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PASCAL COMELADE
december 5 2009
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PASCAL COMELADE :
post-flood stereophonic discography

There is no official Pascal Comelade website (Oh, actually there is one now !). It is most probably on purpose and, after hearing him talk about his attitude towards technologies (on France Musiques radio shows mostly), you begin to understand why. Neither is there a fan website dedicated to Mr. Comelade, as far as I know. This is more surprising, because Mr. Comelade has many fans, and passionate ones too (you just have to check how much people are prepared to pay for his records on internet biddings : a copy of the Fall of Saigon recently fetched 230 € !).

This page is not the embryo of a site dedicated to Pascal Comelade. It is just intended as a help, so as not to get lost in Pascal Comelade's plethorical and cosmopolitan record production.
As for the 20th century, Pascal Comelade has done the task himself, in a magnificent manner, by publishing (in French) his "Ecrits monophoniques submergés" ("Monophonic submerged writings") in december 1999 (Published by Camion Blanc, on sale et the Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier website). It is a masterpice of the "music book" kind. Included are many pieces written by Comelade, which prove with each page that he has an undeniable talent as a writer, not only as a musician. Included too is a very detailed discography, commented and annoted by the author, and full of other information, lists and trivia.

On this page, we will only signal the records released by Pascal Comelade since the year 2000 that we have heard of. It seemed all the more useful to us as most of these records are not widely distributed.
Please tell us about any mistake or omission...
Pol Dodu, march 2005.

PS : The postface of our publication "Tu m'as trompette mon amour" is about Pascal Comelade, as well as our radio chronicle "Si vous passez par là" in Barcelona.

You can watch on Daily Motion or You Tube a five minute trailer for "Vidéographie polyfacétique", a documentary being directed by Olivier Cavaller about Pascal Comelade.

PASCAL COMELADE : Ecrits monophoniques submergés, Ed. Camion Blanc, 1999.

From September 27 to October 19 2008, on the occasion of the 20th International Record Fair, an exhibition dedicated to Pascal Comelade was held in Perpignan under the title "El discobol de Comelade". It presented Pascal Comelade's complete discography with posters, drawings and photographs. The exhibition catalogue was published by Trabucaire Editions. It is a beautiful full colour square book which documents Pascal Comelade's discography from 1975 to 2008. This book will probably be very quickly out of print so hurry if you want to grab a copy.
Considering the evr growing number of record releases by Pascal Comelade and the extremely limited number of some of the editions, I will concentrate from now on on listing releases that are effectively commercially available with a decent chance to get a hold of outside of Catalonia...
Pol Dodu, november 2008.
"El Discobol" de Comelade (Editions Trabucaire, 2008)

  Year Title Artist credit Label Reference
2009 El rey de la gamba Pascal Comelade Because Music BEC5772543

2 track 45 rpm 7".
The title track from "A freak serenade" and "I can't control myself" on the B side.
Sleeve art by Pascal Comelade.
Released in France.
2009 la coquille et le clergyman Germaine Dulac Light Cone  

DVD + Book.
"La coquille et le clergy man", the silent film by Germaine Dulac (1927, 40 mn), with a screenplay by Antonin Artaud, is available here in its restaured original version with three different musical accompaniments, one of them by Pascal Comelade.
Released in France.
2009 A freak serenade Pascal Comelade Because Music B001GLHS70

14 track CD.
French release of "Friki serenata".
"Improperis serenata (Pop Rossello)" is replaced by "L'enterrament de les sardines" and "Sans les mains!".
Released in France.
2009 Friki serenata Pascal Comelade Discmedi

13 track CD.
Spanish release of "A freak serenade".
"L'enterrament de les sardines" et "Sans les mains!" sont remplacés par "Improperis serenata (Pop Rossello)".
Released in Spain.
2009 La catedral d'escuradents Pascal Comelade Discmedi

4 x CD + 2 booklets.
"Definitive compilation" of Pascal Comelade's recorded output from 1992 to 2002.
Released in Spain.

