Final Descent Presents: Borguefúl (FR) + Nils Gröndahl (DK/DE)

Solo bass & voice merging tradition and feedback

Solo bass excursions and powerful vocals collide in Borguefül's mystical universe, combining free improvisation with traditional French singing.

Experience her rough cartography of sensation, shaped by breath, bowed strings, and silence, as she takes on the stage at Union October 31st.

Borguefül (FR)
Borguefül is the solo project of French double bassist and vocalist Mélanie Loisel. Drawing from free improvisation, contemporary composition, and the raw pulse of traditional song, Borguefül unfolds a world of dissonances, strange syllables and visceral soundscapes. Voice and double bass merge in earthy, hypnotic layers — rasping, droning, whispering, erupting — evoking rain, stone, wind, and monsters.

Sung in a revisited patois from Haute-Loire, the music vibrates with deep textures and fractured melodies, rooted in ritual, shadow, and soil. It's both ancient and experimental: a rough cartography of sensation, shaped by breath, bowed strings, and silence.

Released on Pagans Records and La République des Granges, the debut album Horst introduced Borguefül as a fierce and singular voice on the outer edges of folk and noise.

https://borgueful.bandcamp.com/album/horst

Nils Gröndahl (DK/DE)
Nils Gröndahl performs alone on stage. With his detuned violin and a sea of effect pedals, he builds an intense blend of droning riffs, melancholic ballads with German lyrics, and grand, gothic noise cathedrals.

He has played solo concerts everywhere from DR’s Concert Hall to Belgian churches and even the ladies’ restroom at Bremen Teater.

Beyond his solo work, he was a member of the band Under Byen and collaborates with a wide range of Danish and international artists — contributing string arrangements for Sky Ferreira, Baby In Vain, and Iceage, and performing as a violinist with acts such as Kellermensch, Jacob Bellens, MØ, and many others

https://nilsgrondahl.bandcamp.com/album/du-l-ufst-zu-schnell

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