Perturbator

What Perturbator makes

Topics synthwave, electronic, music, album-release, live-show

PERTURBATOR – who received massive acclaim as the face of retro-inspired dark electronic music – breaks free from the ubiquitous cliches of “synthwave.” On the sixth and latest Perturbator album, Age of Aquarius–James Kent’s first for the renowned metal label Nuclear Blast–he offers up a more propulsive spin on his moody early work, showcasing his most confident, plainly beautiful, and thematically refined music to date. Where his previous album, 2021’s Lustful Sacraments, was about bad habits and addiction, his sixth LP - also featuring Alcest, Author & Punisher and Greta Link - explores how individualism, conflict, and war are interrelated and dominant societal forces. Both brutal and sublime, the album feels like the musical equivalent of a scream into the existential void. We might always be in conflict as a species - with others and ourselves - but with Age of Aquarius, Kent provides its fantastic score.

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