Published
Mon, Nov 22, 2010, 12:30
- Carl Craig, Seth Troxler and American artist Kid A all make vocal appearances on Sebastien Devaud's fourth album.
Lyon-based artist Sebastien Devaud, AKA Agoria has unveiled details for his fourth album, Impermanence.
Like much of Agoria's work to date, Impermanence has a diverse and cinematic feel, with dramatic strings and grand pianos joining deep house-style beats. Devaud says he considers the album a big step forward. "Before, my music often felt dark and maybe a bit forced," he says. "This time I just let things happen and everything just fell in its right place... I don't have the feeling any longer of having to work within certain boundaries and the result sounds more like me."
A crew of guest vocalists appear on the album, including underground club icons Seth Troxler and Carl Craig. The former does his usual whispering act, as heard on tunes like "Trust" with Tiefschwarz and "Each Step" with Deetron, while the latter gives a fairly raunchy sexual narrative on "Speechless," which includes the line "I'm gonna take you back to my room, and I'm gonna drink whiskey out of your belly button" (according to a press release Devaud had asked for "something romantic"). The album also features two appearances by Kid A, the 20-year-old American artist behind "Lonely," the penultimate track on Agoria's Balance 016 mix from earlier this year.
The record will be Agoria's first album on his own label, Infine Music, which over the past few years has put out LPs by Apparat, Clara Moto and Francesco Tristano.
Tracklist
01. Kiss My Soul
02. Souless Dreamer
03. Panta Rei
04. Simon
05. Speechless
06. Grande Torino
07. Heart Beating
08. Little Shaman
09. Under the River
10. Libellules
Infine Music will release Impermanence in February 2011.