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Posted by _IDS_ on Oct-15-2006 10:36:

Agoria - The Green Armchair

Agoria - The Green Armchair

Label: PIAS Fr
Release Date: Tomorrow

01.Baboul Hair Cuttin (3:24)
02.Code 1026 (5:49)
03.Million Miles (4:54)
04.Europe (6:48)
05.Cecile (5:15)
06.Your Inner Kiss (4:37)
07.Edenbridge (7:36)
08.Like a Bull (3:35)
09.Lips On Fire (3:08)
10.Les Violons Ivres (6:06)
11.Wrong Line (4:35)

Code 1026 is a fucking great track!

W8&See for the others...

Posted by noikeee on Oct-15-2006 21:53:

Interesting. Agoria is usually good.

Posted by bobba lou on Oct-15-2006 21:54:

definately one for the collection. Good post.

Posted by Spice on Nov-16-2006 19:57:

Les Violons Ivres is AMAZING!!!

Posted by chesco on Nov-16-2006 21:38:

some good stuff on here.

Posted by refuge on Nov-18-2006 06:18:

I still need to check this sucka out. Looks amazing.

Posted by PETRAN on Nov-19-2006 04:59:

This album is genious at times. Experimental techno at its finest.The good thing is that here is a varied theme through-out this. "Code 1026" sounds like a cold electrifying version of daft-punk on crack. Heavily filtered synths race towards a big explosive end with lush majestic pads and operatic choruses. This could literally tear a big-room to peaces! This album is not just for the dancefloor though. "Cecile" is a beautifull a-la 70s kraut-rockian moogy epic sci-fi adventure in the vein of pioneers such as Vangelis,(70s works),Schulz, Kraftwerk (Autobahn) and Neu!(75). The main lush retro-synth will take you in a massive space adventure. From that point we depart from the 70s and head directly to the 90s and "Europa's" Detroit-Techno, Agoria's favorite genre. The classic detroit formula is here. Futuristic rhythmical of-chord techy synths and a lush spacey lead-line over a groovy driving bassline and drum. The track builds and builds (or shall we say drives through a neon-shocked highway with inceasing speed?) till it breaks in a wanderfull arpeggiating end.

Agoria's adventures in electronica are non-stop and hence he trys his luck in "Massive Attack" style trip-hop. This is what we get in "Million Miles" although more soulfull from the vocal side of things. The artists musical eccentricity though is unstopable and it is evident in tracks like "Like A Bull" and "Inner Kiss". The first one sounds like an electro-house version of what could be a furious epic black-metal tune(seriously!)albeit not for the vocals (thank god). Massive heavily distorted electro in-your face riffs acccompanied by operatic female choruses and orchestral chamber synths. As for the second, it's 80s synth-pop in a very theatrical version i would say(Agoria has gone quite classical in a dark way in this album)where 80s-style analogue synths are accompanied by a polyphony of high-pitched male alto vocalisations.The darkness is not over yet as "edenbridge" is a dubby, spooky, horror-film soundtrack that features the voice of Peter Murphy, the singer of the 80s goth-rock/dark-wave group "Bauhaus"(great band by the way..."Bela Lugosi is Dead...") .

This "classical" theme also continues in a beautifull tune, that is "Les Violons Ivres". A soft low-end with a clicky,glitchy (yep its trendy)melodic sequence of sounds is topped with a beautifull autumnal violin melody. "Baroque-Techno" (or "romantic-minimal") anyone? The melodic theme is mostly evident in the playfull sampletronica (hip-hop?)of "wrong-line" where a hooky-as-hell melody with some wanderfull pianos accompanys a deep french voice (Agoria himself's?) that raps in a whispering tone. Beautifull and haunting tune...

Overall a great album with many musicians but some tunes are really weak IMO. For example the opener "Baboul Hair Cuttin" sounds like stupid non-sense rock , whereas an r'n'b tune featuring princess superstar such as "lips on fire" was not essential...if for not these tunes, the album would be more then excellent. But even like this, the current album is experimental, beautifull, very artistic,inspired by almost anything that is quality electronic (and not only)and quite varied!If every EDM album was like that i would personally be living in heaven. Unfortunately this is not the case. A "techno"(in the broader sense) album that could withstand the test of time!

7.5/10

Posted by domineesje on Nov-19-2006 09:24:

Re: Agoria - The Green Armchair

quote:
Originally posted by _IDS_
Agoria - The Green Armchair

Code 1026 is a fucking great track!

Europe

Posted by nefardec on Dec-23-2006 21:49:

A lot of this is remarkable music. Love 'Les Violons Ivres'.

Posted by JLP on Dec-24-2006 01:04:

Europe, Like A Bull, Lips On Fire

Great album. Thx IDS

Posted by d-miurge on Dec-24-2006 01:37:

I just listened to it today. A true masterpiece. Agreed on Code 1026!

Posted by Spartan on Feb-09-2007 14:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Spice
Les Violons Ivres is AMAZING!!!

As a student of the violin I thought the song was actually a lil annoying. I remember liking the intro very much, and then enjoying the different strings as they came in. I wasn't a fan though of the background techno as I felt it kind of clashed w/ the strings instead of letting them lead the melody. I've only listened once but I remember that was my first impression. I don't understand why everybody adores it, but i'm guessing it has to do w/ the fact that some strings are in it, b/c violins ARE beautiful.

Code 1026 - I liked.

Posted by Cobalt on Feb-09-2007 22:10:

Europa is the best track on the album.