle Léandre, Marion Cousin, Jim O’Rourke or Peter Von Poehl and Keiji Haino, equally involved, equally curious. From afar we’ve followed him to Japan, Mongolia, Iceland, Mali, Morocco, and from all these places and more, we saw him return enriched, that is to say – lighter.
Improvising alone or playing with his father Pedro Soler – a guitarist with a conception of flamenco as a broad form, all at once modern and archaic, member of the VACΛRME trio – with the violinists Carla Pallone and Christelle Lassort, or increasingly frolicking around various film scores (Makala, Vif Argent…), Gaspar shows the importance of how his unbridled courtship with all forms of music will have ultimately focused, rather than scattered, his way of playing and his theoretical approach, strengthening an ever more broadening and colourful vocabulary.
Thus, Gaspar Claus is stubbornly intent on reconciling opposites. On outfitting his most strident vituperations with baroque ornaments, or airing out compositions with free improvisation, and on viewing concepts as desirable and sensuous machines. Whether intimately entwined with his instrument or scrawling along a lone sheet of paper, writing for ensembles (six cellos under telepathic mentorship) or imagining great mental celebrations – such as La Nuit en LA, which saw the Paris Philharmonic resonating with a single A note for ten hours straight, under the hypnotized fingers of nine entranced musicians, or drumming his maple body with the wood of his own bow, or shamelessly listening to Eliane Radigue, Pauline Oliveiros or La Monte Young (listening is already playing), whether in solitude or in the warm imprint of long-nurtured friendships, Gaspar Claus asserts himself as a lyrical conceptualist, at turns meditative and explosive, cherishing ideas for their textures and, conversely, matter for how it arouses the imagination, which itself is but a thought.
During the last five years, Gaspar Claus has been creating, composing and recording his first solo album ‘Tancade‘ (InFiné / Les disques du Festival Permanent). At the crossroads of neo-classical experimental pop in the form of a soundtrack to an imaginary film, ‘Tancade‘ is a series of 11 pieces composed solely with his cello. Devising the stage version of these pieces is a real challenge. An orchestra of cellos would be needed to play them, to avoid the situation of the musician alone on stage playing excessively constraining loops. Gaspar Claus has teamed up with Basile3, who will control the cello’s sound processing on stage to achieve this multitude without it seeming too laborious or artificial.
→ Interview on ‘Hémisphère son’ 1/2
→ Interview on ‘Hémisphère son’ 2/2
LINE-UP
Gaspar Claus : cello, composition
Basile3 : electronics
Adrian Bourget : sound engineer
Matière Noire : lighting design
Co-production : Murailles Music, L’Hydrophone, Le Florida, l’A.M.I, Studio d’en Haut, Flashback, Paul B, Pannonica, with the support of the CNM and the DRAC Ile-de-France, Ministry of Culture.
LINKS
PRESS
NPR
“Claus turns the cello into an exquisitely expressive voice.”
Bleep
“A collection of exceptional cinematic mood pieces, guided by a visionary cellist.”
Norman records
“This blend of weird folk music, chamber music and cinematic expression leaves ‘Tancade’ difficult to pigeonhole, and all the better for it.”
A closer listen
“’Tancade’, which imagines an undiscovered tribe on an imaginary island. Delving into magical realism, the set is a dreamer’s paradise.”
DISCOGRAPHIE
Scaphandre
InFiné / Les Disques du Festival Permanent2023
LP / Digital
2359
InFiné / Les Disques du Festival Permanent2022
Digital
Tancade
InFiné / Les Disques du Festival Permanent2021
LP / CD / Digital
SERRANA
Les disques du festival permanent2017
CD / Digitial
MAKALA
Les disques du festival permanent2017
Digital
One Night Stand #1
Les disques du festival permanent2016
Digital
Jo Estava Que M’Abrasava
Les disques du festival permanent2016
CD / LP / Digital
Jo Ha Kyù Firsts contacts
Les disques du festival permanent2016
CD / Digital
CLAUS & CLAUSEN
Les disques du festival permanent2016
LP / Digital
Jo Ha Kyù
Les disques du festival permanent2013
LP / CD / digital
CONTACT
Booking : Laura Zeguers
Promo : Varvara Papaspanopoulou