Pascal Paul Vincent Comelade (born 30 June 1955), is a French musician.
Comelade was born in Montpellier, France. After living for several years in Barcelona, he produced his first album, Fluence, influenced by electronic music and by the group Heldon.
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 performed a Take-Away Show acoustic video session shot by Vincent Moon.
He has collaborated with singers and musicians from diverse genres of music including Robert Wyatt, Dani, Faust, Christophe Miossec, Toti Soler, Jac Berrocal, Pierre Bastien and P.J. Harvey.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played tracks from the French musician on his radio programmes between 2000 and 2002. He nominated his album as one of his records of the months for June 2001 (Peel's Record Box) and July 2001 (Peel's Record Box).
Shows Played[]
- 19 June 2001: Arthur Cravan Was A Flor Fina (CD - Traffic D'Abstraction) G3G
- 20 June 2001: The Skatalan Logicofobism (CD - Traffic D'Abstraction) G38
- 21 June 2001: Like A Rolling Stone (CD - Traffic D'Abstraction) G38
- 28 June 2001: It's All Over Now Baby Blue (CD - Traffic D'Abstraction) G38
- 28 June 2001 (Radio Eins): It's All Over Now Baby Blue (CD - Traffic D'Abstraction) G38
- 04 July 2001: Egyptian Reggae (CD - Traffic D'Abstraction) G3G
- 05 July 2001 (Radio Eins): L'Orquestra Del Titanic Plays "That's Amore" (LP - Traffic d'Abstraction) G3G
- 02 August 2001: L'Orquestra Del Titanic Plays "That's Amore" (LP - Traffic d'Abstraction) G3G (JP: 'That's Amore is the song that some of you might vaguely know that contains the line about the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie. There is argument that it's piece of pie, but either way, one of the worse lyrics in all of popular song I'd have thought.')
- 02 January 2002 (featuring Robert Wyatt): September Song (EP – September) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- 24 January 2002 (Radio Eins) (featuring Robert Wyatt): September Song (EP – September) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- 30 January 2002 (BBC World Service) (featuring Robert Wyatt): September Song (EP – September) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- January 2002 (FSK) (featuring Robert Wyatt): September Song (EP – September) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- 05 February 2002 (featuring Robert Wyatt): September Song (EP – September) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- 07 March 2002 (Radio Eins): (featuring Robert Wyatt): September Song (EP – September) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- 13 March 2002 (BBC World Service): Come Prima (CD - September Song) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
- 25 April 2002 (Radio Eins): The Sheik Of Araby (EP - September Song) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier