Ernest Bergez

It’s foolish to attempt to situate Sourdure’s music within a historical context; it feels both pre- and post-everything. Sung in Occitan and French, his latest offering, Outredore, features Lisà Langlois, Le Diable Dégoutant, and Eloïse Decazes. It is an absolute singular album that floats freely and pierces deeply.

Sourdure has shared “Le Pebre”, the first single from their new album “Outredore”, out September 18th via Pagans and Murailles Music. Ernest Bergez roots these new songs in the traditional music of the Massif Central while reaching toward Eastern vocabularies, his voice more stripped-back than ever. A slow-burning heatwave anthem…

Sourdurent, the new Occitan-language group project from French folk experimentalist Ernest Bergez, share their brilliantly inventive video for La Dumenchada – set in medieval times and aided by psychotropic drugs, the poor reap the riches of the wealthy.

Ernest Bergez transforms Sourdure into the four-piece Sourdurent with the release of L’herbe de détourne – a bold and deeply rewarding venture.