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Cheval de Frise

Posted on: 2020-04-20

other names	Cheval De Frise
lifespan	1998 – 2005
genres	math rock brutal prog avant-prog experimental rock post-hardcore American primitive progressive rock punk rock pop
located in	Bordeaux, Gironde, France
related artists	l'ocelle mare Tormenta False Cognates Powerdove Le Chant De L'Amour Triomphant Tomy Arlt Radikal Satan
members	Thomas Bonvalet: acoustic-electric guitar Vincent Beysselance: drums
associated labels	Sonore RuminanCe Frenetic Records Sickroom Records Minority Records

Cheval de Frise (literally “Frisian horse”, but more commonly an anti-cavalry array of spears/spikes) was a French math rock/brutal prog outfit of the early 2000s. Utilizing the somewhat unusual instrumentation of an amplified (sometimes using overdrive/distortion) classical guitar combined with an acoustic

drumkit, Cheval de Frise made music recalling the American primitive-inspired

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Gastr del Sol, although Cheval de Frise’s music is utterly unique. Their sense of harmony & melody is fairly abstract, thus the avant-prog label; this sense has lead some to erroneously label Cheval de Frise with terms like “jazz rock” and “jazz punk”, although in actuality there is no

jazz influence. Cheval de Frise does not feature

much (if any) improvisation, and the song structures, melodies, and harmonies are all unrelated to those of jazz music.

Admittedly, Cheval de Frise is one of my favorite bands; if you like them, I recommend checking out guitarist Thomas Bonvalet’s solo project, l'ocelle mare (literally Catalan for “the mother bird”). Drummer Vincent Beysselance went on to form a band called Tormenta (q.v. their 2011 LP, “La ligne âpre”).

notes on the distributions

Their debut self-titled LP is sometimes erroneously listed with a release year of 2004. This is due to the Sickroom Records re-issue; the original release was in 2000 on Sonore.

Cheval de Frise’s side of the split with Rroselicoeur also appears on “Fresques Sur Les Parois Secrètes Du Crâne”. Rroselicoeur’s side also appears on their 2003 LP, “Demios Oneiron”.

Cheval de Frise discography

title

Cheval de Frise

[split] Cheval de Frise / Rroselicoeur

Fresques Sur Les Parois Secrètes Du Crâne

La Lame Du Mat

cover art

cover art for “Fresques Sur Les Parois Secrètes Du Crâne”

other art

original cover for Sonore release

B side of the 7″

alternate cover

year

2000

2001

2003

2005

tracklist

1	Connexion Monstrueuse Entre Un Objet Et Son Image	6:26
2	Noblesse De L'Échec (1)	1:44
3	Constructions D'Écorces D'Arbres	3:07
4	Langue Hastée	1:57
5	Lundi Deux Mars	2:53
6	Un Pont Et Des Eaux Noires Limoneuses	2:33
7	Incliné Et Chenu	4:16
8	Le Feu, Le Lin Et La Bougie	2:19
9	Les Canaux Sont Ouverts, Les Moustiques Meurent, Le Monstre Disparait	3:59
10	Mille Courbettes	1:42
11	Douche Froide, Harmonium	1:03
12	Le Vestibule Des Lâches	3:34
13	Noblesse De L'Échec (2)	3:30
total duration		39:03

1	Cheval de Frise — L'Agonie Dans Le Jardin	4:02
2	Rroselicoeur — No Twist At The End	5:14
total duration		9:16

1	Lucarne Des Combles	4:25
2	Bora Lustral	3:57
3	Le Puits	2:01
4	Deux Nappes Ductiles	3:55
5	Songe De Pertes De Dents	3:16
6	Fresques Sur Les Parois Secrètes Du Crâne	5:07
7	L'Agonie Dans Le Jardin	4:02
8	Phosphorescence De L'Arbre Mort	3:52
9	IX	1:17
10	Chiendent	3:06
total duration		34:58

1	I	1:35
2	II	2:35
3	III	3:41
4	IV	3:18
5	V	3:02
total duration		14:11

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