Showcasing versatile and highly productive talents David Chalmin has quite an impressive repertoire as a producer and recording engineer. Stretching from classical music to avant-garde, Chalmin has worked with Shannon Wright, The National, Katia & Marielle Labèque, Matt Elliott, The Third Eye Foundation, Zu, Angélique Ionatos, Gaspar Claus, Richard Reed Parry or Efterklang.
Alongside his studio efforts, he’s an accomplished composer and musician. In 2019, he writes 2 pieces, one for organ (Variations Festival Nantes), and another one for 100 pianos (Paris Philharmonie). Since September 2018, he’s associated composer at the Lieu Unique in Nantes. In 2017 he was commissioned by the Foundation Singer-Polignac and the Deauville Pâques Festival to write a piece for baroque ensemble and electronics. The same year, he wrote the music for Madonna’s short film « For Her » filmed by Luigi and Iango.
In 2016, he wrote the score for the ballet Star-Cross’d Lovers created at the Cité de la Musique in Paris. This piece was composed for pianists Katia & Marielle Labèque, electric guitar and percussions. Based on the story of Romeo and Juliet, it was recorded for Deutsche Grammophon in 2016. Together with Massimo Pupillo (ZU/Uruk) and drummer Raphaël Séguinier (UBUNOIR), he founded the band Triple Sun, a name revealing an unconditional love for the band Coil. With pianist Katia Labèque, they created a project based around Moondog’s music which was presented at Les Nuits de Fourvières in Lyon in 2016. The same year they joined the Dessner brothers (The National) and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) for the project Invisible Bridge at the Paris Philharmonie.
While mixing the ambient project Orchard (Aidan Baker/Gaspar Claus/Frank Laurino/Maxime Tisserand) for the Mind Travels Series, label Ici d’ailleurs offered to release Chalmin’s first solo album. Jumping at the opportunity, David revealed himself to be a great electronic music composer as well as a radical producer.
If the genres Intelligent Dance Music (IDM) and Berlin School seem to be the most obvious way to present his compositions, they’re not sufficient to describe the variety of the album “La Terre Invisible” and this new EP "Continuum" as it also contains industrial or classical inspirations. One thing is certain though, David Chalmin can proudly place his first solo album next to the likes of Jon Hopkins, Pantha du Prince or Andy Stott, for his contemporary approach of dancefloor music.
credits
released May 6, 2020
musique écrite, enregistrée et mixée par David Chalmin
mastering : Guy Davie, Electric Mastering London
(p) 2019 La Fabrique des Ondes & (c) La Fabrique des Ondes / Ici, d'ailleurs... 2020
Amazing,amazing and amazing! Every track on this album is a masterpeice!So much Balance poetry beautiful interpreteted...and what a music omg, almost classical but always deep,dark as Coil always were. Both of This Immortal Coil records warmly recommended!!! Bonnie und das Kleid
A stunner—dense, richly textured electronic music with songs that crackle like mysterious outer space transmissions. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 19, 2023
The Singaporean producer samples and recontextualizes Malaysian music with love, care, and just a touch of irreverence. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jun 28, 2018