Carpenter Brut

Carpenter Brut
Carpenter Brut on stage with a band
Carpenter Brut performing with his touring band in Germany in 2023
Background information
Birth nameFranck Hueso[1]
BornPoitiers, France
GenresDarksynth, Synthwave, French electro, Italo disco revival, Progressive metal
Years active2012–present
LabelsNo Quarter Prod
Websitecarpenterbrut.bandcamp.com

Franck Hueso,[1][2] better known by his stage name Carpenter Brut, is a French darksynth artist from Poitiers, France.[3] He has released three EPs, EP I (2012), EP II (2013) and EP III (2015), which were collected and released together as the album Trilogy (2015). He later released three additional studio albums, Leather Teeth (2018), Blood Machines OST (2020) and Leather Terror (2022), along with one live album, CarpenterBrutLive (2017). He has also contributed original music to a variety of soundtracks, both for film and video games.

Carpenter Brut claims his relative anonymity is a deliberate artistic choice in order to place more importance on the music itself, rather than the identity of the musician behind it.[4] He started writing music as Carpenter Brut with the intention of mixing sounds from horror films, metal, rock, and electronic music.[4] In live performances Carpenter Brut is joined on stage by guitarist Adrien Grousset and drummer Florent Marcadet, both from the French metal band Hacride.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b c "Q&A: Franck Hueso (Carpenter Brut) Slashes Synthwave Convention". 25 June 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Tobias Forge: How Iron Maiden Influenced Ghost". Loudwire. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ^ Admin (11 April 2018). "Carpenter Brut Crosses an Ocean to Share a Synthwave of Coachella Creativity". Coachella Valley Weekly. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jack 3.5mm (10 April 2016). "Interview - Carpenter Brut (English subs) - Angoulême - 02/04/2016". YouTube. Retrieved 24 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Synthwave Sunday: An Exclusive Interview with Carpenter Brut". MetalSucks. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.