2LP
- Second album from English producer Stefan Smith
- Releases on Sapiens, agoria's label


GENRE/S: electronic, melodic techno

TRACKLISTS:
1- Made In Japan
2- Among The Voices Voiceless
3- All+That+Fall
4- Accretion
5- Thlostones
6- Maneki - Neko
7- End
8- Pink Shadows
9- Quad


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With his second album Thlostones, the English producer Stefan Smith continues a journey on the back of synthesizers where techno loops meet the delicacy of ambient, where IDM meets new wave references. All to serve a quest for the original purity of the experience of sound.

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2LP. GF, Red PVC Slipcase, MP3


GENRE/S: ELECTRONIC

TRACKLISTS:

1. What if the dead dream
2. What if earth would turn faster
3. Wolf has no street
4. What if midday was at midnite
5. Reflow
6. The External
7. Echelon
8. Swipe
9. Smoking Mirrors


Agoria's '.dev' album saw the French polymath known for his forays into visual arts and tech, as well as electronic music production and DJing, deliver a project that dropped on vinyl, digital formats, and an AI player created by ARCA and Jai Paul collaborators Bronze.
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Tracklist 12":

Side A
Visit - 04:58

Side B
Jardin – 04:53


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Following up on the release of his first album in eight years, Agoria has collaborated with enigmatic French musician Jacques on new EP ‘Visit’, out 14th June.

The two-track offering pairs electronic elements with organic, real-world sounds to masterful effect. Title track ‘Visit’ is the best example of this, with a wonky beat trudging through a plethora of immersive sounds. Meanwhile ‘Jardin’, with a grooving bassline, has a greater dancefloor focus.

“The first time I met Jacques, we were sitting at the same table but we didn’t exchange any words,” Agoria explains. The second time, a year later, we started speaking. A lot. During hours. About Vipassana, a technique of meditation that you practice in silence. The third time, I thought I should share his words and breaths, delivering the untold. So I offered him to record a Sapiens Talk. The fourth time, we both agreed it was finally time to record music together.”

Jacques is a musician who pushes back the border between music, sound and noise, using music as a medium of expression on his quest of transversality. Invited to several TEDx conferences to talk about his obsession with the idea of infinity, he has also revealed his new theory called “Vortex”, which he created with Alexandre Gain in 2015.

His first album in eight years, Agoria described Drift as “sitting on your sofa between your guilty pleasure and your tasteful opinion”. The deeply melodic 10-track LP came off the back of a much-lauded Essential Mix for Pete Tong’s BBC Radio 1 show, which was later nominated for Essential Mix Of The Year.

The new release comes amidst Agoria’s first ever Ibiza residency, which kicked off on 31st May at the Blue Marlin. Named after the new album and featuring everyone from DJ Harvey and Gerd Janson to Groove Armada and Idris Elba, the unique day-to-night parties will take place every Friday until 27th September. He will also take his all new live show on tour this summer, with dates including Barcelona’s Primavera Sound, Belgium’s Pukkelpop and Lowlands Festival in Amsterdam.

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Special remarks: limited edition 12’’ club orange-coloured vinyl with transparent sleeve

Tracklist:
A side
Agoria – Remedy feat. NOEMIE (Manoo Remix)
B side
Agoria – Remedy feat. NOEMIE (Cassius Remix)

Short Info:
Limited edition vinyl including Manoo & Cassius remixes from Agoria’s new single Remedy, released on March 21st.
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Tracklist:
A side
1- Gazebo (Patrice Baumel Remix) (7’02)
2- Gazebo (6’28)
3- Gazebo (Moscoman Remix) (8’27)

B side
1- Gazebo (ANNA Remix) (7’30)
2- Gazebo (Jacques Remix- (6’49)
3- Gazebo (Indie Remix) (7’02)

Short Info:

Exclusive remixes of classical Fairmont’s track “Gazebo”, from ANNA, Patrice Baumel, Moscoman, Jacques & Stefan Smith.

