AGORIA

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BIOGRAPHY

Agoria came out of nowhere with the now classic “La 11eme Marche” a few years ago. His first album Blossom (2003) highly acclaimed by the critics all over the world was a milestone for the new dance scene mixing inventive melodies, groove and beats.
Alongside his music Sebastien Devaud (aka Agoria) spread his DJ skills around the globe every weekend from Brazil to Japan, UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands… list of countries is really too long!
Agoria was elected best 2004 DJ by Trax's magazine readers probably because his attention to emotion and detail in his stets are staggering. So it was about time to lay this down on a CD : Cute 8 Cult !
Inside : 15 years knowledge, rare 8 beautiful things and an exclusive new track Les Beaux Jours done especially for the project. A way to keep us patient before his second album...


BIOGRAPHIE

Détourné à 21 ans de la voie du 35mm. Il s’imaginait armé d’un parlophone s’exclamant "action !", il se retrouve derrière des platines. 8 ans plus tard, baptisé Agoria, une trentaine de fly case envoyés à la casse, il est élu meilleur DJ 2004 (Trax). Après Blossom, un premier album plébiscité par la critique et le public international, devenu une figure atypique et incontournable de le scène électronique, il passe les 2 dernières années à écumer clubs et festivals all over the world. Enregistrant un jour aux côtés de Tricky, débattant le lendemain avec le maire de Lyon, il crée le festival Nuits Sonores aux côtés d’Arty Farty et finit ses semaines à Barcelone pour sa résidence au Loft. Par ailleurs il a mal au dos, est encore célibataire… et prépare un nouvel album. Pour attendre Agoria nous offre Cute 8 Cult, compilation mixée (sortie octobre 2005, Different/PIAS) et son inédit Les Beaux Jours.

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

France
Eurokéennes de Belfort 2004- Belfort, Zénith – Paris, Les Vieilles Charues 2003– Carhaix, Les Nuits Sonores 2003 & 2004 – Lyon, Rex Club – Paris, Printemps de Bourges 03 – Bourges, Le 4 Sans – Bordeaux, Techno Parade Magic Garden – Paris, Transbordeur – Lyon, Panik – Elysée Montmartre - Paris, Nouveau Casino / Trax Invite – Paris, Ososphère – Strasbourg , Vertigo – Grenoble, Villa Rouge – Montpellier, Salle Vauban – Brest, Olympic – Nantes, Fat Kat – Bordeaux, Noumatrouff – Mulhouse, Grand Mix –Tourcoing, Terminal Export – Nancy, Les Esperides – Brest, 3 Elephants Festival - Lassay-les-chateaux, Cabaret sauvage – Paris, Batofar – Paris, le Monde à l’Envers – Lyon, Mezzanine – Paris, La Poudrière – Belfort, Parc des Expo – Epinal, Les Musiques Volantes Festival – Metz, Synergie – Troyes , Skabazak – Rodez, Electrostatik - Parc des Expos – Mulhouse , Festival Scopitone – Nantes, Festival Millesime – Bordeaux, Festival d'Uzes, DV1 - Lyon,...
UK
Fabric – London, Bugged out - Liverpool, Pressure - Glasgow - Scotland, Electricity - Dublin – Ireland , Shine - Belfast – Ireland , Turnmills / Future Heroes – London, Social – Nottingham, Acces - Edinburgh, Masque / Aztec vs TableTipping – Liverpool ,...
Germany
Time Warp 04 – Mannheim, Love Parade– Berlin, 14th Anniversary Groove Magazin - MTW – Offenbach, Nature One 04 - Kastellaun / Hunsrueck, Watergate – Berlin, Mayday 03 – Dortmund , Treibhaus – Neuburg, Kämpfer / Sensor Club – Koln, U60311 – Frankfurt, Harpune – Dusseldorf, Polar TV – Berlin, Sternradio – Berlin, '10 years anniversary party' of Stammheim / Documenta Hall – Kassel, Airport Club – Wuerzburg, Flokati – Munich, Sommersafari Fruhlingsfest 04 – Berlin, Parkhaus – Kenzingen,
Spain
Sonar Festival 04 - Barcelona, Loft Club- Barcelone, Florida 135 - Fraga , Copelia 101 - Madrid, Pacha / Trax Party – Barcelona, Sala del Cel – Girona
Italy
Arrezo Wave Festival 01 & 04 - Arezzo, The Plug – Turin, Microhouse – Roma , Cuba Dust – Rimini, Club II Club Festival – Turin, No Panic – Milan,...
Swizerland
Rohstofflager – Zurich, Loft – Lausanne, Montreux Jazz Festival 04, Paleo Festival 04, D-club - Lausanne,...
Austria
Flex – Wien, Cave Club – Salzburg
Belgium
I Love Techno 03 – Lommel, Dour festival 04 – Dour, Pukkelpop 04 – Lommel, Night Trippin' - Hangar 1 – Oostende, Chine Collection Catwalk – Bruxelles,
Luxembourg
World of Abraxas - Foire Internationale – Luxembourg,
Holland
Inner City – Amsterdam, Planet Rose / Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Decibel Outdoor Festival – Rotterdam, P60 – Amstelveen, On @ Off Corso – Rotterdam,
Norway
Subcity – Oslo,
Greece
Non Aesthetics – Thessaloniki, Venue – Thessaloniki, Non Aesthetics – Athens
Japan
Maniac Love - Tokyo,shima party - Shizuoka
USA
Movement Festival- Detroit, Downtown Art Festival – New York, Frying Pan – New York
Brazil
Brazil Music festival 04 – Brasilia, D-Edge - Sao Paulo, D-Edge - Campo Grande


