Babel (2017)

by SECTEUR 33

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En avril 2017, la "Ferme d'en Haut" nous a invités à participer à une résidence d'artistes dans le cadre du dispositif "Avant Le Tour".

Une semaine de travail intensif pendant laquelle nous avons profité de leur hospitalité pour réenregistrer Babel, l'un de nos derniers titres, sous la direction bienveillante de Laurent, leur talentueux ingénieur du son.

Un grand merci à Laurent, Jean Christophe et toute l'équipe de la Ferme d'en Haut et du dispositif "Tour de CHauffe" pour cette expérience exceptionnelle.

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Babel

Now in the gloom the pulsing drums repeat,
And all the night is filled with evil sound;
I hear the throbbing on inhuman feet
On marble stairs that silence locks around.

I see black temples loom against the night,
With tentacles like serpents writhed afar,
And waving in a dusky dragon light
Great moths whose wings unholy tapers char.
Red memory on memory, tier on tier,
Builds up a tower, time and space to span;
Through world on world I rise, and sphere on sphere,
To star-shot gulfs of lunacy and fear—
Black screaming ages never dreamed by man.

Was this your plan, foul spawn of cosmic mire,
To freeze my soul to stone and icy fire,
To carve me in the moon that all mankind
May know its race is futile, weak and blind—
A horror-blasted statue in the sky,
That does not live and nevermore can die?

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released June 19, 2017
Recorded at the "Ferme d'en Haut" with Laurent (april 2017)

Music by SECTEUR 33
Lyrics by Robert R.HOWARD
Recorded at La Ferme d'en Haut

Xandus: Vocals & Guitar
Alpharius: Bass & Machines
Laurent: Production & Saucisses

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SECTEUR 33 France

Coming from the north of France, Secteur 33 brings you darkness and coldness from the 80's. Built up around a bass/guitar duo, Secteur 33 finds inspiration in 80's new wave/cold wave (Joy Division, Fields of the Nephilim, the Smiths...), indus (Ministry, Front 242...), horror, fantasy and sci-fi movies and litterature. Come with us in a journey through time and despair. ... more

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