French synthwave act Perturbator (aka James Kent) has released his new music video for track “God Says (feat. Hangman’s Chair),” which appears on his latest full-length offering on Blood Music titled ‘Lustful Sacraments.’ Check out the clip, directed by Mestastazis (Jean-Emmanuel Valnoir Simoulin), below.
“’God Says’ is a song about completely giving yourself up to hedonism,” explains Perturbator. “It is perhaps the darkest song on Lustful Sacraments and that is in great part thanks to Hangman Chair’s haunting contribution.”
Doomers Hangman’s Chair add, “Our first meeting with James was back in 2017 at the Sainte Marthe during the recording of sessions of Banlieue Trist and our collaboration on our song ‘Tired Eyes.’ We immediately felt a comraderie, and the connection between us continued to grow in the years that followed. When he asked us to participate on ‘God Says,” it was an honor to return the favor.”
Regarding the video, director Simoulin comments, “Directing this video has been quite a ride. A six-month long ride, day and night, with 38,257 frames rendered and a lot of challenges, but definitely by far my most memorable experience in terms of video directing. I wanted to depict a journey in a monochrome, neo-gothic, over-identified Metropolis dipped in a wet and never-ending night, illuminated by thousands of flickering, bleak, neon-lights, highlighting vice and decadence. It is a collision between Fitz Lang, Orson Welles, “Blade Runner,” old Batman, Dick Tracy and even Roger Rabbit.”
In more news, Perturbator is planning to hit the road this fall for a slew of European and UK tour dates with Health and Author & Punisher in select markets — see all upcoming shows after the video.
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Perturbator tour dates (w/ Health; Author & Punisher opens Oct. 6 to Nov. 10):
October 6 Lille, FR Aereonef
October 7 Paris, FR Olympia [TIX]
October 12 Bordeaux, FR Krakatoa [TIX]
October 13 Toulouse, FR Bikini
October 14 Madrid, ES Sala Cool [TIX]
October 15 Barcelona, ES Razzmatazz 2 [TIX]
October 16 Nantes, FR Stereolux
October 18 Lyon, FR Transbordeur [TIX]
October 19 Strasbourg, FR La Laiterie [TIX]
October 20 Lausanne, CH Les Docks
October 21 Munich, DE Freiheiz
October 22 Vienna, AT Arena
October 23 Budapest, HU Akvarium NagyHall
October 25 Prague, CZ Lucerna Music [TIX]
October 26 Wroclaw, PL Zaklete Rewiry
October 27 Warsaw, PL Progresja
October 28 Berlin, DE Heimathafen
October 29 Göteborg, SE Tradga’n
October 30 Stockholm, SE Bern
November 1 Helsinki, FI Tavastia
November 3 Oslo, NO Vulkan Arena [TIX]
November 4 Copenhagen, DK Pumpehuset
November 5 Hamburg, DE Uebel & Gefährlich
November 6 Utrecht, NL Tivoli
November 8 Cologne, DE Kantine
November 9 Esch-sur-Alzette, LU Rockhal [TIX]
November 10 Bruxelles, BE Ancienne Belgique
November 12 Dublin, IE Academy [TIX]
November 13 Bristol, UK SWX [TIX]
November 15 Glasgow, UK St. Lukes [TIX]
November 16 Manchester, UK Academy 2 [TIX]
November 17 London, UK Electric Brixton [TIX]
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