With just two guitars and a drum kit, Antistatic crafts a mesmerizing fusion of minimalism, math rock, and metal. Interlocking rhythmic layers create complex, yet hypnotic grooves, drawing listeners into their percussive soundscapes. Their debut album, Relics, was released through Cuneiform Records in 2024. It delves into rhythm, patience, and musical hierarchies, using drums and strings as tools for rich timbral exploration, weaving intricate patterns of sound. On stage, Antistatic go to extremes between controlled precision and cathartic release. Their live performance dynamically shifts between repetition and surprise, rewarding audiences with layered sonic textures and an irresistible pulse.
“Their music immediately captures the attention, a kind of hypnosis that plunges you far away, into the darkness, into some universe strangely
comfortable, making it impossible to stop or pause it.”

“Inverting the usual rock template, two guitarists pluck and ...

With just two guitars and a drum kit, Antistatic crafts a mesmerizing fusion of minimalism, math rock, and metal. Interlocking rhythmic layers create complex, yet hypnotic grooves, drawing listeners into their percussive soundscapes. Their debut album, Relics, was released through Cuneiform Records in 2024. It delves into rhythm, patience, and musical hierarchies, using drums and strings as tools for rich timbral exploration, weaving intricate patterns of sound. On stage, Antistatic go to extremes between controlled precision and cathartic release. Their live performance dynamically shifts between repetition and surprise, rewarding audiences with layered sonic textures and an irresistible pulse.
“Their music immediately captures the attention, a kind of hypnosis that plunges you far away, into the darkness, into some universe strangely
comfortable, making it impossible to stop or pause it.”

“Inverting the usual rock template, two guitarists pluck and pound out distinctive percussive patterns [...] Antistatic are imagining new pagan rituals
for anxious moderns.”

“You marvel at the cold polyrhythmic grooves, the off beat intertwined lines, the unbelievably tight interplay, the diverse use of bell-like harmonics.”

“It's a sort of neo-primitivism - a rock band playing with the urgency of a ritualistic trance, where every repeated note is both meditative and unsettling.“

Baujillaud is one of the country's most uncompromising and constantly searching orchestras - an explosive trio that draws its roots from 80s no wave in a, at times, Black Sabbath-heavy sound universe delivered with a smile. Expect tearing guitar riffs, transcendent drums and fearless lyricism in one and the same cup of tea.
"An amalgamation of Butthole Surfers and Adrian Belew, twisted pop staked to the ground with knurled wire.” – Lost In A Sea of Sound...

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