WIN fabric57: AGORIA

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Sbastien Devaud, aka Agoria, has been an internationally recognised producer for some 10 years, ever since his break-through single La Onzime Marche and subsequent album Blossom transported the young Lyon based DJ/producer into the global limelight. Now as an established artist and DJ he co-runs the electronic music label InFin, helped to establish Nuits Sonores, (an ambitious electronic and indie event that takes place all over the city of Lyon every Spring) and now stands tall on the praise for his recently released and highly lauded third studio album Impermanence. Now to cap it all off, he unveils fabric 57: a DJ mix that takes us on a techno journey as seen through the unique full spectrum kaleidoscope of this ever surprising artist.

I think Im a baby of Fabric. They were the first people to ask me to play in England. They have always supported me and I feel like they have educated me over the years. I don’t know any other series that creates such a history that never tried to be opportunistic or follow trends, they are the most relevant series that I know. Most of all fabric established itself to give a real panorama of electronic music during the last ten years. So obviously to be one of those artists contributing to this panorama makes me feel honoured.

It is this knowledge and craft that Agoria now returns with the delivery of fabric 57 as the French techno figurehead presents one of the most diverse and meticulous sets to hit the fabric series to date. Jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sun Ra and Tony Allen drift almost imperceptibly into and out of house and techno from the likes of Carl Craig, Cottam, Space Dimension Controller and of course Agoria himself. Layers and snippets of each track are interwoven throughout the duration, making fabric 57 as much a seamless tapestry of rhythm and invention as it is a DJ mix.

I think my mix is more about the whole spectrum of dance music a whole panorama of what I like to play. This is more a journey into the techno landscape with all that the generic term techno means to me: acid, house, dub, repetitive, epic and techno! Even if Im playing a lot of techno in my DJ set I always manage to try to mix tracks that are not supposed to fit together. That is my excitation every weekend. Here I was happy to create a remix live of Ella Fitzgerald mixed with four other tracks for example – or to arrange a new Speechless vocal version with Sun Ra, a trio with Carl Craig and La Scalars.

It is this unique flair and fluid vision that Agoria now brings to fabric 57.

TRACKLISTING:

01 Vainqueur – Ranges – Theme [Scion Versions]
Ensemble Economique – Real Things [Not Not Fun]
Zodiac Free Arts Club – Ein Lied Fr Popol Vuh [Permanent Vacation]
02 STL – Silent State [Smallville]
Blacmale – Golden Day [Static Discos]
03 Moritz von Oswald / Tony Allen – Ole Remix [Honest Jons]
Ella Fitzgerald With The Buddy Bregman Orchestra – Night And Day [Verve]
04 Jerome Sydenham & Joe Claussell – Rhythm [Ibadan]
05 Clara Moto – Deer & Fox (539.6 East Street dOP Remix) [InFin]
Lil Tony – Treehouse (Lil Tony Remix) [Electric Minds]
06 Canyons – Blue Snake [I’m A Clich]
07 Agoria – Heart Beating (Argy Tension Remix) [InFin]
08 DJ Kaos – Horny Morning Loop (Drdunkskaoticmix) [Jolly Jams]
DJ Tazz – Unrestrained [Underground Quality]
09 Eisbr – Subspace Two [InFin]
10 Space Dimension Controller – Mercurial Attraction [R&S]
11 Agoria feat. Carl Craig & La Scalars – Speechless (Whisper Dub) [InFin]
Sun Ra And His Mythic Science Arkestra – Somebody Else’s Idea [Art Yard]
12 Agoria feat. Carl Craig & La Scalars – Speechless (Radio Slave Panorama Garage Remix feat. Tom Gandey) [InFin]
13 Infiniti – Game One [Metroplex]
14 Cottam – Cottam4 – Side A [Cottam]
15 Mark E – Belvide Beat [Spectral Sound / Ghostly International]
16 Cottam – Sunrise Sunset [Use of Weapons]
17 Jos James – Blackmagic (Izmabad 118 Remix) [Brownswood]
18 Carl Craig – Dominas (Carl Craig Mix) [Planet E]
Versus Carl Craig – Dominas (Ruff Mix) [InFin]
19 Various – fabric 57 Puppets [Various]
20 Ella Fitzgerald With The Buddy Bregman Orchestra – Night And Day [Verve]

The following tracks feature throughout the mix:
Zodiac Free Arts Club – Ein Lied Fr Popol Vuh [Permanent Vacation]
Ensemble Economique – Real Things [Not Not Fun]
Blacmale – Golden Day [Static Discos]
STL – Silent State [Smallville]
Lil Tony – Treehouse (Lil Tony Remix) [Electric Minds]
Sun Ra And His Mythic Science Arkestra – Somebody Else’s Idea [Art Yard]
DJ Tazz – Unrestrained [Underground Quality]

Saturday 14^th May

fabric 57: Agoria CD Launch Party

Featuring Agoria, Francesco Tristano (LIVE), and other artists featured on fabric 57.

Fabric, London 11pm-8am

Tickets: www.fabriclondon.com