Boy Harsher + Kontravoid

Since forming in 2014, Jae Matthews and Augustus Muller have cultivated one of the most devoted followings in the underground scene under the name Boy Harsher. Their debut EP, *Lesser Man* — which features the cult track "Pain" — was initially released in a limited cassette edition before being uploaded to YouTube by a fan. They followed this with the album *Yr Body is Nothing* (2016) and the EP *Country Girl* (2017), paving the way for the critically acclaimed album *Careful* (2019), as well as the project *The Runner* (2022) — both an album and a film — which the duo wrote, produced, and scored. Boy Harsher has continuously explored new horizons at the crossroads of darkwave, industrial music, and electro. Their signature blend of hypnotic synthesizers, punchy rhythms, and Jae Matthews' magnetic vocals has influenced a new generation of artists, while helping propel minimal synth, EBM, and dark underground electronic music onto festival stages worldwide.