Experimental pop band Aquaserge has been a subterranean driving force in the international music scene for the last few years, inspiring and influencing countless musicians. Originally formed by three friends (Julien Barbagallo, Julien Gasc & Benjamin Glibert) in the south-western French city of Toulouse, Aquaserge soon became a shifting collective involving many collaborators (including mainstays Audrey Ginestet and Manon Glibert), while the band's three founders went on to also become (respectively) part of Tame Impala, Stereolab and Melody's Echo Chamber. Aquaserge also have a long-time association with Japanese band Acid Mothers Temple.

Aquaserge's resolutely polymorphous music draws from sources as diverse as original psych pop, free jazz, noise, vintage French film music, pataphysics, and the most adventurous side of '60s/'70s rock (say, from kraut to Canterbury to cult Gallic bands such as ZNR). All absorbed and playfully transmuted to create their own unique, cinematic sound. Their tracks include instrumental excursions, intriguing harmonies, and pristine pop songs, always ready to joyfully burst at the seams.

The word "Aquaserge" has been whispered like a secret password between artists and music fans, they're epitomes of musicians' musicians (at a recent show in Brussels, the audience contained members of practically all the exciting young local bands… and the same would certainly be true in London, Berlin or L.A.), yet Aquaserge are now ready to present their music to a wider audience.

In September 2016, Crammed Discs released Aquaserge's Guerre EP ("War EP". Which also reads phonetically as "War and Peace" in French), while their critically acclaimed Laisse ça être album was released in 2017 (again in association with French label Almost Musique). In April 2018, Déjà vous?, the band’s first live album will be released.

News

Un grand sommeil noir


AQUASERGE announce new album with a poem by VERLAINE set to music by EDGAR VARÈSE

Face To Face with Aquaserge


Watch the new music video by the brilliant experimental pop band

Aksak Maboul 'Revue' show in London


Feat. Laetitia Sadier, Aquaserge & Jaakko Eino Kalevi, this Saturday!

HAPPY SUMMER


New music by AQUASERGE, ACID ARAB, FAUNA TWIN, LE TON MITÉ and singles from the upcoming, 2017 albums by YASMINE HAMDAN and JUANA MOLINA: This is what will be awaiting you in the Fall! Meanwhile, here is Aquaserge's intriguing new video, 'Les Zouzes'

Live Dates

12/11/2021
FR
Perpignan
Aujourd'hui Musique
13/11/2021
FR
Montignargues
l'Atelier Guest
14/11/2021
FR
Grenoble
Le ciel
25/11/2021
FR
Toulouse
Empalot
avec Sweetest Choice
27/11/2021
BE
Brussels
Ars Musica
18/12/2021
FR
Lyon
07/06/2022
CH
Basel
09/06/2022
CH
Geneve

Releases

AQUASERGE - New Information Order EP
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New Information Order EP
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AQUASERGE - La Fin de l'Economie
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La Fin de l'Economie
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AQUASERGE - Laisse ca etre
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Laisse ca etre
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AQUASERGE - Deja-vous?
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Deja-vous?
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SOUNDS, Visuals & More

Contains videos & live footage, free mp3s & streams, pictures, press quotes & clippings, and maybe even personal contributions from the artist.