BIOLLANTE

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Biollante is a musical project/collective from Paris, France.
It was founded in 2020 as a side project of the anonymous collective Black Metal/Industrial/Baroque group Non Serviam.
The project is also closely connected with the rap collective Gobscrew, with whom they collaborate regularly.
Their sound includes electronic beats, samples, but also guitars, keyboards, harp, and harpsichord, among others.
The project began when friends wanted to create a musical piece for an imprisoned friend – that first song became ‘Le Monde Me Revient Crié‘.
It was conceived as an act of solidarity and supported by many people from their community.
Biollante describes itself as a ‘Kaijū project‘ – Kaijū meaning giant monster in Japanese cinema – used as an allegorical image.
They see themselves as something monstrous and powerful, yet expressing pain, anger, and sorrow.
Three years ago, this project released its first album ‘J’espère que tu danseras quelque part‘, initially self-released, then on the now-defunct and iconic UK label Trepanation Recordings, and finally with Atypeek Music.
This album tackled difficult and complex subjects in French, such as child suicide, revolt and care, psychiatry, prison, and confinement.
Influenced by Death Grips, IC3PEAK, Techno Animal, The Bug, and Scorn, the group emerged from the fusion of the experimental Black Metal project Non Serviam and a collective of young rappers, Gobscrew.
With enthusiastic critical feedback and the creation of a solid fanbase, the album gained a certain level of esteem within the metal/industrial scenes and among experimental hip hop fans, as it quickly sold out in all formats.
Now, as the second album has been released, it was time to give new life to this wild, violent, emotional first album that remained too underground.
This ‘Redux‘ version contains the entire first album remixed by Void (Biollante, Non Serviam, Hiverlucide, Néant) and remastered by Yaref Ben Hazim, along with 3 instrumentals and a bonus track the band composed in solidarity with their friend Serge, who was in a coma following the clashes at Sainte Soline.
The package includes new artwork and a new booklet.
For those who missed it, it will be an enjoyable discovery.
And for those who already know the first edition, ‘Redux‘ will hit differently.