GASPAR CLAUS - Tancade LP Soundtrack Eine Platte so unaufgeregt aufgeregt

Eine Platte so unaufgeregt aufgeregt

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

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

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

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

GASPAR CLAUS - Tancade LP Soundtrack Eine Platte so unaufgeregt aufgeregtTancade 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