Pascal Paul Vincent Comelade (born 30 June 1955), is a French musician. Comelade was born in

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. After living for several years in

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, he made his first album, ''Fluence'', influenced by

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and by the group

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. Subsequently, his music has become more acoustic and is characterised by the sounds of toy instruments, used as solo-instruments and as an integral part of the sound of his group, the Bel Canto Orquestra. In 2007 he did a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by

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. He has collaborated with many singers and musicians from diverse genres of music including

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, Dani,

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and

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to mention just a few.

Discography

* 1975 : ''Fluence'' * 1978 : ** ''Séquences Paiennes'' ** ''Vertical Pianos'' * 1980 : ** ''Paralelo'' ** ''Ready-Made'' * 1981 : ''Slow Music'' * 1982 : ** ''Sentimientos'' ** ''Irregular Organs'' * 1983 : ** ''Fall Of Saigon'' ** ''Logique du Sens'' * 1984 : ** ''La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser des Briques ?'' (with Cathy Claret's voice). ** ''Bel Canto Orquestra'' ** ''Milano Enharmonisto'' ** ''Précis de Décomposition Bruitiste'' ** ''Scénes de Musique Ralentie'' ** ''Détail Monochrome'' * 1986 : ''Bel Canto'' * 1987 : ''El Primitivismo'' * 1988 : ** ''Impressionnismes'' ** ''Rock Del Veneno'' * 1989 : ** ''33 Bars'' ** ''Cent Regards'' * 1991 : ** ''Ragazzin' The Blues'' ** ''Pataphysical Polka'' ** ''Haikus de Pianos'' * 1992 : ** ''Traffic d'Abstraction'' ** ''Topographie Anecdotique'' ** ''El Ermitaño'' - with Bel Canto Orquestra * 1993 : ''Yo Quiero Un Tebeo'' * 1994 : ''Danses Et Chants de Syldavie (Apologie de la reprise individuelle)'' * 1995 : ''El Cabaret Galactic'' * 1996 : ** ''Musiques Pour Films Vol.2'' ** ''Tango Del Rossello'' ** ''Un samedi Sur la Terre'' - Soundtrack * 1997 : ** ''Un Tal Jazz'' ** ''Oblique Sessions'' - with

and

Jaki Liebezeit Jaki Liebezeit (born Hans Liebezeit; 26 May 1938 – 22 January 2017) was a German drummer, best known as a founding member of experimental rock band Can. He was called "one of the few drummers to convincingly meld the funky and the cerebral". ...

* 1998 : ** ''L'Argot du Bruit'' (with

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) ** ''ZumZum.Ka'' ** ''Bel Canto Orquestra In Concerto'' * 1999 : ** ''Musiques De Genre'' ** ''Live In Lisbon and Barcelona'' ** ''Oblique Sessions II'' - with

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** ''Swing Slang Song'' * 2000 : ** ''Aigua de Florida Classes de Música a la Granja'' - with Llorenç Balsach ** ''André Le Magnifique'' - Soundtrack (followed by 3 pieces written for the ballet "Spring man" by Ryohei Kondo and 6 pieces written for the ballet "Zumzum-ka" by Cesc Gelabert.) ** ''September Song'' - with

** ''Pop Songs Del Rossello'' - with Gérard Jacquet ** ''Pastis Catalan'' - Music for the Musée d'Art moderne de

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(Limited Edition of 50 copies signed and numbered.) * 2001 : ** ''La Isla Del Holandés'' - with José Manuel Pagan ** ''Pop Songs Del Rossello 2'' - with Gérard Jacquet * 2002 : ** ''Sense el Resso del Dring'' ** ''Psicotic Music' Hall'' * 2003 : ** ''Logicofobisme del Piano en Minuscul'' ** ''Musica Pop (Danses de Catalunya Nord)'' * 2004 : ** ''La Filosofia del Plat Combinat'' ** ''Back to Schizo 1975-1983'' * 2005 : ''Espace Détente'' - Soundtrack * 2006 ** ''Espontex sinfonia'' ** ''La Manera Més Salvatge'' - with Enric Casasses ** ''Stranger In Paradigm'' *2007 : ''Mètode de Rocanrol'' * 2008 ** ''Compassió pel dimoni'' ** ''The No-Dancing'' * 2009 ** ''A Freak Serenade (Because) / Friki Serenata (Discmedi)'' * 2010 ** ''Montpellier'' - with Gérard Pansanel and Pep Pascual ** ''N'ix'' - with Enric Casasses * 2011 ** ''Pascal Comelade & Cobla Sant Jordi'' - with the Cobla Sant Jordi ** ''Somiatruites'' - with Albert Pla * 2013 ** ''Flip Side (Of Sophism)'' - with

** ''El pianista del antifaz'' ** ''Mosques de colors'' - with

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** ''Despintura fonica'' ** ''Avis aux inventeurs d'épaves'' - Book of 166 Comelade paintings with two 7" singles

External links

Illustrated and commented discography, from 2000 onwards (in English)

Video interview by Vilaweb 22/06/06, Catalan
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