Photo credit: David Fitt; art director: Alexis Zacchi; make up artist: Anne Verhague; photographer assistant: Lucas Matichard
Dark electronic master Perturbator, aka James Kent, has released new single ‘Excess’, from his highly-anticipated new full-length album, Lustful Sacraments, out 28th May via Blood Music.
Watch the visualiser for ‘Excess’ here: https://youtu.be/b6xi7T93Qr4
Stream ‘Excess’ here: https://perturbator.lnk.to/excess
Kent commented on the track “Excess is the first track I made for Lustful Sacraments. It is the most representative of the rest of the album and its themes of self-destruction.“
Perturbator has also announced the Excess EP, featuring reimaginations of ‘Excess’ by some of his favourite artists: Author & Punisher, HEALTH, Pig Destroyer, INVSN, She Past Away and OddZoo.
Author & Punisher‘s version of ‘Excess’ has also been released today, listen to it here: https://youtu.be/mNS14Uwk7hA
On the covers EP, Kent continues: “With the album version of ‘Excess’ being released, I thought it would be interesting to add something unusual and asked bands that I respect to make their own cover of the song. They had complete freedom to do as they pleased and put their own spin on it. Each version is unique but all equally great.”
Author & Punisher commented on the cover: “I jumped at the chance to add a little doom to the darkness that is Perturbator: I cut the BPM literally in half….like taking a piece of gum out of your mouth, stepping on it, walking in the red light district and then giving it another go.”
Tracks from the Excess EP will be released one-by-one over the next few months, with a final release date in the 2nd half of 2021.
New album Lustful Sacraments – which was written, performed, produced and mixed by Kent – represents his most mature work to date, merging the dark synthesised tones that brought Perturbator to worldwide prominence with classic post-punk, goth, and heavy techno rhythms. The album deftly weaves Perturbator’s cinematic textures with thundering drums, subtle electronic melodies and in-your-face guitar hooks.
Lustful Sacraments also features special guest appearances from Hangman’s Chair and True Body.
Album pre-orders, which include both a gatefold 2LP and a 2LP picture disc as well as a cassette, CD and digital release, are available here: http://www.blood-music.com/store
A number of regional, limited-edition vinyl variants are also available now: Red 2LP (Europe) via various European retailers, Cream 2LP (Australia) via Nervegas, Cognac 2LP (France) via Season of Mist’s webstore, Yellow 2LP Record Store Day (U.S.A.), Orange 2LP UK retail exclusive, and a Crash Records (UK) Silver 2LP variant.
Watch previous videos:
‘Death of the Soul’: https://youtu.be/h_XSKj_qX4g
‘Dethroned Under a Funeral Haze’: https://youtu.be/5Wp2-qLMn-8
Perturbator has also announced a UK/Euro headline tour, with the UK dates commencing on 5th November at London’s The Electric Ballroom. Support comes from HEALTH and Author & Punisher.
Tickets are available now: https://tinyurl.com/y3erb9tr
UK / Eire dates:
5/11 – The Electric Ballroom, London
6/11 – St Lukes, Glasgow
7/11 – Academy 2, Manchester
9/11 – Opium, Dublin
10/11 – SWX, Bristol
For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/Perturbator/
https://twitter.com/The_Perturbator
https://www.instagram.com/perturbatormusic/
http://www.perturbator.com
Track-listing:
1 – Reaching Xanadu
2 – Lustful Sacraments
3 – Excess
3 – Secret Devotion (ft. True Body)
4 – Death Of The Soul
5 – The Other Place
6 – Dethroned Under A Funeral Haze
7 – Messalina, Messalina
8 – God Says (ft. Hangman’s Chair)
Artist: Metastazis
Dark electro master Perturbator is considered by many as the face of retrosynth.
In 2012, Perturbator‘s onslaught of initial releases (‘Night Driving Avenger,’ ‘Terror 404,’ ‘Nocturne City,’ and ‘I Am the Night’) rocketed him through the ranks of retrosynth producers – receiving tons of accolades and comparisons to John Carpenter, Goblin, and Vangelis. As he continued to hone his skills as a producer, Perturbator actively searched for something deeper within electronic music.
This took a darker turn with his 2014 smash breakthrough Dangerous Days and went deeper into the mire with 2016’s Billboard-chart topping The Uncanny Valley. But James “Perturbator” Kent was feeling the limitations of the genre he helped redefine.
The 2017 album New Model eschews the nostalgia and pop culture references controlling the synthwave scene, feeling that they interfere with true subject matter. Of course, there are a vast array of influences at work on New Model – ranging from Kraftwerk to Lorn to D.A.F and Nine Inch Nails – but Kent wanted to break out and explore releasing music on its own merit, rather than regurgitating tropes.
2021 will see the release of a new Perturbator album, more details soon.
“… French dark-futuristic act Perturbator… [mixes] metal’s energy and lack of self-consciousness with the blazing synths of ’80s gore flicks and video games.” – Kerrang
“…it’s dark and creepy and overwhelming…” – Decibel
