Tiago Duarte, the man behind Cooler than Cucumbers Records is the man responsible for the amazing compilations Salade de Concombres vol. 1. I asked him about his musical highlight of the year, and here's what he shared with us:
My favorite musical moment of the year has to be the show by Gaspar Claus & Pedro Soler in late april at the french venue, La Gaieté Lyrique. I was impatient that day as Gaspar Claus is for me one of the
most impressive musicians I know. He is a cello virtuoso and plays quite
like nobody else does, his style ranges from very cinematico-dramatic
moments to very experimental noisy sounds that get into you to never
leave. The first time I heard about him was in mid-2010 when he played
along Kazuki Tomokawa, the screaming philosopher, a japanese guitarist
singer, for the Blogotheque video about Kazuki. I was very much
impressed by the way Gaspar handled his instrument, lying on the ground
he would reach heights of sonic madness alongside Kazuki, both battling
for who will reach the highest music point.
So when I heard that Gaspar would play a show in
Paris alongside his father, Pedro Soler, a famous flamenco player, I
couldn't not resist going there. It certainly was one of the most
beautiful shows I've seen in my life and I can only think of one that
could top it : Portishead. Not only the music was beautiful, but the
relationship between the two and how they look at each other before each
mesure is something I hadn't since before. They would play the songs
they had together and then play some solo parts, for his solo, Gaspar
choose the more experimental aproach, he played for 5 minutes and seemed
like he was somewhere else the whole time, as if he had given his body
to a spirit, most of the time, he didn't even played with his cords, he
played with the wood of his instrument. Everything was very sensual as
he was holding is cello like a woman, caressing it, making it rumble and
scream under his directions. Beautiful and at the end of his solo part,
his father got up and went for a hug with him.
Then, there was love.
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