Poison Point - Flowers & Surrender Video Premiere

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new music video from Poison Point, the trancey body music solo endeavor of Paris-based producer and live performer Timothée Gainet. Introduced by Third Coming in 2016 and subsequently released on A+W and Young And Cold, his sonic evolution went from the motorik post-punk style of his early recordings to a more dancefloor-oriented dark electronic sound, infused with a captivating touch of military pop Je ne sais quoi.

In his new full length album "Wandering Echoes”, he showcases his diverse sonic palette, creating a unique fusion of infectious body music, entrancing synth-pop hooks and icy-cold melodies setting in flames the hearts of the romantics and nostalgics.

Out March 29th digitally + vinyl on Avant! Records. Pre-order here now.

-MH

PREMIERE: SDH - Denial (Official Video) [AVANT! Records]

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new music video by SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronyms). miere a new music video by SDH (Semiotics Department of Heteronyms). After 3 years of successful work, the duo formed by Andrea P. Latorre and Sergi Algiz deliver their sophomore album ‘Fake Is Real’ on AVANT! Records after their self titled debut in 2018 and subsequent EPs ‘Against Strong Thinking’ and ‘Maybe a Body’, which have been full of reinterpretations and remixes from artists such as Pablo Bozzi and Phase Fatale.

Produced by Kris Baha, who has provided forcefulness to the rhythmic base and prominence to the voices, this stellar release transcends the categories of dark wave, allowing the duo to blend diverse electronica and leftfield sounds such as big beat, Eurodance, synth-pop, hard trance and body music in a very personal and emotional way. Today we present the official music video for ‘Denial’, a tribute to Pasolini and to absolute denial with an anarchist categorical message.

Out June 30th digitally + vinyl. Pre-order ‘Fake Is Real’ now on Bandcamp.

-MH

PREMIERE: DOEXL - BEAST (Official Video)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere the new music video by DOEXL. "BEAST" is a dark sonic exploration with fierce vocals, punishing beats and a menacing atmosphere that comes off her upcoming EP, to be released in 2023. The sound visual concept draws problematics of intense vulnerabilities manifesting into dangerous power. A request to the Divine through resilience and subconsciousness, exploring feminine polarities, extremes, the Good, and the Evil. A tribute to the mythological myths, Lilith, the Androgyne, the sacred and the sacrificed.

Pick up the release here now.

PREMIERE: Abraxas - Fuck Green New Deal (Official video) [SOIL]

The Brvtalist s pleased to premiere a new music video from Abraxas. The dark electronics project channels activism through music - its main goal is to shake bodies and minds by spreading messages of individual and social self-criticism from the point of view of duality, extremes and contradictions, inherent to the human being and capitalist society. Abraxas presents the powerful double LP on Soil Records 'Dancing as an act of rebellion' fusing EBM, punk electronics, industrial and beyond, with remixes by Geistform, SMforma, Ober Dada, HBK1, SOJ or Melting Dogmas. Video directed by Ruth Dupiereux.

Out November 5th on Bandcamp. Pick up your copy here now.

PREMIERE: BOLT RUIN - Nehng (Official Video)

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere the new music video from BOLT RUIN. The Belgian producer delivers a top-notch EP on CDMX’s Infinite Machine, blending field recordings, twisted samples and rave signifiers with an eerie tonality. Born out of his nocturnal production sessions and time spent absorbing the silence of his studio garden, the black metal-tinged 'Ehkta' is a boundless sonic trip. A restless exploration of salvage-punk aesthetics where doom-laden black metal melodies, amen breaks and an experimental approach to sound design sit in an irregular and uneven musical apocalypse. For fans of Blanck Mass or Caterina Barbieri - this is a must-listen material from a fresh producer establishing himself with a singular musical voice.

