Artist
Costes
Costes, a French noise artist from the mid-80s, creates visceral soundscapes that challenge norms with abrasive and chaotic releases.
About
Costes — Jean-Louis Costes — looms large in the noise underground, a French provocateur crafting harsh soundscapes from the mid-80s to early 90s. His work? A visceral assault on the senses. Found sounds twisted into grotesque caricatures, lo-fi aesthetics that revel in their own filth, subversive themes that challenge every comfortable norm. A cassette warrior with 23 abrasive releases, each a sonic eruption, each a testament to the total embrace of chaos. "L'Art C'Est La Guerre" (1986) — art is war indeed, a manifesto in tape form, where Costes battles conventions, wielding saturation and ecstatic destruction. "Partrouze a Koweit City" (1991) stands as a landmark, a final obliterating statement in his six-year barrage, where political undertones and sound brutality collide in a relentless auditory assault. "Travail de Porc" (1990) — pork work — where Costes' provocations ooze through every distorted note, the grotesque becoming its own form of ecstatic resistance. From "French Frog In An American Cunt" (1988) to "Enfant Du Dégueulis" (1986), the tape catalog is a saturated journey through Costes' anarchic world, each release a tectonic shift in the noise landscape, each a total immersion into his singular vision.