DISCOGRAPHY

www.agoriamusic.com
  2005 CD Cute & Cult - PIAS/Different
  2005 12" Les Beaux Jours - PIAS/Different
  2004 12" Stereolove - PIAS/Different
  2003 CD & 2LP Blossom - PIAS/Different
  2003 12" Spinach Girl - PIAS/Different
  2003 "Touched by ..." - (remix ep by A. Kowalski, Eedio, Michael Mayer) PIAS
  2003 12" Sky is clear" - PIAS
  2002 12 "La 11eme Marche" - PIAS
 
  2002 Zebra 3 N° 5 - 12' - "I'm simply not there"
remixes by The Youngsters + Da Fresh
  2002 Zebra 3 N° 4 - 12' - "Manchild On The Streets"
  2002 A-traction 6 - 12' - "Mad Max" remix by Carretta & Pascalidis + unreleased mix of "hold up"
  2001 UMF 12 - 12' "Radio City"
  2001 Tekmics 6 - 12' - "La 11éme Marche"
  2001 UMF 10 - 12' - "Euro 2000 "
  2001 A-Traction 2 - 12' - "Hors Serie"
  2000 UMF 7 - 12' - "Bel Air Street"
  2000 UMF 4 - 12' - "It's Up"
CD & Compilations
  2003 V/A Freunschaft Music
  2003 V/A Switch 3
  2003 V/A DJ team
  2003 V/A DJ Rolando
  2003 V/A Club Life
  2003 V/A Social Sounds
  2003 V/A Sampler Bureau Export
  2002 Mistress Barbara Relentless beats vol 2 (Moonshine/GB)
  2002 David Caretta Electro dash (Model/FRA)
  2002 V/A Retrospective (UMF)
  2002 SXSW French music (US)
  1999 V/A Sound raiders
  1999 V/A Rhone Alpine Groove (UMF)

PRESS

PRESS QUOTES

“… Agoria is the most exciting producer out there. Chemical Brothers in 1992, Daft Punk 1994, Basement Jaxx circa 1997. That’s the level we’re talking about.” M8

“A moment in dance history, you need to witness” DJ

“French techno wouldn’t normally be top of my listening pile, but this is a stunning, gene buster that I can’t keep away for the stereo…. Hopefully, word of mouth will help this make the leap from cult to classic.” The Face

“With his first full-lenght player, Agoria has delivered an album bristling with energy, distinctive basslines and epic dancefloor moments whilst perfectly balanced with sweeps of lush ambience and sweet melody” Evening Herald

“Tricky was seducted by ‘2thousand3’, declaring is the best hip hop track he’d heard in ages. He even donated his vocals to Agoria to fit to the music as he pleased” DJMag

“ If there’s classier, more accessible, more well-rounded techno album released this year, I’ll eat my hat.” IDJ

“If there’s a change going on at the grassroots of the dance music – and that seems to be the case – people like Agoria are at the forefront..” DJMag

“… les productions d’Agoria rappellent les l’esprit des premiers Josh Wink et on pense évidemment au Daft Punk de l’époque Burnin’…. Varié et souvent inspiré, Blossom est une réussite. “ Liberation

“Sébastiend Devaud drops one of the most eargrly awaited album in techno circles for aeons.. » Mixmag

“If you buy one techno album this year it has to be Agoria’s Blossom. Fresh and funky. It’s techno done right.” Daily Record

“This album is so ab-so-lutely fuck-ing TOP. I’m having trouble coming to terms with it all.”
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“…’La Onzième Marche’ is one of the best techno records ever…” Mixmag

“Mixmag’s 20 new stars are so hot they’re about to set dance music on fire. Can you hear the sirens? … Agoria # 6 – out of 20” Mixmag

“ The result is a soothing, mellifluous album that has you compulsively reaching for the volume control to turn it up.” Independent, Life etc.

“His fine debut album, ‘Blossom’, has much more in common with the hulking thud of Detroit techno and vintage Underworld than it does to the camp wiggle of fromage-scented disco.” NME

“The French DJ turned producer exploded last yer with the brilliant ‘La 11ème Marche’ ( now pretty much a classic) and as his first LP ’Blossom’ will confirm to all, he’s got the talent to become one of the main players in the jzz tinged Techno scene.” 7 Update

“techno-act of the year” de:bug


PRESS EXTRACT

MUZIK Feb 03
JOCKEY SLUT Feb 03
IDJ Feb 03
M8 Jan 03
MUZIK Jan 03
IDJ Dec 02

 

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