6 x Black 140 grs Vinyl each one in spineless sleeve, heavyweight cardboard slipcase/custom numbered at the back, insert-photo individually signed but the artist, marketing sticker. Limited & numbered to 500 copies for the world. Pascal Comelade, the visionary Catalan composer, unveils his latest sonic meditation with Improperis - Compositions et enregistrements, a remarkable work that celebrates four decades of uncompromising instrumental music since his emergence in 1984. This extraordinary collection demonstrates how Comelade's distinctive aesthetic - built around prepared instruments, toy pianos, and found objects - has only deepened over forty years of continuous exploration. Working within the signature minimalist palette he has perfected since the 1980s, the composer constructs intimate sonic environments that feel both ancient and startlingly contemporary.

Drawing from the same wellspring that nourished Erik Satie's revolutionary simplicity and Nino Rota's melodic genius, Comelade's approach to Improperis reveals deep connections to both minimalism and cinematic composition. The album's title, referencing the reproaches sung during Holy Week, hints at spiritual dimensions while maintaining Comelade's characteristically secular approach - echoing the contemplative atmospheres found in Ennio Morricone's most introspective film scores and the repetitive structures that connect him to the lineage of Richard Pinhas and Heldon. Each composition unfolds with the deliberate patience that has defined his work across four decades, creating music that exists in a temporal zone entirely its own. The influence of his notable collaborators - Robert Wyatt, PJ Harvey, Faust, and Jaki Liebezeit from Can - can be felt throughout, yet Comelade transforms these musical dialogues into something uniquely Mediterranean and deeply personal, maintaining the experimental spirit that connects him to the rock underground and the precision of contemporary instrumental music.

Improperis represents both a summation of Comelade's forty-year journey and a bold new statement. These sonic sculptures demonstrate how the composer has continually reshaped our understanding of duration and musical space, pushing further into experimental territory while maintaining the distinctly poetic sensibility that places him alongside film composers and minimalist pioneers. His use of toy instruments and unconventional sound sources creates a world that is both nostalgic and futuristic, intimate and cinematic. For those who have followed Comelade's evolution from his earliest experimental works influenced by electronic music and progressive rock to his current mastery of acoustic minimalism, this feels like both natural culmination and new beginning. The work confirms his position as one of contemporary music's most important voices - a composer who has spent four decades proving that infinite possibilities exist within the most constrained musical materials.

A work of profound beauty and conceptual rigor, Improperis stands as both celebration of Pascal Comelade's remarkable career and one of the year's most essential experimental releases.