»Contemporary artist. Lives and works in Toulouse, France. Records sad folk, experimental & funeral electronics. Writes poetry. Takes blurry photographs. Shoots art films. Founder and owner of labels Distant Voices and Les Editions Distantes. Dances with birds at night.«

We can’t get much more apt than that! For a sample of Bel’s sonic vibe, simply hark at his gig partners — shimmery goth legends And Also The Trees, psych-prog weirdos Barn Owl, or the dark and evil folk of King Dude — and his myriad projects that slip through improv drone, punky garage rock, and the grimmest iterations of folk and metal.

• To the night I surrender, by THOMAS BEL

• To the night I surrender, by THOMAS BEL