Alcest and Bruit

Alcest, founded in 2000 by songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Neige and joined by drummer Winterhalter in 2009, are pioneers of post-metal/shoegaze “blackgaze”. Key releases include Le Secret, Écailles De Lune, Shelter and Spiritual Instinct (2019).

BRUIT ≤ is a post-rock/modern classical quartet from Toulouse, France, known for emotively intense, expansive instrumental compositions. They fuse varied genres, including ambient electronica, creating progressive, genre-subverting music. Notable releases include the EPs "Monolith" (2018) and "Apologie du Temps Perdu, Vol. 1" (2023), and albums "The Machine is Burning and Now Everyone Knows It Could Happen Again" (2021) and "The Age of Ephemerality" (2025). They have performed at festivals like Roadburn and Arctangent and toured with M83.