“I'm thrilled to say that the finished package is a set of very fresh and thoughtful reinterpretations with a wide range of styles. Each remix stands on its own and brings something completely unique to the table. I couldn't be happier.” - FAIRMONT
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2LP Gatefold

Tracklisting
Side A
Figure In A Landscape - 4:07
Mirror - 6:05
Chimera - 4:30

Side B
Jupiter (606) - 4:40
Vestige - 4:41
ghosts - 6:07

SideC
All Strange away 7:45
Embers - 4:51

Side D
Zone (3) - 13:38





Stefan Smith has channeled an elevated reverence for process, texture and synth-extrapolation with the forthcoming release of his self-titled LP on the Sapiens imprint. A relative new-comer to the land of rapid fire releases and dance floor formulae, Smith is deeply steeped in the art of music creation, performance and theory. As a graduate of Mills College's revered music department, Smith's prosaic understanding of music partially explains his migration to Sapiens, a label headquartered in Paris, France, which, under the direction of techno luminary, Agoria, has been expanding the realm of possibility for what a techno label can become. Collaborating with musicians, visual artists, film directors, shamans and sound designers, the young Sapiens platform releases may include "political speeches, radio hits, dance floor tunes, sensorial or cognitive music or a gentle computer virus". Smith's LP contribution will definitely fall on the more delicious end of this spectrum, having woven a synth-lovers dream tapestry. ?
The nine tracks composing the album, "Stefan Smith", draw the listener in on a river of oscillators, which push just past the banks of perceptible sound with with flawless production and loving sound treatment. The idea behind the album is very raw and organic. Stefan Smith focuses on atmosphere, mood, tones, and frequencies, rather than melodies. His productions are a response to the subliminal, and about feeling.

This album came together from a natural flow of working with computers and synthesisers, and also from the musical connection fostered Sebastien Devaud (Agoria). His approach to the album's production was to edit as little as possible, keeping the original feeling of chance and temporality intact. We can sense here Smith's intuition as sound designer, a role which has enabled him to work with artist Nicolas Becker and through this association further contribute work to the Philippe Parreno 'Anywhen' exhibition in Tate Modern Turbine Hall. The feedback generated by studio experimentation gives birth to new ideas for aural shapes and textures. If one were only to lie back and identify the various wave forms, like butterflies and birds flittering through dappled sunlight, in each track's canopy of bountiful synth elements the mind's eye would dance with the steady intervals of Smith's real-time probe of his machinery; however, deep tracts of emotion and effortless grooves won't allow for a purely sensory listen. In the spirit of exploration, enjoy the ride.?
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Special remarks: limited edition 12’’ club natural-coloured vinyl with transparent sleeve

Tracklist:
A side
Agoria – Embrace feat. Phoebe Killdeer (Black Coffee + Aquatone Remix)
B side
Agoria – You’re Not Alone feat. Blasé (Solomun Remix)

Short Info:
Limited edition vinyl including Black Coffee & Solomun remixes from Agoria’s new singles Embrace & You’re Not Alone released last October and early January 2019.
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Tracklisting:
1. Nicolas Masseyeff – Muse
2. Nicolas Masseyeff – Moment Of Truth

Release Info:
Sapiens label boss, Agoria, invites Cannes' highly regarded Limelight resident Nicolas Masseyeff to the floor with a deep, dark and enignimatic two track EP 'Muse'.

Opening with EP title track, 'Muse' blends bold, ominous synth lines and stripped back percussion for a driven, Bodzin-esque cut of the highest order. On the flip, is the subtle groove filled 'Moment of Truth', neatly textured with layers of intricate percussion and brooding synth toplines.
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Sapiens launches their ‚Sapiens Beasts' series with a multifaceted first edition.

A1. La CHICA - Oasis (Villanova et Time Remix)
A2. Stefan Smith - Embers (Agoria Remix)
B1. TEHO - Into the Wild
B2. YEUZ - Find It




Dedicated to giving newcomers an honest platform to showcase their talents, this run of compilations is to be comprised of crystalline electronic music, spanning out across various forms. The inaugural offering sees Villanova and Time team up to reshape La CHICA's Oasis with brushstrokes of subtle melancholy, TEHO fuse contemporary Deep House with UKG and YEUZ' pair of idiosyncratic compositions, for the modern dance floor. Label founder, Agoria, ventures South of one hundred and ten beats per minute on his remix of Embers, cloaking Stefan Smith's original in humility and innocence.

