HEALTH x Carpenter Brut

The last two years changed music for everyone. They might have changed HEALTH for the better. 

Three years after VOL.4 :: SLAVES OF FEAR, the L.A. trio’s ferocious entry into the world of heavy music, HEALTH return with the second half of their DISCO4 series. On the first installment in 2020, they swapped remixes for original collaborations with Perturbator, 100 Gecs and JPEGMAFIA. 

A whole lot went to hell in the meantime, forcing the band to re-invent how they wrote music together. For DISCO4 :: PART II they cut it fast and mean, recruiting both legends and nascent contenders of heavy music and its many peripheral genres. 

The centerpiece of DISCO4 :: Part II is the Nine Inch Nails collaboration “ISN’T EVERYONE,” which re-unites HEALTH with their early-career arena tourmates. The mesh between Trent Reznor’s growls and Jake Duzsik’s gossamer melodies—all over a gigantic synth barrage—feels like a new moment in industrial music. 

On “COLD BLOOD,” their latest single with metal titans Lamb of God, HEALTH show they can devote themselves to a genre and detonate it all in the same track. Its blistering heaviness juxtaposed against album cuts like the raucous “GNOSTIC FLESH/MORTAL HELL” (with noise-rap banshee Backxwash and the virtuosically scabrous trio Ho99o9) or the contemplative “STILL BREATHING” (co-piloted with teenage post-punk experimentalist Ekkstacy), demonstrates the breadth of HEALTH's sonic palette and ability to incorporate what heavy music looks like today and going forward. 

From their twitchy 2007 debut, through the groundbreaking 2012 score for Rockstar Games’ Max Payne 3 and 2015’s DEATH MAGIC, multi-instrumentalists/producers Jacob Duzsik and John Famiglietti, and drummer Benjamin Miller, snuck beauty and rigor into blinding noise. They draped moody violence over trap beats and warehouse rave sounds alike. 

HEALTH are not only making the heaviest, most genre-obliterating music of their career. They’re documenting just how insane it feels to be alive right now. 

Since 2012, Carpenter Brut has established himself as a leading figure in the international synthwave scene.
Blending electronic music, rock, and 1980s-inspired sounds, his visual and musical universe stands out with a polished, cinematic aesthetic built for the stage.With a powerful sonic identity and meticulously crafted live shows, Carpenter Brut has performed on major stages such as La Cigale (2016), L’Olympia (2018), Coachella (2018), Zénith de Paris (2022), and the Mainstages of Hellfest and Poland Rock (2023). His albums (Trilogy, Leather Teeth, Leather Terror) form a dense musical narrative, paying tribute to VHS-era culture while channeling raw energy from metal and electronic music. The visual side of the project is equally important, with striking music videos and a strong artistic direction that extend the live experience.

Carpenter Brut is now widely recognized for the quality of his productions, the impact of his concerts, and his ability to bring together a diverse and loyal audience beyond the alternative scene.

Desire is the Montreal-born, Los Angeles–based duo of Megan Louise and producer Johnny Jewel (Chromatics, Glass Candy). Fusing French and English vocals with cinematic synths, their music has appeared in films by David Lynch, Nicolas Refn, and Ryan Gosling, and on runways for Versace and Dior. Their third album Games People Play (2025) delivers disco anthems and noir ballads in equal measure. Live, Desire transform the stage into a dream of light, shadow, and sound.

Desire – Games People Play Tour 2025

Dream pop for the broken heart. Formed in Montreal and now based in Los Angeles, Desire is the duo of vocalist Megan Louise and producer Johnny Jewel (Chromatics, Glass Candy, Twin Peaks). Their sound blends French and English vocals with shimmering synths, cinematic atmospheres, and pulsing rhythms that echo both disco and noir.

As the flagship group of the influential label Italians Do It Better, Desire’s music has scored runways for Versace, Dior, Chanel, and Fendi, and has appeared in films by Nicolas Winding Refn, David Lynch, and Ryan Gosling. Their breakthrough hit Under Your Spell became a modern classic after its iconic placement in Refn’s neon-soaked Drive.

In March 2025, Desire released their third album Games People Play—a sprawling collection that moves from intimate torch songs to dancefloor anthems. With collaborations alongside Diplo, Guy Gerber, Omar S, Seth Troxler, and Maceo Plex, it cements Desire’s reputation for marrying club energy with cinematic melancholy.

On stage, Desire is a full sensory experience: soaring vocals, analog synths, and surrealist film projections combine to transform the night into a dream you don’t want to wake from.