Who
forgot Cheval De Frise ? The french crazy duet mixing technical
and emotion with guitar and drums together...
L’Ocelle mare is the solo project from Thomas Bonvalet,
guitarist from Cheval de Frise. Energy, technicity and sincerity
caracterise this new recording. Think about an original soundtrack
from a french movie produced in a quarry or in a neglected
old church, you are listening L’Ocelle mare.
Thomas is currently on tour with friends from Deerhoof (Temporary
Residence), Gorge Trio (Skin Graft), Radical Satan (Potagers
Natures) or Chevreuil (RuminanCe) and his music language wants
to tell us something beautiful: playing guitar only, he’s
looking for new tones and acoustics. His music approach reminds
us John Fahey and David Grubbs (Drag City).
Recorded in different deserted french places in July 2006
(one week), you can heard silence in a ruined stable and bats
in obscurity. Thomas already had the passion for those places
and give us for the first time - on recording - the real sensation
to be set down with him in those dark places. Sounds of guitar
and percussions throw us in an obscurity where each music
notes is a light.
16 tracks for acoustic and complicated pieces. 16 rythms.
16 heart-beats. Have a look for his shows, where Thomas is
curving his body around his guitar, fingers running alone
on the strings giving a strange sound-effect. This is crazy.
This is end for the track. His feet stopped to give rythm.
Fingers stopped too. But music is still running in my head.
It’s an intense light carved forever. |
