Sylvain Chauveau
Born	1971
Origin	Bayonne, France
Genres	Minimalism, Instrumental music, Electronic music
Occupations	Musician, Composer
Instruments	Piano, Voice, Guitar
Labels	Type Records, FatCat Records
Associated acts	0, Arca, On, Felicia Atkinson
Website	www.sylvainchauveau.net
Notable instruments
Piano, guitar, voice

Sylvain Chauveau is a critically acclaimed instrumental music and electronic music artist and composer from Bayonne, France.

Contents 1 Background 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Collaborations 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Background

Sylvain Chauveau was born in Bayonne, France (1971), and now lives in Brussels, Belgium. Since 1998, he composes music for piano, strings, winds, voice and electronics.

He plays live worldwide.

He has released solo records on Type, FatCat, Creative Sources, Nature Bliss, and Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier.

He is the composer of the soundtracks for films by Sébastien Betbeder and wrote original music for dance shows.

Sylvain is also a member of the avant-rock band Arca (with Joan Cambon), of the ensemble 0 (with Maitane Sebastian, Stéphane Garin and Joël Merah), and of the improv duo On (with Steven Hess).

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• "Le Livre noir du capitalisme" (Noise Museum, 2000, re-issue as "The Black Book of Capitalism", Type, 2008)

• "Nocturne impalpable" (DSA, 2001)

• "Un Autre Décembre" (130701/FatCat)

• "Des Plumes dans la tête" (DSA, 2004), original soundtrack (out of print)

• "Down to the bone" (DSA, 2005, re-issue Nature Bliss, 2007)

• "S." (Type, 2007)

• "Nuage" (Type, 2007), original soundtrack

• "Roman Anglais" (O Rosa, 2008, accompanying Felicia Atkinson)

• "Touching Down Lightly" (Creative Sources, 2009)

[edit] Collaborations

• 0 (Maitane Sebastian / Stéphane Garin / Joël Merah / Sylvain Chauveau)

• Arca (Joan Cambon / Sylvain Chauveau / JP Isnardi / Woodey Peguilhan)

• On (Steven Hess / Sylvain Chauveau)

• Felicia Atkinson / Sylvain Chauveau

[edit] External links

• www.sylvainchauveau.com

[edit] References

1. Fat Cat Records

2. Buttimer, Colin "Un Autre Decembre", BBC.co.uk, June 21, 2007.

3. Bussolini, Brandon "S", Dusted Magazine, November 14, 2007.

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