2008 The no dancing Pascal Comelade Because Music B001GLHS70

20 track CD.
Sub-titled "The best of Pascal Comelade".
Retrospective compilation of tracks from the albums "Danses et Chants de Syldavie", "Musique pour Films vol. 2", "L’Argot Du Bruit", "Psicotic Music’hall", "Métode de Rocanrol" or previously anthologised on "Monofonicorama".
Released in the United Kingdom.
2008 Compassio pel dimoni Pascal Comelade EDR / Discmedi DM 1246

8 track CD enclosed with the november 2008 issue n° 157 of the Enderrock magazine.
The eight tracks are Rolling Stones covers, five of them previously unreleased ("8 stoned sub-versions).
Cover photo and 8 pages dedicated to Pascal Comelade in the magazine.
Released in Spain.
2008 Lo piano vermell & El Steinway a la guillotina Pascal Comelade Discmedi DM 4585 LI

Book and record combo.
A comic by Max starring Pascal Comelade ("Lo piano vermell") and a CD of the Bel Canto Orquestra recorded live in 2006 ("El Steinway a la guillotina").
Released in Spain.
2008 Le chanson douce Raph Dumas & Pascal Comelade feat. Lou Enjoy ENJ011

2 track 45 rpm 7".
Titles : "Le chanson douce"/"Le chanson douce" (Soul edit).
The cover art references a French EP by The Thirtheen Floor Elevators.
A refreshing video can be viewed here.
Infos : www.myspace.com/raphdumas
Released in France.
2008 Mètode de rocanrol Pascal Comelade Discmedi DM 4475-02

18 track CD.
Spanish release of the album, different from the French one, like with "Piscotic music'hall".
Logically, the three tracks previously relased in Spain on "Espontex sinfonia", "The halucinogenic espontex sinfonia", "Le barman de Satan" and "Com un rossinyol amb mal de queixal", have been removed, in favour of seven new tracks, including several covers.
Released in Spain.
2007 Mètode de rocanrol Pascal Comelade Because Music Because0172

14 track CD.
Previously unreleased, including a new version of "Il luna-park galactico", except three tracks previously released in Spain on "Espontex sinfonia", "The halucinogenic espontex sinfonia", "Le barman de Satan" and "Com un rossinyol amb mal de queixal".
Album's blog.
Released in France.
2007 Monofonicorama Pascal Comelade Because Music 3124232

25 track CD, in a limited numbered edition.
Subtitled "Best-Off (?) 2005-1992", it is a retrospective of these years.
Released in France.
2007 Abril 04 Lluis Llach i Pascal Comelade EDR  

4 track CD enclosed with the march 2007 issue n° 137 of the Enderrock magazine.
Recorded live at the Theater Jardi in Figueres on april 3 2004.
Tracks : "Abril 74", "I si canto trist", "L'argot del soroll" et "Cant miner (Cançó sense fi)".
Released in Spain.
2006 Alex Barbier chante Alex Barbier et
Pascal Comelade		 Foyer Laïque de Fillols

8 track CD, in a limited edition of 350 signed numbered copies, 100 of which are not for sale, released in conjonction with the 10th festival plouc de BD de Fillols (22-23 july 2006).
Six tracks by Fréhel, Damia and Yvette Guilbert sung by Alex Barbier accaompanied by Pascal Comelade on piano, plus two instrumental cuts.
On sale here.
Released in France.
2006 Bar electric Pascal Comelade G"G G3PC9

4 CD box set with 70 titles, in a limited numbered edition of 1000 copies.
Subtitled "Pascal Comelade 1975-2005", it is of course a retrospective of the first thirty years of Pascal Comelade's recorded output.
Released in Spain.
2006 Ceret de toros Pascal Comelade
Cobla Mil.lenària		 ADAC

