Perturbator

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James Kent , better known as Perturbator , is a French musicians in the genres of electro - and Synthwave music from Paris .

Perturbator live at Rock am Ring 2017
Perturbator live at Rock am Ring 2017

Life

Kent grew up in a musical family. His parents were journalists and critics in the field of rock music . In addition, both were part of a trance and techno band in their youth , which led to Kent developing his interest in synthesizers as a result of his parents' home. His musical career originally began as a guitarist in some black metal bands . He has been producing dark, electronic music since 2012 and has already released a number of releases. The album The Uncanny Valley was released in 2016 on the Finnish label Blood Music and, like most of his releases, is available in many different versions ( CDs , cassettes , differently colored records ).

The music is part of the soundtrack for the computer games Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. The success of the games also contributed significantly to the success of Perturbator.

Kent also works with the side band L'Enfant De La Fôret .

Perturbator now gives regular appearances in several European countries.

style

The mostly dark, electronic music is inspired in its style by cyberpunk culture and by films like Akira , Ghost in the Shell and Running Man . The record covers and videos of the individual releases play with the aesthetics of Satanism , sex , the 1980s and video games , but at the same time are partly futuristic and dystopian . Kent uses different synthesizers for production, some of the older generation are emulated (e.g. the Oberheim OB-X) to create a retro effect.

Discography

Studio albums

  • TERROR 404 (May 2012)
  • I Am the Night (December 2012)
  • Dangerous Days (June 2014, Blood Music, Telefuture Records)
  • The Uncanny Valley (May 2016, Blood Music)
  • New Model (September 2017, Blood Music)

EPs

  • Night Driving Avenger (March 2012)
  • Nocturne City (August 2012, Aphasia Records)
  • The 80s Slasher (October 2012, with Protector 101, Aphasia Records)
  • Split (March 2013, Revolving Door Records) - collaboration between Perturbator and Protector 101
  • Sexualizer (June 2013, Aphasia Records)
  • The Uncanny Valley - Bonus (May 2016, Blood Music)

Compilations

  • B-sides and Remixes, Vol. I (November 2018, Blood Music)
  • B-sides and Remixes, Vol. II (November 2018, Blood Music)

Singles

  • She Moves Like a Knife (January 2014)
  • She is Young, She is Beautiful, She is Next (March 2015)
  • Assault (April 2015)
  • Tactical Precision Disarray (December 2016)

Web links

Commons : Perturbator  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PERTURBATOR. Retrieved April 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ We Will Rock You: Welcome To The Future. This is Synthwave. | l'etoile. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 25, 2016 ; Retrieved April 12, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.letoilemagazine.com
  3. ↑ Interview: James Kent Discusses Perturbator Project, New Album, & more - TuneCore . In: TuneCore . June 6, 2016 ( tunecore.com [accessed April 12, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Perturbator. Retrieved April 12, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Did You Know PERTURBATOR's James Kent Has A Creepy Industrial / Ambient-Type Project? - Metal injection . In: Metal Injection . January 14, 2015 ( metalinjection.net [accessed April 12, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Riding the Cyber Doom Synthwave With Perturbator. Retrieved April 12, 2017 (American English).
  7. ↑ Interview with Perturbator (Worship the Gods of VHS). In: Deaf Sparrow. October 9, 2014, accessed April 12, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Perturbator
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kent, James (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French musician (electro and synthwave music)
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century