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This is the second collaborative release by electronic/avant-hop duo AGF/Delay (Antye Greie and Sasu Ripatti aka Vladislav Delay, Luomo), the follow-up to 2005's Explode, released on the AGF Producktion label. For BPitch Control, they present Symptoms -- futuristic pop music with singer-songwriter gestures and tons of depth. Continuing on from their previous release, Symptoms is AGF and Delay's musical reality check for a world turned upside-down. Snippets of sociological commentary are woven into a fine net of full beats, dubby textures, and tiny digital sound gimmickry. Greie's poetic vocals alternate between whispered sensuality and keening pop urgency, as the 11 songs try to come to terms with varying levels of emotional and intellectual awareness, isolation, and the apparently limited possibilities of mankind's development. Symptoms is meticulously constructed, with unstable beats, glitchy, metallic pops, pulsating dub-touches and snatches of samples that can sound nearly industrial -- both catchy and challenging. This is future-forward pop music for the 21st century, crafted by two artists that have both left their own indelible imprints on electronic music.
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AGF 003CD
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"AGF aka Antye Greie (Germany) and Vladislav Delay (Finland), both known for their various solo releases and worldwide performances release their first full length collaborative album. A dialogue between a drummer and a vocalist, 2 musical activists combine their talents and express their views with music they aspire for, exploring in their unique way. AGF and Vladislav Delay exercise a conscious decision to stay away from their signature sounds and styles featured on their solo works. Explode Baby is a complex collaboration with special ingredients both artists possess and bring in. The album hosts big and small stories, where human touch is always present and imagination is given a room to breathe. The album displays a mutual mix of their influences and musical needs. Antye Greie and Vladislav Delay collected inspiration for this album from the contemporary life and people seen around, in news and on the streets. Observing the world from various angles. Recollections of what was witnessed or heard, felt or understood. Bringing the memories in and keeping the emotions open, they translate what's under into an eclectic and personal collage of sound and soul where sometimes less is more. Self-release from home studio. Music in their common language. The world as their inspiration. AGF/Delay share a passion to cross borders, musically and while travelling, with an open mind. Subtle suggestions. Definite expressions. Silent explosions."
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