Sylvain Chauveau

Infobox musical artist
Name = Sylvain Chauveau


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Born = 1971
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Origin = flagicon|France Bayonne, France
Instrument = Piano, Voice, Guitar
Genre = Minimalism, Instrumental music, Electronic music
Occupation = Musician, Composer
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Label = Type Records, FatCat Records
Associated_acts = 0, Arca, On
URL = [http://www.sylvainchauveau.net/ www.sylvainchauveau.net]
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Notable_instruments = Piano, guitar, voice

Sylvain Chauveau is a critically acclaimed instrumental music and electronic music artist and composer from Bayonne, France.

Background

Sylvain Chauveau was born in Bayonne (1971) and now lives in Brussels, Belgium. Since 1998, he composes music for piano, strings, winds and electronics, with three main principles:
* to stay as close as possible to the abstract beauty of ‘silence’;
*to make sure that each sound committed is absolutely necessary
*to find his own roots within his cultural and personal history.

He did concerts in France, United Kingdom, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Salvador.

He has released solo records on Type, FatCat and Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier. In 2002 and 2003, he toured in Europe with Icelandic atmospheric masters Sigur Ros. The year after he performed with Christian Fennesz, and also played with Bernhard Günter, Nikos Veliotis, and Phil Durrant.

He is the composer of the soundtracks for films by Sébastien Betbeder and worked for choreographers (Pierre Rigal / Aurélien Bory, Serge Ricci) and for performances with writers (Mark Z. Danielewski, Félicia Atkinson, Joris Lacoste).

Sylvain is also a member of the cinematic avant-rock band Arca (with Joan Cambon), of the ensemble 0 (with Maitane Sebastian, Stéphane Garin and Joël Merah), and of the improv duo ON (with Steven Hess).

Discography

Albums

* "Le Livre noir du capitalisme" (Noise Museum, 2000, re-issue DSA 2002) out of print

* "Nocturne impalpable" (DSA, 2001)

* "Un Autre Décembre" (130701/FatCat, 2003)

* "Des Plumes dans la tête" (DSA, 2004), original soundtrack (out of print)

* "Down to the bone" (DSA, 2005, re-issue Nature Bliss, 2007)

* "S." (Type, 2007)

* "Nuage" (Type, 2007), original soundtrack

Collaborations

* Félicia Atkinson (w/ Sylvain Chauveau) : "Roman Anglais" (O Rosa, 2008)

* 0 (Maitane Sebastian / Stéphane Garin / Joël Merah / Sylvain Chauveau) : "4'33" (Onement, 2006), "Music of wheel" (Creative Sources, 2007)

* Arca (Joan Cambon / Sylvain Chauveau / JP Isnardi / Woodey) : "Cinématique" (2001), "Angles" (2003), "On ne distinguait plus les têtes" (Ici d'Ailleurs, 2007)

* ON (Steven Hess / Sylvain Chauveau) : "Your naked ghost comes back at night" (2004), "Second souffle" (Brocoli, 2007)

Links

* [http://www.sylvainchauveau.net/ www.sylvainchauveau.net]
* [http://www.myspace.com/atkinsonchauveau/ www.myspace.com/atkinsonchauveau]

References

1. [http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artistInfo.php?id=63| Fat Cat Records]

2. Buttimer, Colin [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/d6n8/ "Un Autre Decembre"] , BBC.co.uk, June 21, 2007.

3. Bussolini, Brandon [http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3948 "S"] , Dusted Magazine, November 14, 2007.