"Des Plumes dans la Tête"

Les Disques du Soleil et de l’Acier, 2004, 22 tracks
 CD (out of print) 


Those chamber music short pieces were composed for the original soundtrack
to the film “Des Plumes dans la Tête” (Feathers in my Head) by Belgian director Thomas de Thier.
The album is a selection of compositions featuring in the movie, with the addition of pieces that were not kept in the final cut, and two long remixes of Webcam (Fred Luneau’s dub solo project) songs.
“Des Plumes dans la Tête” was selected at Cannes’s International festival of films 2003, and released the year after.




Musicians: Olivier Lageyre (piano, strings arrangement), Géraldine Devillières (cello), Marie Legendre (viola), Sandrine Flavigny (violin),
Aurélien Besnard (clarinet), Sylvain Chauveau (sampler, piano)

Composed and produced by Sylvain Chauveau
Recorded and mixed by Marc Dubézy at CDM, Toulouse
Mastering by David Mascunan at DM studio, Limoges
"Suber" and "Datebook": Webcam remixed by Sylvain Chauveau, recorded and mixed with Joan Cambon



Ludovic Perrin / Libération / France / 2004

“A beautiful, contemplative record."

Magic / France / 2004

"Sylvain Chauveau is maybe the ideal contemporary music composer.
An obsessing work." 

David Sanson / Mouvement / France / 2004 

"Very nice music."


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Sylvain Chauveau - Des Plumes dans la Tête




01. Des Plumes dans la Tête
(Variation 1)
02. Situation Initiale
03. Pour les Oiseaux
04. Feu
05. Le Brasier de Tristesse
06. Ferme les Yeux
07. Des Plumes dans la Tête
(Variation 2)
08. Les Débutants 1
09. Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 1)
10. Anthracite
11. Nocturne Urbain 2
12. Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 2)
13. Sinon le Vent qui Passe
14. Noir
15. Ferme les Yeux (Variation)
16. Les Débutants 2
17. Pour les Oiseaux (Variation 3)
18. Blanche comme l'Infini
19. Situation Finale
20. Des Plumes dans
la Tête  
21. Suber
22. Datebook