LAS VEGAS—Award-winning kink and fetish proponent Axel Abysse is feting 10 years of hardcore performance with a new look for his flagship website AxelAbysse.com.
The newly revamped site is being unveiled in a week-long anniversary celebration featuring “a ‘fresh coat of paint,’” as well as “a brand-new ‘glamorous and slimy’ photoshoot by acclaimed Thai photographer James Pisut” and a revealing hour-long interview with Abysse, a representative said.
“After 10 years of gaining stature and notoriety in the worldwide fisting and fetish community, Axel’s eponymous site is ‘the’ fisting website, and his name is an international reference, copied, quoted and sought out,” the rep added.
The French creator, based in Tokyo, brings a “European-Asian fusion aesthetic to an extreme hardcore fetish, adding an unexpected touch of poetry and sensuality to his self-made content. The goodlooking artist with his well-known turquoise tattoos single him out in the world of fetish model/creators.”
Abysse is also a vocal proponent of drug-free sex play, “a rare and necessary stance against chem-sex in the fetish community,” the rep explained.
As a performer, Abysse appears on international stages across Asia and Europe, including Seoul and Bangkok last year. He is scheduled for performances in Berlin and Taipei this fall and returning to the Darklands festival next year.
In addition to the visual rebranding and modern look, the anniversary week celebration features a daily array of bonus materials and exclusive clips for site members, highlighted by a first-time interview between Abysse and drag artist Meringue in an hour-plus segment.
Titled "Axel Opens Up," the interview is available to all viewers, members and non-members, beginning today, May 29, at AxelAbysse.com.
zBUCKz CEO Danny Zeeman said he has watched Abysse’s website and profile grow and prosper over the first decade and stresses the redesign as more than just a new look.
“This is not just a redesign, but a new chapter for AxelAbysse.com after years of building a very specific and recognizable fetish aesthetic and loyal audience. And the free and revealing interview is a way for fans to get to know the person behind the performances, tattoos and mythology of the Abysse brand. His inclusivity of genders, body types and colors represents the diversity of the real fisting community, not just a commercial representation of it,” Zeeman said.
Abysse said his personal view of the anniversary points to a continuing exploration of what is often overlooked as a taboo part of gay and fetish culture.
“What a wild journey. I never planned on becoming a porn creator, yet here we are: 10 years of running my own production! Time has flown by so quickly, it's hard for me to step back and comment on my growth. I'm turning 40 next year. Yet it feels like not much has changed, as I'm still making my fantasies come true,” the performer mused.
“I never really paid attention to what the industry was offering, the idea has always been about making the films that would turn me on as a viewer, and I've always loved bizarre pornography more than anything. I've become convinced I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do, while I used to doubt a lot,” Abysse continued.
“I gained confidence as I realized my movies aren't just about me and my hole, but about the connections I make with my co-stars and even more importantly, with the viewers. They trust me to deliver authentic fisting, close to our community, embracing its quirkiness (we're sticking stuff in our buttholes, what's funnier than that?), but also to showcase the intensity of pleasure, the rawness of our orgasms, beyond anything else we've felt. I'm proud of that trust, as it’s also the realest factor between a fistee and a fister,” he added.
In closing, Abysse said, “I'm a pessimist by nature. The world is stepping back into censorship and shame, with new restrictions every day for porn professionals, and AI threatening to replace models ... yet here I am believing more than ever that we must create crude beauty from decadence, and that pleasure is part of what will keep us sane.”
For more information, visit AxelAbysse.com.
