Bruit Sourd presents

ANN
BONNY

Nee / SööLPOCT. 9, 2026POU045EAN 3700398743059

Biography

A new
story.

Ann Bonny (1697-?) was a little-known pirate whose life blurred genders, crossed boundaries and rejected convention. Closely associated with John Rackham - and above all Mary Read - she made a mockery of both her fellow pirates and the Royal Navy before disappearing from the historical record after Read's death in 1721, probably at the age of twenty-four.

Ann Bonny (2020-2022-present) is a shape-shifting trio from eastern France. The appropriate amount of noise. Born from the ashes of 37500 Yens and Rhume Carabiné. Still alive.

Following directly on from Ma Secte, Ann Bonny grew out of years of intersecting projects and encounters. First came 37500 Yens, then Harpon, then Ma Secte. Eventually everything settled into place: Franck on drums, Jud on bass, and Julie on guitar, vocals and synths.

After two EPs - the first of which received a cassette release - the trio is bringing both together on vinyl. The record gives full scope to Cherry Jo Lee's artwork and to the sound shaped by Sylvain Ma at Gnome Studio, who handled recording, mixing and mastering.

Blurry-noise

Violence.
Darkness.
Breath cut short.

The band calls it blurry-noise. More concretely: the pressure and abrasion of Chat Pile, melodies brushing against YC-CY, uncertain rhythms and an appetite for everything unstable, awkward and unsettling in contemporary chamber music. Through the weight of it all, Julie's voice remains soft, fragile and almost suspended.