A FEW WORDS FROM THE ARTISTS … about their tracks


Oasis: "The original track brings us a very unique vibe, the work of the analog textures implement perfectly the unique voice of La CHICA ...as soon as I listen to it I was hooked to make a remix that would keep the same feeling .. but adding the energy and dynamic to make it floor friendly."

Embers: "Other than Music, Stefan's only other Passion in life is reading Samuel Beckett.
Whilst reading his radio play Embers he got a call from Nicolas Becker asking him to contribute some work to a project. He set about composing this track with Becketts words reverberating around his head. This track somehow made it into the hands of Becketts friend/collaborator Agoria and here we are."

Into the wild: " I produced this track the day after a gig at the Villa Rouge in Montpellier. That night, I was playing alongside Stephan Bodzin, the club was full and the atmosphere was overcrowded. Stephan's live was incredible… After his set, backstage, I learned that he had come earlier to the club to see me play. He gave me very good feedback that inspired and motivated me. So the next day when I woke up and went back to the studio, " Into The Wild" was born. It was meant to transpose what I felt that evening: the spirit of the audience, returning to its savage state."

Find it: "Spending the day with BLEUX gave birth to find it. It's a call for introspection, or a thought about living in fear. It creates a bond between a techno rhythm and a charismatic voice to explore a shady atmosphere, but not deprived of any hope."



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SAPIENS TALKS - JACQUES
Jacques is like no other. A cult artist already. Loved or hated. Jacques divides. Who better to follow the exciting and passionate Emmanuelle Duez for this new volume of the Sapiens Talks? This initiative of a label usually familiar to dancefloors who promised to break the carcans of the traditional music label. Asking questions about the world around us. Give a voice to actors in civil and cultural life. Speak to another audience. A slowdown in the frenzy of everyday life, which favours thoughts, the Talks Sapiens are rare moments. Available on vinyl in a limited edition of 500ex.

Discover Jacques an odd personnality. Spontaneity, inspiration, sharpness, equanimity and digressions are all part of the Sapiens Talks 2!

Tracklisting

SIDE A
1 - Poème 1 (1'48)
2 - Jacques (4'45)
3 - Le début de l'histoire (4'22)
4 - L'humanité est une formation de champignons (4'39)
5 - Mon rôle préféré (1'35)

SIDE B
1 - Poème 2 (1'02)
2 - La jungle (4'27)
3 - Trois problèmes (3'18)
4 - Gangsters (4'26)
5 - Guichetiers (3'56)
6 - Are u Sapiens? (0'43)
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Agoria's second outing on Sapiens presents some of his most uncompromising work to date.

Boomerang manifests live percussion and analog pulse waves, rising through Shepard tone drama and succinct, minimalist form.
Three additional solo performances accompany the title track - a clin d'oeil to the minimalist French synth pioneers of yesteryear. An exercise in humanity.

Tracklisting
1- Agoria " Boomerang " - 8'15
2- Agoria " Directory 1 " - 1'54
3- Agoria "Directory 2" - 0'57
4- Agoria " Directory 3" - 7'30 More

"Eagles & Butterflies has taken storm in electronic wonderland" - Boiler Room

Arpeggiator was originally titled '14 minutes of Arps' and its exactly that. Its one of the simplest tracks I'v ever made with probably only 8 layers that your weaves in and out the whole way through, really love the subtleness of this track where at the same time it is also a beast!

Oyeme is maybe the E&B sound people are familiar with, big marimba melodies, fat sub and rolling hats with a big break, love this one

Prophet was originally just an experiment when i purchased a prophet 6, its a little crazy and pretty full on, love the funky bass in the one from the SH 101. All the parts for this where recorded in a few takes live and two whole track was made in 2 hours!

Tracklisting
1. Arpeggiator
2. Oyeme
3. Prophet


U.K.-born, L.A.-based producer/DJ, Chris Barratt - aka - Eagles & Butterflies breaks all boundaries across the electronic music spectrum. His productions flow seamlessly through Downtempo, Techno, House and beyond, with releases on Innervisions, Bedrock, Exit Strategy, Sapiens and his own imprint Art Imitating Life. From remixing Underworld, RY X, Agoria, Moby, Andhim and Ludovico Einaudi, Eagles & Butterflies is the newest toast of the underground.

