Artist ...... : Agoria
Title ....... : Grande Torino For One Hour
Genre ....... : House
Label ....... : InFine Music
Catnr ....... : IF2025
Source ...... : WEB
Quality ..... : 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Full Stereo
Duration .... : 00:19:42 (45.5MB)
Ripdate ..... : 14-06-2010
Store ....... : www.beatport.com
Tracklist ... :
1. Grande Torino 12:35
2. For One Hour feat. Scalde 7:07
Release Notes :
AGORIA kicks off the summer season with might and dexterity with the release of
two brand new tracks. A few weeks from the opening of the Soccer World Cup,
SΘbastien Devaud has made a promise: instead of relaxing on sunny terraces,
watching the events unfold on wide outdoor screens, he is going to spend the
whole of summer locked up in his home studio The Circle Room in Lyon to record
his next LP, which will come out next Fall. However, this should in no way
prevent the sun from shining on dancefloors, thanks to the release, this coming
June, of InFinΘs 25th EP.
Agoria just like his label has been breathing life into his productions through
the use of real sounds. As early as 2007, Agoria invited Francesco Tristano and
Rami KhalifΘ to work on the arrangements of Les Violons Ivres. On Solarized and
Dust, he laced his electronic soundscapes with the voice of Scalde. In his mixes
as well as in his own productions, Agoria is on a permanent quest for the right
balance between the Authentic and the Synthetic, the Classical and the Modern,
the Body and the Mind. With Grande Torino and For One Hour, he moves one step
closer to completing this quest.
Grande Torino is a true coup de thΘΓtre. Agoria opens this new masterpiece with
an almost manic, metronome-like kick, building it up gradually with cosmic and
ethereal layers of piano. This subtle equilibrium between pressure and release
reaches its climax at the 8th minute, when a breathtaking break of celestial
violins is unleashed.
In many respects, For One Hour could be compared to Bel Canto. It features
Scalde at his best. His androgynous and decadent tone contributes, with great
virtuosity, to the lyricism of the guitars and cellos of his maestros
composition and adds the finishing touches to this modern House gem.