CD, in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Music by Pascal Comelade, played by the Cobla Mil.lenària, original paintings by Claude Viallat.
Released in France.
2006 Stranger in paradigm Pascal Comelade Vand'oeuvre 0630
6 track 10 inch vinyl record, in a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, released in conjonction with the Musique Action festival in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy (15-28 may 2006.
Three tracks are previously released ("The blank invasion of schizofonics bikinis", "I love Joan Jett" and "Mother of earth"). The other three are previously unreleased : "Sheena is a punk rocker", "Sweet little sixteen" (live 1991) and "Russian roulette" (live 2005).
Released in France.
2006 Espontex sinfonia Pascal Comelade Discmedi DM 4147-02

Fifteen previously unreleased tracks, included four created in 2004 for the play "La plaça del diamant", and two created also in 2004 choregraphy "Psitt psitt", a new version of a ballet created by Erik Satie over a hundred years ago.
Two cuts are played by coblas (brass bands), including a new version of"Sardana dels desemparats". Also of note is an electric cover of The Gun Club's "Mother of earth".
Released in Spain.
2006 La manera més salvatge

Enric Casasses
Pascal Comelade

 Discmedi DM 4148-02

For years, Pascal Comelade and the poet Enric Casasses have performed together. Until now, the recorded evidence of this collaboration made available has only been very partial or released very confidentially. Here, we have on a full album recorded late 2005 the association of Enric Casasses, who tells his poems and plays triangle, with Pascal Comelade and his musician friends. The biggest surprise here is that a good half of the record has an electric rock sound (electric bass, drums, electric guitar, Farfisa organ). The music is by Pascal Comelade, but there are also a few covers (among them "Knockin' on heaven's door", "I can't control myself" or the final track, "Purple haze", played by a brass band).
Released in Spain.
PASCAL COMELADE "Sommer vorm Balkon", Normal Records, 2005 2005 Sommer vorm Balkon Pascal Comelade & various artists Normal N 285 CD

Original soundtrack of the film. The twelve Pascal Comelade titles it includes, from reading the list, are most probably a compilation of previously released tracks covering nearly twenty years of Pascal Comelade releases, from "4 rroses pour Marie" to "Sense el resso del dring". The other half of the soundtrack is a compilation of various artists without any relation to Comelade.
Released in Germany.

PASCAL COMELADE & LE BEL CANTO ORQUESTRA "Sardanes à Vernet-les-Bains", Vivonzeureux! Records, 2005

 2005 Sardanes à Vernet-les-Bains Pascal Comelade & le
Bel Canto Orquestra		 Vivonzeureux! Not available 011

Virtual record recorded live in Vernet-les-Bains on July 6 2005.

2004 Espace détente Pascal Comelade V2 VVR1031412
Original soundtrack of the film, made up mainly of previously unreleased Pascal Comelade tracks.
Released in France.
2004 Back to Schizo 1975-1983 Pascal Comelade Gazul GA 8679

Compilation of tracks culled from the "Fluence", "Paralelo", and "Sentimientos" records.
Released in France.

2004 La filosofia del plat combinat Pascal Comelade Discmedi Blau DM 900-02

Compilation of live and studio tracks, some of them previously unreleased.
Released in Spain.
As far as I know, this is NOT the cover art for the "Cafe completo" record ! 2003 Cafe expresso Pascal Comelade Matador

Ten track compilation released with the annual magazine Matador (Letter G, december 2003).
It seems most tracks were previously available, except maybe "La phonométrie châtiant les hérétiques".
The magazine with its CD is on sale on the publishers website, La Fabrica Editorial.
Released in Spain.

