Monolithe Noir presents new single "Barra Bouge"

Monolithe Noir releases "Barra Bouge", the third single from its album to be released this summer. On "Barra Bouge", Monolithe Noir joins forces with the Belgo-Tunisian singer Jawhar and the mesmerizing violinist Mirabelle Gilis.

"Barra Bouge" has its origin in an underground improvisation that was later refined into a complete song via written correspondance. Its message is clear in its bare, martial rhtyhm; its atmosphere is heavy and stormy and can be felt in the muffled bass that lurks in a writhing, offbeat, and persistent hum. This potent sonic stew inspired Jawhar to write his haunted, sensual words, and for Mirabelle Gilis to do what she does best on the violin. All in all, "Barra Bouge" explodes under the influence of this intense musical energy.

The lyrics of "Barra Bouge" speak directly to the protagonist of its verses. It seeks to travel along with them, to build stairs and caves in the wilderness, to raise animals and make love in the night. All its verses begin with the melancholy tinge of I would have liked...

But Reality, in all its gloom, is always knocking at our door, despite how much we want to tell it to go away...

In Arabic "barrra bouge" means fuck off.

About Monolithe Noir

Having passed through the inevitable rock groups and then departing into increasingly ambitious and conceptual projects (Arch Woodmann, in particular, which he piloted for three albums), Antoine Pasqualini puts his expansive musicality to work in the service of Monolithe Noir. Antoine's music is unpredictable by nature and surprising by choice and escapes the hackneyed adjectives that segment our record collections. It draws on a myriad of influences: prog, ambient, electronica, folk, and even the hidden treasures of Italian library music. It does not hide behind a screen of artificial complexity but is, above all, directly aimed at us. Kubrick would approve. His next album will be out on August 26 on Capitane Records and Humpty Dumpty.

About Jawhar

Jawhar grew up in the southern suburbs of Tunis. He left at the age of 20 to study in France and it is there that he wrote his first songs and that he begins to perform solo. For several years he has lived between the Belgian countryside and the Tunisian capital where he engages as musician, playwright and actor. A sulphurous first creation around love and sex in the Arab world (Hobb Story by Lotfi Achour) sees him reconnect with his mother tongue and reinvent the Tunisian love song. Since then, he has continued to dig into his songs these furrows that lead to the roots.

About Mirabelle Gilis

Mirabelle Gilis began studying the violin at the age of 7. Her studies led her to the conservatory of Toulouse, then that of Saint Petersburg in 2004. Subsequently she became a student in Paris of jazz violinist Pierre Blanchard where she studied improvisation in the tradition of Stéphane Grappelli.

We find her in Istanbul in 2011 tackling oriental music with of Selim Sesler and play in the clubs of the city for three years before settling in London where she collaborated among others with the singers Jackson Scott, Pat Dam Smyth or Brooke Sharkey. During all these years she has performed in concert with many gyspy-jazz world or rock bands like the Kumpania Zelwer or Into the Moon, of which she was the instigator with the American guitarist Leander Lyons.

She met Miossec in 2015 and participated in the creation of his two latest albums (Mammifères in 2016 and Rescapés in 2018). She also accompanies Hakim Hamadouche, Rachid Taha's partner, in his new project. She is also the co-founder of the group Les Admirals.

Listen to "Barra Bouge" HERE

Watch the video of "Barra Bouge" HERE