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Graveyard by Harmonic Permanent Drive

With Graveyard, Harmonic Permanent Drive sets the tone: an intense first single where rage, tension, and disorientation collide.

A surge of tension and urgency. With Graveyard, Harmonic Permanent Drive lays the groundwork for a noise rock that is written in fury and collapse. This first excerpt from the album Waiting [for Joy], to be released on April 25th, propels the listener into an atmosphere where rage clashes with nothingness, where each sound resonates like a call to survive in a world in ruins. Abrasive guitars, saturated synth layers, and an implacable rhythm section outline the contours of uncontrollable chaos. Graveyard offers a catchy melody with an infectious chorus that imprints itself on the mind and stays in your head all day. But amidst the ashes, something persists. A beat. A tension that refuses to die out.

Here, violence and loss take center stage. Dissonant guitars dig into the void, while pulsing rhythms and industrial textures create a sense of unease.

'It's a track that explores inner desolation and the loss of bearings, driven by an energy reminiscent of Queens of the Stone Age, opening the album, Graveyard hits hard with an explosive start,' says Éric Martin.

A brief moment of respite occurs: the instruments resume their frantic race, where each note seems to accentuate the underlying chaos. 'Successive rises of synth into saturation on a frenzied rhythm, followed by a pause marked by a set of cinematic strings, before the guitar and bass resolve into the intoxication of speed and plunge the listener into a sonic whirlwind,' adds Éric Martin. The intensity of the composition finds a direct echo in the lyrics, notably through this key phrase: 'NOWHERE TO BE, NOWHERE TO LIVE.'

To accompany the release of the single, the group unveils a raw and intense music video, reflecting their stage approach, directed by Mariexxme. The dynamic editing and visual treatment reinforce the nervousness of the track. Everything is filmed on stage, a logical choice for these experienced musicians (We Insist! Treponem Pal…).

Between haunting echoes and pure devastation, Graveyard is an implacable descent into the existential void, where nothing seems stable, and where everything is on the verge of decomposition.

This is just the beginning. The storm is coming.

A Shrine in Your Home, the ballad

With this new title available for streaming on March 7, 2025, the trio Gary Brunton, Daniel Beaussier and Célestine De Williencourt unveils a little more the album LOOK NORTH (released on March 28, 2025).

A unique musical journey that evokes the wide-open spaces of Northern lands (Island, Scotland…) with a strong vocal presence, performing original works and inspired contemporary improvisations. Through a narrative and lyrical approach to jazz creation. This song is a tribute to pianist Michel Graillier: “He shared Chet Baker’s natural gift of ballad playing, musical beauty, good taste and effective use of space,” recalls Gary Brunton.

Gary Brunton, double bassist and tabla player, has forged a solid career for himself in France. An acclaimed composer and arranger, he has collaborated with such iconic figures as Sheila Jordan and Bojan Z.
Daniel Beaussier, master of the winds, explores a vast range of instruments. His English horn and clarinet playing enriches the deep harmonies of Coldstream.
Célestine De Williencourt, a passionate vocalist and flautist, breathes a singular, poetic energy into the mix, between vocal improvisation and timbral exploration.

A Shrine in Your Home is available now on all platforms, and soon on the LOOK NORTH album.

Produced by Jazz En Face
Recorded by Yohan Progler at Studio Parc de Sceaux
Mixed and mastered by Manu Pekar
Photographs by Camille Huguenot
Graphic Design by Corinne Garino
Released by Juste Une Trace
With support : SCPP
Release date : 28-03-2025

SPLIT BRAIN’S INSTRUMENTAL METAL ALBUM

Discover COLDSTREAM, the first track on Look North

The trio of Gary Brunton, Daniel Beaussier and Célestine De Williencourt unveil COLDSTREAM, the 4th february 2025 on streaming, a single taken from the album LOOK NORTH (released date : 28 March 2025).

Inspired by British bassist and composer Gary Brunton's childhood memories, the track offers a poetic immersion in landscapes of mystery and emotion, where mists stretch over vast expanses of water and every note seems to evoke the murmur of the River Tweed or the changing light of a Scottish morning.

Gary Brunton explains: ‘Coldstream is a small Scottish town where I spent my childhood holidays. Crossed by the River Tweed, it was my first trip abroad at the age of six, full of discovery and wonder. It was these memories - the coldness of the water, the fog on the rivers, the immensity of nature - that inspired me to write this melody’.

The title, literally translated as ‘cold stream’, recreates this sensory climate through a delicate composition. ‘As a child, I have memories of swimming in a river in Yorkshire, a sensation of intense cold. So I was inspired by these memories and I was looking to create a musical climate where you could imagine the fog, the icy water’.

Between E minor and C major, Coldstream blends the sounds of Gary Brunton's double bass, Daniel Beaussier's bass clarinet and English horn, and Célestine De Williencourt's voice and flutes. Together, the three artists explore a world of sound where tradition and modernity meet.

In this composition, musical interactions are at the heart of the creation: vocal improvisations played through the flute, a subtle dialogue between the double bass and the English horn, and sound textures that evoke in turn the cold light of dawn and the immensity of the Scottish landscape.

Gary Brunton, double bassist and tabla player, has forged a solid career for himself in France. An acclaimed composer and arranger, he has collaborated with such iconic figures as Sheila Jordan and Bojan Z.
Daniel Beaussier, master of the winds, explores a vast range of instruments. His English horn and clarinet playing enriches the deep harmonies of Coldstream.
Célestine De Williencourt, a passionate vocalist and flautist, breathes a singular, poetic energy into the mix, between vocal improvisation and timbral exploration.

With Coldstream, this exceptional trio embarks on a deeply evocative musical project. Coldstream is available now on all platforms, and soon on the LOOK NORTH album.

Produced by Jazz En Face
Recorded by Yohan Progler at Studio Parc de Sceaux
Mixed and mastered by Manu Pekar
Photographs by Camille Huguenot
Graphic Design by Corinne Garino
Released by Juste Une Trace
With support : SCPP
Release date : 28-03-2025

NEW TRIO FOR LOOK NORTH

Gary Brunton, Daniel Beaussier and Célestine de Williencourt form a brand-new trio of multi-instrumentalists with a strong vocal presence, performing original works and inspired contemporary improvisations. The trio express itself via a certain form of Jazz Chamber Music. Through a narrative and lyrical approach to jazz creation, LOOK NORTH, the trio's first album, takes you on a unique journey that evokes the wide-open spaces of Northern lands. An invitation to discover their captivating melodies and exciting spontaneous improvisations.

Gary Brunton (double bass, tabla) evolves in the company of Daniel Beaussier (oboe, clarinets, saxophones, flutes, English horn) and Célestine De Williencourt (voice, flutes). They form a unique trio, with each instrument playing its role in a fluid, organic musical conversation. The diversity of the musicians' instruments and influences (Jimmy Giuffre, John Surman & Karen Krog, Jim Hall, Gary Peacock, Carla Bley), creates a rich atmosphere, both intimate and expansive, where improvisation plays a central role.

Gary Brunton (Double Bass, Tabla)
Daniel Beaussier (Soprano and Baritone Saxophones, Clarinet and Bass Clarinet, Alto Flute, Oboe, English Horn)
Célestine De Williencourt (Vocals, Flute)

Produced by Jazz En Face
Recorded by Yohan Progler at Studio Parc de Sceaux
Mixed and mastered by Manu Pekar
Photographs by Camille Huguenot
Graphic Design by Corinne Garino
Released by Juste Une Trace
With support : SCPP
Release date : 28-03-2025