The artist enlisted help once again from director Jean-Emmanuel Valnoir Simoulin having worked together for the album’s debut track “Death of the soul”. Simoulin said of the latest work; “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.”

The song itself is a powerful amalgamation of gothic post-punk and electronica, resulting in a moody, often dystopian sound that is laden with dread and despair.  Fans of Trent Reznor or Mika Levi will appreciate the textured drones immensely. The video matches its dark intent to perfection.

The featured artist for this track is none other than the Parisian four-piece Hangman’s Chair, who provide the metallic influences on the record, having collaborated previously with Perturbator on their own track “Tired Eyes” from the album Banlieue Triste which was released in 2018. The artist described the relationship saying; “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.”

Perturbator will be on tour later this year with dates set here in the UK. Information for these shows can be found below;

13/11/2022- SWX- Bristol, UK
15/11- St. Lukes- Glasgow, UK
16/11- Academy 2- Manchester, UK
17/11-Electric Brixton, UK

Ticket information can be found at Perturbator.com

Instagram.com/perturbatormusic

Facebook.com/Perturbator

Twitter.com/The_Perturbator

I will be on tour in Europe in Oct / Nov 2021, with my brothers from @_HEALTH_ , @authorpunisher and @HangmansChair

The new album is being prepared for release, so expect a lot of new things pretty soon.

For tickets and infos : https://t.co/iQX9sshuw7

Poster by Metastazis pic.twitter.com/b2qDZu0lik

— Perturbator (@The_Perturbator) December 3, 2020

Peturbator will be joined on the Excess tour by Los Angeles noise-rockers Health; San Diego experimentalist Tristan Shone (aka Author & Punisher); and doom metal outfit Hangman’s Chair. The touring posse will be familiar company for Kent: he had previously collaborated with Hangman’s Chair on the French band’s 2018 track Tired Eyes; and more recently linked up with Health on BODY/PRISON from their 2020 remix album Disco 4: Part 1, a record which mxdwn.com described as “an incredibly exciting listen.”

The Excess tour will offer Perturbator fans an opportunity to hear music from the artist’s as-yet-untitled fifth studio album. A release date for the LP – his first since 2016’s The Uncanny Valley – has not been confirmed yet. However, recent tweets from Kent himself suggest that it will be available “way before November 12th” when his 32-date European tour concludes with a homecoming performance at Paris’ historic Olympia concert hall.

The upcoming record may have been a long time in the works – its lead single Excess was released back in February 2019 – but Perturbator has promised it will be worth the substantial wait. In February the Parisian musician took to Twitter to reassure fans, saying “The album is still in the making (90% finished I’d say). I apologize for the wait it takes and still can’t announce any release date as I don’t want to make empty promises, but it’s a very different album and there’s no way I’m half assing it. I hope you’ll all understand.”

Kent also suggested that the new material might provide a significant change of musical direction, with all but one track having a full vocal accompaniment. In April he tweeted defiantly on the subject, saying “People asking for an instrumental version of the LP: No. It won’t be to everyone’s liking but these songs were made with vocals in mind and removing them would be detrimental to the music. I’m okay with losing your support on this and wish you the best on your musical journey.”

Perturbator – who recently contributed to the soundtrack for acclaimed action video game Cyberpunk 2077 – was one of the electronic artists who featured in Iván Castell’s 2019 film The Rise of the Synths. The documentary, narrated by composer and legendary horror director John Carpenter, charted the origins and rapid growth of the eighties-influenced synthwave sub-culture. The film’s website hypothesizes that the evolving genre represents an “irresistible blend of nostalgia and music; of creative processes and cultural references; of reappropriation and legitimate creation” and a “…celebration of shared memories, with an ever-evolving sound now emerging as a chart topping worldwide retro cultural phenomenon.”

The UK dates for Peturbator’s 2021 Excess tour are as follows:

05/11/2021 – Electric Ballroom (Camden) – London
06/11 – St Luke’s – Glasgow
07/11 – Academy 2 – Manchester
10/11 – SWX – Bristol