BRUIT ≤ share track "Intoxication of Power" w/video recorded in underground construction site. New album out April 25 on Pelagic.
BRUIT ≤- Share new track & video "The Intoxication of Power"
- Album 'The Age of Ephemerality' out April 25th on Pelagic
- European tour with Alcest announced
Still from "The Intoxication of Power" video
Today BRUIT ≤ release a cavernous new track from their forthcoming album, accompanied a truly unique video recorded with a classical ensemble inside a construction site for a metro station. "The Intoxication of Power" is the third piece to be released from their forthcoming ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’ , due out on 25th of April via Pelagic.
The vastness of the band's new album is amped up in a suitably resonant space on the new video for "The Intoxication of Power". Recorded in January, the clip sees the band play on a new metro line being built 100 feet underground in Toulouse, taking a whole team of artists with them.
The band comment: "Like money, technology has become a power-grabbing tool whose effects are increasingly poisonous. This is the Intoxication of power, turning man's future into a mountain of connected hubris. To illustrate this, we shot a live session accompanied by a classical ensemble, 100 feet underground in a construction site in progress. With this atypical choice of location, we wanted to evoke the underground meetings of the French Resistance, opening the door to a counter-culture in the midst of a dystopian atmosphere."
They continue: "For the occasion we brought together a collective of artists active on the Toulouse scene, including video-makers, sound engineers, festival managers and classical musicians: 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 trumpet, 1 french horn, 1 trombone and 1 bass trombone" the band explain. "We used the site crane to lower the music, video and sound equipment."
Watch the video for "The Intoxication of Power" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhfY7nulAQ
'The Age of Ephemerality' album links: https://orcd.co/bruit
As the ethics of major streaming services and social media outlets come to the fore, BRUIT ≤ prepare for the timely release of their colossal new album. A philosophical, poetic and political reflection on our insatiable fascination with technology, a dependence as reverential as it is increasingly alienating and exploitative, ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’ is a seismic collision of old and new, of sounds organic and electric, with the trailblazing four-piece capturing the resultant symphony in all its chaotic, confrontational glory.
A cautionary sonic exploration of society’s deference to the algorithm; ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’ will not be available on major international streaming platforms. Much like the rest of the band’s discography, the album reinforces the collective’s staunch boycott of Spotify; a response to the platform’s consistently diminishing artist payout policies as well as billionaire CEO Daniel Ek’s recent investment in the arms trade. Written in the mountains and recorded in a church, the album is BRUIT ≤ experimenting with capturing the sound of physical space as if it were an instrument in its own right; as something that can never be artificially generated or digitally replicated.
Just as BRUIT ≤ seek to expose how desperate things have become, ‘The Age of Ephemerality’ serves as a harrowing yet profound reminder that the only way to break algorithmic malaise and see real change is to resist, to do it ourselves.
BRUIT ≤ are:
Théophile Antolinos - Guitars, Banjo, Tapes, Soundscapes
Clément Libes - Bass, Baritone Guitars, Bass VI, Violin, Viola, Organ, Piano, Modular Synth, Programming
Luc Blanchot - Cello, Programming, Synth
Julien Aoufi - Drums
'The Age Of Ephemerality' track list:
Side A
1. Ephemeral - official video
2. Data - official video
3. Progress / Regress
Side B
4. Techno-Slavery / Vandalism
5. The Intoxication Of Power
BRUIT ≤ live dates (w/Alcest):
23/08/25 Maastricht (NL) Pelagic Fest
24/08/25 Maastricht (NL) Pelagic Fest
25/09/25 Nantes (FR) Le Ferailleur
26/09/25 Paris (FR) La maroquinerie
27/09/25 Béthune (FR) Le Poche
07/10/25 Rennes (FR) Antipode *
08/10/25 La Roche-sur-Yon (FR) Quai M *
09/10/25 Toulouse (FR) Interference *
10/10/25 Barcelona (ES) Apolo *
11/10/25 Montpellier (FR) Victoire 2 *
12/10/25 Istres (FR) L’Usine *
14/10/25 Bordeaux (FR) Le Rocher Palmer *
15/10/25 Tours (FR) Le Temps Machine *
16/10/25 Le Mans (FR) Les Saulnières *
17/10/25 Ris-Orangis (FR) Le Plan *
19/10/25 Besançon (FR) La Rodia *
21/10/25 Lausanne (CH) Les Docks *
22/10/25 Lyon (FR) La Rayonne *
23/10/25 Nancy (FR) L’autre Canal *
24/10/25 Antwerp (BE) Trix *
25/10/25 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje *
14/11/25 Martigny (CH) Les Caves Du Manoir
15/11/25 Neunkirchen (DE) Gloomaar Festival
And more to be announced...