Today we present the rave-ready track ‘Nehng’, where a frenzy of trance arpeggios and frantic drum programming builds and intensifies over its 5-minute duration. Inspired by Yves Klein’s ‘Leap Into a Void’, ‘Nehng’ definitely evokes that bodily rush of freefalling into the unknown. ‘Nehng’’s driving rhythm is switched out for the brooding ‘Tzarhk’ - an ode to the soundtracks of B-movies composed on a vintage Roland SH-2 (a prominent character of the Stranger Things soundtrack). BOLT RUIN runs thick, syrupy synth slabs and punishing drum patterns through a rain-soaked limiter the producer found lying on the street by chance.

Out September 30th on Bandcamp. Pre-order here now.

COBRA CANE - Fisherman (Scuderia) Official Video

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere the new video from COBRA CANE. "Fisherman" comes off the the project's new LP, Bad Bad Good, out now on Scuderia/Dead See. Following up on the group's latest video, "Cathlic Killa", this video plunges us back into Cobra Cane's venomous world with this killer video by Tommy Excellent.

Pick up the release now on vinyl + digital on Bandcamp.

Track Title: Fisherman

Artist: Cobra Cane

Album Title: Bad Bad Good

Label: Scuderia/Dead Seed Productions

Catalog Number: SR27/DSP041LP

Release Date: 28/6/22

Format: Vinyl, digital

Composer: C. Landi, L. Lamanna

Lyrics: O. Kohlenberg

Mastering: L. Lamanna

Artwork: Scarful

Logo: Blssnd

Video: Tommy Excellent

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Label Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/scuderiarecords

Label Bandcamp: https://scuderia.bandcamp.com

PREMIERE: Bitumen - Moving Now Now Now (Official Video)

Nostalgia of the rich textures of floating synth sounds of the middle 80's glories. A new kind of nostalgia immersed in a volatile swinging mood. Hypnotic originality in danceable nuances. Sophisticated in its seductive powers. Deep in its intricate details, as in a subtle groovy beat drumming or in a Cure-esque semi-gothic guitar manoeuvres. If listened au passant, you could swear we're living in another era. Therefore, dive yourself into an intricate time capsule, only possible when you touch a dream as a feather the wind carries on.

“Moving Now Now Now”, the third video and single from Bitumen’s savage sophomore album, ‘Cleareye Shining’, showcases the band's epoch of expressionist impulse. Monochrome silhouettes are met with chess stylistically doused in Hollywood Regency. Bitumen’s Kate Binning embodies slick femme fatale with a choregraphed performance emphasising Binning’s affinity for stage and camera. Produced by Jenny Branagan and Andrea Blake and edited by Bitumen’s very own Bryce Maher. “Moving Now Now Now”, connects the dots between Anger’s scandalous expose ‘Hollywood Babylon’, Bob Fosse, Klaus Naomi, and the golden age of glamour noir in the MTV Music Video.

Out on digital, CD and vinyl formats. Pick up your copy here now.

-MH

Running Up That Hill (Might Be Twins Rave Edit)

The Summer edit we all needed. Free download now at HYPEEDIT.

Also check out Might Be Twins latest podcast for PLUS Agency and stay tuned for an announcement of their (rescheduled) Berlin debut.

For all other Might Be Twins inquiries: booking@thebrvtalist.com

Brazilian band St. Aldo releases an album inspired by the city of São Paulo and other curious stories

After opening for Radiohead at the Allianz Park Stadium, in São Paulo, being nominated twice as Next Wave Band and Single Of The Week by BBC Radio@1, as well as featured on BBC Radio@6 in 2019, the brothers André and Murilo Faria rented a loft in the Esther building, downtown São Paulo, brought in all their gear and stayed there in a complete immersion process for ten days composing the album’s new tracks. The result is Esther Building: a mix of indie with electronics, bass lines, guitar and synths. The album has nine tracks, inspired by the city of São Paulo and other curious stories.

São Paulo, June 2022 - On July 22, the duo Aldo, now St Aldo, releases “Esther Building”, the third album of their career. Recorded in a loft in the historic Esther Building, downtown São Paulo, the work marks a new phase for André Faria and Murilo Faria. After uncle Aldo’s passing due to Covid-19 complications (the band was named after him), the duo decided to enhance its name to honour him. In addition, they’re re-releasing their initial albums.