2003 Musica pop (Danses de Catalunya nord) Pascal Comelade G3G G3PC8
Instrumental covers of traditional Catalan tunes.
Released in Spain.
2003 Logicofobisme del piano en minuscul Pascal Comelade and his
play toy orchestra		 KRTU ISBN 84-95951-52-5

15 track record included in the printed catalogu of the "Pascal Comelade and his play toy orchestra" exhibition, shown at Barcelona's Contemporay Cultural Center in 2004.
The record is a compilation of tracks recorded with toy instruments, all previously released.
The discography included in this catalogue is one of the information sources used for this page.
Released in Spain.
2002 Psicotic music'hall Pascal Comelade Delabel 7243 8124272 8

French release of this album, with a few discrepancies in the track listing compared with the Spanish version :
namely, three missing tracks ("Benvingut a la societat de l'espectacle", "Zas llast vals" and "Il Luna-park galactico (Paso-triple)"),
two added tracks ("A hard mortadello's a-gonna filemon fall" and "Contre le style"),
not to mention "Al pianista della bodega bohemia" which is retitled "Mieux que ses seins, ses bas se tiennent" !
2002 Psicotic music'hall Pascal Comelade Delabel 7243 8124271 1

10" vinyl record, released in France, featuring "To de damnit ornette to be", "Sense el resso del dring" and "Un train direct pour Charenton".
2002 Psicotic music'hall Pascal Comelade Virgin 8119472

15 track CD.
Original Spanish release.
2002 Sense el resso del dring Pascal Comelade Virgin DRAC 026

Spanish promo CD single. B side : "Al pianista della bodega bohemia".
2001 La isla del holandés Pascal Comelade
y José Manuel Pagan		 Discmedi Blau DM 620-02

Original soundtrack of the film. Half the tracks are previously unreleased Pascal Comelade compositions.
The other half is composed by José Manuel Pagan and is not played by Pascal Comelade.
Released in Spain.
2001 Pop songs del Rossello 2 Pascal Comelade
Gérard Jacquet		 Octave / Editions Trabucaire Pop songs del Rossello 2
Second record of covers of popular songs from the Roussillon region sung by Gérard Jacquet.
One track available for download at the Editions Trabucaire website.
Released in France.
2000 September song Pascal Comelade
with Robert Wyatt		 Les disques du soleil et de l'acier / Delabel 7243 8496562 4
7 track mini-CD. The "September song" cover is sung by Robert Wyatt.
Released in France and in Japan.
2000 Pop songs del Rossello Gérard Jacquet
& Pascal Comelade		 Octave / Editions Trabucaire 2-912966-39-6

Covers of popular songs from the Roussillon region sung by Gérard Jacquet.
For those who are lazy or in a hurry, the last track is a vrey good and practical summary of the record.
More info on Blogonzeureux!.
One track available for download at the Editions Trabucaire website.
Released in France.

2000 André le Magnifique et autres thèmes Pascal Comelade Les disques du soleil et de l'acier 7243 8 49346 2 0
Original soundtrack for the film "André le magnifique",
followed by 3 tracks written for Ryohei Kondo's "Spring man" ballet
and by 6 tracks written for Cesc Gelabert's "Zumzum-ka" ballet.
2000 Pastis catalan Pascal Comelade Octave
Music for the Museum of Modern Art in Céret.
Limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies.
Released in France.

1999 Aigua de Florida
Classes de música a la granja 		Pascal Comelade
Llorenç Balsach 		Cave Canis #9

CD released in Spain in conjunction with the publishing of the 9th issue of Barcelonian magazine "Cave Canis".
On June 15th 1999, at the presentation show of the magazine, Enric Casasses and Pascal Comelade presented "Aigua de Florida" (texts told by E.C., accompanied by P.C. on toy piano : read the piece about that night in the Barcelona Review).
That same evening, Llorenç Balsach presented the works of his "Classes de música a la granja".
Ass for Pascal Comelade & Enric Cassasses, four tracks are on the CD : "L'argot del soroll" and"Via-Crucis del Rocanrol", available on other releases, and "Semàfor dels desamparats" and "Música per al Museu del Joguet de Figueres", that i didn't know, but I should think that the last named is also featured on "Pastis catalan".
These tracks are available as free MP3 downloads here.