* Opening for Alcest
'The Age of Ephemerality' artwork (click for high res):
Links:
INSTAGRAM
FACEBOOK
BANDCAMP
PELAGIC ARTIST PAGE
- Album 'The Age of Ephemerality' out April 25th on Pelagic
- European tour with Alcest announced
Still from "The Intoxication of Power" videoToday BRUIT ≤ release a cavernous new track from their forthcoming album, accompanied a truly unique video recorded with a classical ensemble inside a construction site for a metro station. "The Intoxication of Power" is the third piece to be released from their forthcoming ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’ , due out on 25th of April via Pelagic.
The vastness of the band's new album is amped up in a suitably resonant space on the new video for "The Intoxication of Power". Recorded in January, the clip sees the band play on a new metro line being built 100 feet underground in Toulouse, taking a whole team of artists with them.
The band comment: "Like money, technology has become a power-grabbing tool whose effects are increasingly poisonous. This is the Intoxication of power, turning man's future into a mountain of connected hubris. To illustrate this, we shot a live session accompanied by a classical ensemble, 100 feet underground in a construction site in progress. With this atypical choice of location, we wanted to evoke the underground meetings of the French Resistance, opening the door to a counter-culture in the midst of a dystopian atmosphere."
They continue: "For the occasion we brought together a collective of artists active on the Toulouse scene, including video-makers, sound engineers, festival managers and classical musicians: 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 trumpet, 1 french horn, 1 trombone and 1 bass trombone" the band explain. "We used the site crane to lower the music, video and sound equipment."
Watch the video for "The Intoxication of Power" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhfY7nulAQ
'The Age of Ephemerality' album links: https://orcd.co/bruit
As the ethics of major streaming services and social media outlets come to the fore, BRUIT ≤ prepare for the timely release of their colossal new album. A philosophical, poetic and political reflection on our insatiable fascination with technology, a dependence as reverential as it is increasingly alienating and exploitative, ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’ is a seismic collision of old and new, of sounds organic and electric, with the trailblazing four-piece capturing the resultant symphony in all its chaotic, confrontational glory.
A cautionary sonic exploration of society’s deference to the algorithm; ‘The Age Of Ephemerality’ will not be available on major international streaming platforms. Much like the rest of the band’s discography, the album reinforces the collective’s staunch boycott of Spotify; a response to the platform’s consistently diminishing artist payout policies as well as billionaire CEO Daniel Ek’s recent investment in the arms trade. Written in the mountains and recorded in a church, the album is BRUIT ≤ experimenting with capturing the sound of physical space as if it were an instrument in its own right; as something that can never be artificially generated or digitally replicated.
Just as BRUIT ≤ seek to expose how desperate things have become, ‘The Age of Ephemerality’ serves as a harrowing yet profound reminder that the only way to break algorithmic malaise and see real change is to resist, to do it ourselves.
BRUIT ≤ are:
Théophile Antolinos - Guitars, Banjo, Tapes, Soundscapes
Clément Libes - Bass, Baritone Guitars, Bass VI, Violin, Viola, Organ, Piano, Modular Synth, Programming
Luc Blanchot - Cello, Programming, Synth
Julien Aoufi - Drums
'The Age Of Ephemerality' track list:
Side A
1. Ephemeral - official video
2. Data - official video
3. Progress / Regress
Side B
4. Techno-Slavery / Vandalism
5. The Intoxication Of Power
BRUIT ≤ live dates (w/Alcest):
23/08/25 Maastricht (NL) Pelagic Fest
24/08/25 Maastricht (NL) Pelagic Fest
25/09/25 Nantes (FR) Le Ferailleur
26/09/25 Paris (FR) La maroquinerie
27/09/25 Béthune (FR) Le Poche
07/10/25 Rennes (FR) Antipode *
08/10/25 La Roche-sur-Yon (FR) Quai M *
09/10/25 Toulouse (FR) Interference *
10/10/25 Barcelona (ES) Apolo *
11/10/25 Montpellier (FR) Victoire 2 *
12/10/25 Istres (FR) L’Usine *
14/10/25 Bordeaux (FR) Le Rocher Palmer *
15/10/25 Tours (FR) Le Temps Machine *
16/10/25 Le Mans (FR) Les Saulnières *
17/10/25 Ris-Orangis (FR) Le Plan *
19/10/25 Besançon (FR) La Rodia *
21/10/25 Lausanne (CH) Les Docks *
22/10/25 Lyon (FR) La Rayonne *
23/10/25 Nancy (FR) L’autre Canal *
24/10/25 Antwerp (BE) Trix *
25/10/25 Nijmegen (NL) Doornroosje *
14/11/25 Martigny (CH) Les Caves Du Manoir
15/11/25 Neunkirchen (DE) Gloomaar Festival
And more to be announced...
* Opening for Alcest
'The Age of Ephemerality' artwork (click for high res):
Links:
BANDCAMP
PELAGIC ARTIST PAGE
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