Industrial Rap Meets Noise: Antoine Ferris Drops "Shame’s Coming" from Debut Album [KAAARST]
Sonic Defiance: Antoine Ferris Unveils "Shame’s Coming" featuring Natacha Kanga
French bassist and experimentalist Antoine Ferris strikes a bold opening chord with "Shame’s Coming," the lead single and video from his debut solo album, [KAAARST]. A collaboration with Berlin-based artist Natacha Kanga, the track is a "rabid" fusion of committed rap, industrial noise, and jagged electro, setting a defiant tone for the full album release on Carton Records this May.
The Bass as a Percussive Weapon
In "Shame’s Coming," Ferris transforms the bass guitar from a rhythmic anchor into a source of raw, unpredictable energy. His unconventional approach to the instrument defines the track’s identity: the strings are not just plucked but struck with fists or even played with a butter knife to extract percussive, glitchy timbres.
The track creates a tense, industrial landscape where:
Natacha Kanga’s fierce vocal delivery cuts through layers of noise.
Random rhythms generated by custom effects pedals collide with heavy bass feedback.
Elements of experimental hip-hop meet the abrasive aesthetics of artists like Mopcut or Lukas Koenig.
A Dialogue of Glitches and Melancholy
While "Shame’s Coming" leans into the "noise and rap" borders, the upcoming album [KAAARST] promises a broader dialogue between industrial chaos and a singular sense of melancholy. Based in the Toulouse experimental scene and known for his work with groups like Baraque à Free and Megacoaster, Ferris uses his solo debut to explore the intersection of acoustic improvisation and electronic sampling.
The accompanying video visually echoes this "glitch" philosophy, capturing the frantic energy of a performer who treats his instrument as an electronic signal source as much as a physical object.