[kataplismik]

French acoustic rock duo.

Their cinematographic music borrows arrangements from flamenco to jazz, going through progressive tones to post-rock accents.

[kataplismik] was formed in 2002 as a solo project with a minimalist slant. At that time, Flavien offered to his listeners a moody blend of electronic, indus and post-rock music,sustained by frequent improvisations and haste recordings. 2009 was a watershed in the history of the band, mainly due to Franck’s arrival on the project. Such musical encounter clarified the true nature of [kataplismik]’s music, which started to include tracks well thought out, repeatedly played and finely honed.

The set list Hypnose (Hypnosis), played between 2010 and 2012, consists in a genuine audiovisual performance. Graphic projections, intertwined with the paradoxical atmosphere triggered by the interpretation of electric (guitar and drums) and acoustic (two classic guitars) tracks, leaded the spectators to a strange sonorous and medically artificial experience.

Thenceforth, [kataplismik] decided to primarily dedicate themselves and their work to the potential of the classical guitar.
Apparence (Appearance), acoustic album released by Brainstorming Records in September 2013, was greeted with strong praise from the critics.
Three instrumentalists feature six of the nine tunes of the production, enriched by the ‬accordion, brass instruments, the glockenspiel, the piano, and the transverse flute.
To defend their album, they played eight gigs with Sons Of Frida in France and in Belgium.

Tendre Mort (Tender Death), an EP more dense and discreet, was released in 2014. In the same year and the next, the duo performed in numerous concerts, including three tours in France and Switzerland with Thomas Le Corre.‬ ‬‬‬‬

Since 2016, the duo focuses on the composition of his new album Memento Mori and an EP, Tarantula. The EP will be released in February 2018 while the album should be released in 2019.



2018 - Tarantula (EP 5 titres - Brainstorming Records/Heima Prod.)
2015/2016 - Tant de Remords / Various Artists (Compilation de réinterprétations de [kataplismik] (Digital 13 titres - Brainstorming Records)
2015 - Tendre mort "Le disque est mort #1" (Digital 5 titres - Les Disques Normal)
2015 - tendre apparence (LP 10 titres - Brainstorming Records)
2014 - Tendre mort (CD 5 titres - Brainstorming Records)
2014 - "La Courroie de Transmission" de Camille Gallard (bande son)
2014 - "Les maisons ont des racines" de Sidonie Rocher (bande son)
2014 - "What is she going to find on the couch ?" de Camille Gallard (bande son)
2013 - apparence (CD 9 titres - Brainstorming Records)
2013 - A Découvrir Absolument Vol. 30 (compilation)
2013 - Qu'allons-nous faire si loin d'ici ? II (compilation)
2013 - LavanneProduction #2 (compilation)
2013 - A découvrir absolument HS #8 (compilation)
2012 - the Berliner broadcast facility - post-rock #30 (podcast)
2012 - Qu'allons-nous faire si loin d'ici ? (compilation)
2012 - Noise R'us #59 bis - Rock Da Rennes [part. 1] (podcast)
2011 - the Berliner broadcast facility - post-rock #17 (podcast)
2011 - Hypnose (CD 4 titres)
2011 - the Berliner broadcast facility - post-rock #13 (podcast)
2010 - the Berliner broadcast facility - post-rock #4 (podcast)
2010 - RockPost vol. 4 (compilation)
2008 - Far far away in the middle of the desert (compilation)
2007 - instable_ep (CD 6 titres)
2007 - La compilation des copains (compilation)
2006 - La bande originale du film de ma vie… (CD 9 titres)
2004 - Kill the president (CD 15 titres)
2003 - 100 T (CD 13 titres)
2003 - (for a film) (CD 15 titres)