Chevreuil Return with New Album ‘Stadium’

French guitar and drums duo Chevreuil returns with Stadium, a newly released double album through innovative record label Computer Students™, marking the end of a 20-year hiatus.

Formed in 1998 by Julien F. and Tony C., who first met at art school three years prior, Chevreuil has, from its inception, conceived of the band as a performative art installation rather than a conventional rock band. Their approach treats sound, space, and motion as sculptural elements within a self-contained system. In their own terminology, Julien and Tony play “magnetic drums” and “magnetic guitar,” reflecting a live, intuitive interplay in which the music coalesces through a sense of natural force.

Early on, the duo rejected the inclusion of a bassist, instead shaping its sound through reduction, repetition, and structural precision. Tony’s guitar is routed through four amplifiers arranged around Julien’s drum kit, creating a quadraphonic environment that envelops both performers. Julien’s 1976 Ludwig kit—dating from the year both musicians were born—remains entirely unamplified, enabling performances in any space with access to a single electrical outlet. The result is a distinctly physical and spatial experience: a minimalist system of rhythm and resonance that functions as both musical performance and installation.

Recorded in January 2025, Stadium preserves Chevreuil’s core principles—live recording and quadraphonic immersion—while extending its sonic range through a newly configured hybrid electro-acoustic guitar capable of generating electronic textures.

Conceptually, the album draws on themes including the music of the spheres, magnetism, radioactivity, barometric oscillations, astrometry, and magic, using these frameworks to explore vibration and transformation. Each side of the double LP comprises four compositions, forming parallel sequences that may be experienced either as two distinct albums or as a continuous whole.

The release is offered as a standard double 12”, 180-gram, 33 RPM vinyl edition in a reverse-board gatefold sleeve. A Deluxe edition includes a 12-page codex detailing the full technical recording setup, including parameters and specifications, and is presented in the label’s signature sealed aluminum sleeve with black print. CD, cassette, and digital formats are also available, alongside a limited colored-vinyl edition in a Type-1 aluminum sleeve, exclusive to the Computer Students™ website.

Chevreuil ‘Stadium’ album artwork