GASPAR CLAUS - Tancade LP Soundtrack

GASPAR CLAUS - Tancade LP SoundtrackTancade is the solo debut by experimental cellist Gaspar Claus. Following on from his previous soundtrack work and a wealth of collaborations (incl. Bryce Dessner, Sufjan Stevens, Jim O'Rourke), Claus brings forth a collection of pieces which free the cello from its own limitations. Majestic and adventurous, stormy and radiant, dreamy and rigorous, Tancade defies categorisation, evoking chamber music suspended in the fourth dimension, the soundtrack

this album delivers everything one could expect from a record of that era: it is intense

The songs we chose were created in places quite far from another and under very different circumstances

but also a playful naivety and levity in his ability to veer from almost melodic speech to explosive aggression and a knowing

Antioch Arrow

All the songs were composed incrementally by passing tracks back and forth between Maine and Maryland during the late pandemic

It was produced in a time-frame saturated in both uncertainty and serenity

Eine Platte so unaufgeregt aufgeregt

the sound disintegrates into a godzilla-like rockist thud propelled by the rhythm section and soaring horns before drifting to a sparse conclusion

as previous release have variously explored ideas of climate change in ‘Below Sea Level’ (2012) and ‘Flood Lines’ (2016’

Pretty remarkable for a record that is barely two years old

the point remains clear-ish that perhaps the purpose here is to make something different out of the street refuse

his interpretation trades some of the original’s autumnal prettiness for a breezy