His live sets have electrified stages around the world at events such as Circoloco, Awakenings, Mosaic By Maceo, Coachella, Junction 2, Lightning In A Bottle, Sacred Ground, Secret Garden Party, Tomorrowland and many more.

With support from dance music heavyweights such as Dixon, Ame, DJ Tennis, John Digweed, Maceo Plex, E&B was also named one of Mixmag's Breakthrough Acts this year, was featured numerous times in DJ Magazine and was plucked for a guest mix on Pete Tong's BBC Radio show. Upcoming releases on Agoria's fresh imprint Sapiens, Art Imitating Life 003, features on Nic Fanculli's debut LP, a collab with John Digweed and a remix for RY X, the Eagle has most certainly landed.



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Oxia's classic 'Domino' gets reworked for it's ten year anniversary - in 2 vinyl parts.

A decade after initially seeing the light, Oxia's now classic 'Domino' get's reworked to celebrate it's anniversary. The new release features a new cut by Oxia himself as well as several remixes by none other than Frankey & Sandrino, Robag Wruhme and Matador. The EP will be released through Agoria's newly found record label Sapiens on February 24th.

Ten years ago the track made waves in the international dance music circuit, striking up chords with techno, trance and house DJs alike to quickly become an all-time classic. Having never expected the track to reach the status that it his, it's a very dear project to Oxia and he needed quite some persuading to give in and let Agoria and his team create something that was worthy of the original. The set of tracks are the first officially commissioned remixes by Oxia ever.

"Finding remixers took some time, the amazing Frankey & Sandrino who's track 'Acamar' is my absolute favourite of 2015, Matador that just launched his Rukus label as well is the multi-talented ex label mate at Kompakt Robag Wruhme. They are all incredibly gifted and fortunately patient enough to wait for this EP" - OXIA

Tracklisting Vinyl 1

A1. Domino (Original rework )
A2. Domino ( Robag's Lasika Cafa Nb)
B1. 4. Domino (Matador Remix)
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Oxia's classic 'Domino' gets reworked for it's ten year anniversary - in 2 vinyl parts.

A decade after initially seeing the light, Oxia's now classic 'Domino' get's reworked to celebrate it's anniversary. The new release features a new cut by Oxia himself as well as several remixes by none other than Frankey & Sandrino, Robag Wruhme and Matador. The EP will be released through Agoria's newly found record label Sapiens on February 24th.

Ten years ago the track made waves in the international dance music circuit, striking up chords with techno, trance and house DJs alike to quickly become an all-time classic. Having never expected the track to reach the status that it his, it's a very dear project to Oxia and he needed quite some persuading to give in and let Agoria and his team create something that was worthy of the original. The set of tracks are the first officially commissioned remixes by Oxia ever.

"Finding remixers took some time, the amazing Frankey & Sandrino who's track 'Acamar' is my absolute favourite of 2015, Matador that just launched his Rukus label as well is the multi-talented ex label mate at Kompakt Robag Wruhme. They are all incredibly gifted and fortunately patient enough to wait for this EP" - OXIA

Tracklisting Vinyl 2
A. Domino (Frankey & Sandrino Remix)
B. Domino (Robag's Ewel Xmohl Nb)

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Limited to 300 - This is the first release on the new Agoria's own label Sapiens.

In a few weeks, " Up All Night " has been one of the major Deep House track in clubs during last fall. From Pete Tong to Solomun, not talking about Ame, Tennis, Maceo Plex or Simon Phonica, Who Made Who, the new track from Agoria is getting massive : from its digital release, it has reached a million streams on plateforms.
Finally available on a limited edition 300u vinyl please meet a future classic tune with remixes from the talented Eagles & Butterflies and Gerd Janson.

Tracklisting
A - Agoria " up all night (Original mix) "
B1- Agoria " up all night (Eagles & Butterflies remix) "
B2- Agoria " up all night (Gerd Janson dub version) "

About Sapiens:
Sapiens takes an open-minded artistic approach: from musicians to visual artists, film directors to shamans, sound designers and guest conference speakers.
Releases could be as diverse as political speeches, radio hits, dancefloor tunes, sensorial or cognitive music or a gentle computer virus. Sapiens is about pushing boundaries beyond the standard expectations of a label. Sapiens is a collective of diverse creatives.
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