Igorrr
French musician fusing black metal, baroque, breakcore, and trip hop.
Gautier Serre (born 5 June 1984), known by his stage name Igorrr, is a French musician who combines disparate genres including black metal, baroque music, breakcore, and trip hop into a singular sound. The project began as solo work and expanded into a full band, gaining recognition for its intense, genre-defying style.
Quick Facts
- Birth Name
- Gautier Serre
- Birth Date
- 1984-06-05
- Birth Place
- France
- Genre
- Experimental · breakcore · extreme metal · industrial · classical
- Years Active
- 2005–present
- Label
- Ad Noiseam, Metal Blade, Blood Music
- Current Members
- Gautier Serre / Rémi Serafino / JB Le Bail / Martyn Clément / Erlend Caspersen / Gerda Iguchi
- Past Members
- Laurent Lunoir / Laure Le Prunenec / Aphrodite Patoulidou / Patrick / Sylvain Bouvier / Marthe Alexandre
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Lore & Background
Gautier Serre started the Igorrr project as a teenager seeking music that destroyed all limits. He named it after a pet gerbil called Igorr, adding an extra 'r' to make it harder to pronounce. Serre plays piano, drums, and guitar, and uses Steinberg Cubase for recording. He claims to have synesthesia, perceiving music as colors. His early demos Poisson Soluble (2006) and Moisissure (2008) gained attention from label Ad Noiseam, leading to his debut album Nostril (2010) and EP Baroquecore (2010). His pet chicken Patrick gained notoriety for 'playing' piano by pecking at keys baited with chicken feed; Serre won a GoPro award for a video of this.
Reader's Guide
Igorrr's significance lies in its radical fusion of extreme metal, classical music, and electronic genres, creating what AllMusic described as 'an intense, disturbing, and undeniably distinct experience'. The project evolved from solo work to a full band with vocalists Laure Le Prunenec and Laurent Lunoir, drummer Sylvain Bouvier, guitarist Martyn Clément, and bassist Erlend Caspersen. The album Savage Sinusoid (2017) received critical acclaim, including a perfect 10/10 from Metal Injection and charting in Belgium. Igorrr also composed half the soundtrack for the film Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc (2017), which was nominated for Best Music at the 23rd Lumière Awards. The project's legacy includes influencing the 'baroquecore' label and demonstrating how disparate genres can be cohesively merged.
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