The Quietus
"On L’Esprōva he tackles Occitan folk songs with energy and freedom. It’s best viewed as a sort of gumbo; a tangy, bastard brew that contains elements of various folk musics and instruments, North African sounds, dub and oddball techno. In Bergez’s hands this profusion of elements finds its own harmony – perhaps because the folk melodies provide a sort of guiding thread – without glossing over its hybrid qualities, a new musical creole in the making."
Shape
"Under the moniker Sourdure, Ernest Bergez works within a hybrid sound field, combining raw electronics (modular synths, feedback), acoustic instruments (violin, voice, foot percussion), and non-musical sounds (field recording, spoken voice). He brings experimental practices into popular music and vice versa, taking traditional songs and dancehall themes from the French Massif Central area as the starting point for experimentation. Sung in French or in Occitan, his songs give an odd sense of temporal distortion, blowing the frontiers between the old and the new, original and traditional."

Sourdure

L’Esprōva

‘L’Esprōva’