Two years ago, a few weeks before the lockdown, Andre and Mura rented a loft in the Esther building, brought in all their gear and stayed there in a complete immersion process for ten days composing the album’s new tracks. “I particularly prefer to compose outside the studio, breathing less tainted oxygen, waking up and sleeping with the instrument in hand, humming whatever comes to mind, without any aspirations… That's why we love the immersion process. Because you manage to record a bunch of ideas that make sense in that time-space window, and then it’s easier and fun to pick out, rummage and choose what really communicates with yourself outside that environment. The moments together also yielded trips like Heaven's Gate (the cult) that Mura was obsessed with at the time. I remember that we pulled an all-nighter watching videos and researching the life of the founder of the cult… The only person who went to the apartment was Vitor Bossa, a friend who is a director and photographer. He took some pictures while he was there. Nothing was produced there, he just spent the day hanging out and telling us what he liked the most. I love those photos”, says André.

"In the studio you have infinite possibilities of equipment, now in the Esther Building we only had a few instruments: two or three synths, two guitars, a bass, pedals and a microphone. We wanted to somehow reproduce the first album’s indie and sloppy production that at the time was done in our own mother's house, recording the voices in the closet. The Esther Building was similar, everything was more relaxed and less serious than a professional studio. Another thing that worked well was the jams. Sometimes we spent the day just playing, enjoying and recording. It wasn't until the next day or night that we would listen to what we did and decide to work on it. We just chose what we would somehow like to listen to out there, whether produced by us or by any other band. We play what we like to listen to, without thinking too much, trying to keep the spontaneity of the day without worrying about pleasing anyone… When we had no idea, we just looked around and something would come up. That's how we created 'Bell Jar', looking around and finding Olivier Anquier's totem next to a man with those GOLD FOR SALE signs", says Murilo.

The result is a mix of indie with electronics, bass lines, guitar and synths. The album has nine tracks, inspired by the city of São Paulo and other curious stories such as the Heaven's Gate cult, which preached that the passage of comet Halley would save the faithful who "hopped on its tail". These are the lyrics to "Comet Tail". Some characters that marked the duo's childhood also served as inspiration, such as Fofão da Augusta in "Glitterin Stain". Not to mention the corrupt councils hinted at in "Pleasant Man".

Today, The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track of São Paulo based duo St. Aldo. “Scratching The Surface” comes off as a closing song of “Esther Building”. The album delivers multigenre storytelling, full of variety of sounds and moods, combining both acoustic and electronic instruments, synths, groovy rhythms and high vocals, bringing a nostalgic touch of the music of the 1970s - 1990s, as well as the indie music of the early 2010s. The album takes us on a night ride through São Paulo, passing buildings and people, where each place has a story and its own atmosphere: dreamy, playful, romantic, sentimental, etc.

Listen to “Scratching The Surface” on The Brvtalist SoundCloud and follow the band on social media.

Also check out the bands’ amazing music video of the composition “Restless Animal”

- Alisa Chepel

PREMIERE: Phase Fatale & Reka - No Esperes Más [KHIDIANIV001]

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Phase Fatale & Reka. Tbilisi's KHIDI announces a series of three VA EPs with tracks from its residents and artists closely affiliated with the club, which will be released over the course of summer and autumn on KHIDI's label. Today we present the enigmatic electro heater "No Esperes Más" from the first EP of the series.

The first compilation "A minute of music quelled a whole life of noise" will be released on July 26th and features tracks from James Ruskin, Tensal, Yanamaste and Phase Fatale & Reka. The second EP "Two thorns together, a hundred tears apart" is out in September with tracks from club's close friend Silent Servant and three track collabs between the club residents Ancient Methods & OTHR, Unhuman & Vulkanski and Roman & Boyd Schidt. Last but not least, the final EP "Music is like fire, without it, sheer darkness and cold" will be released in October with tracks from Matrixxman vs Espen Lauritzen, Inigo Kennedy, Deano and club resident Christoph Faust.

Available digitally + vinyl on Bandcamp. Pre-order here now.

-MH