Asyl was a French rock band formed in 1995 in La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime,
consisting of vocalist Mathieu Lescop, guitarist Nicolas Freidline, bassist
Antoine de Saint-Antoine, and drummer Benjamin Freidline. Their early work
emerged from garage-rock roots, followed by the self-produced demo Maquillage,
substance et modernité (2002). In 2005 they released the debut EP Hiroshima mis
à mort on Because Music, followed by the studio album Petits cauchemars entre
amis (2005) produced by Andy Gill. In 2006 the EP Intérieur extérieur appeared.
Subsequent releases were Cessions inédit...