Agency-X is tagged as: synthpop, swedish, under 2000 listeners, electronic, old school
The band consists of two operatives,|San Francisco-based singer/songwriter/producer davidmahr and Swedish keyboardist/composer|Lars Wallden. With influences spanning the history of synthesizer music-from 80s synthpop to eurodisco and back-the duo’s mutual electronica obsessions merge flawlessly on their debut album, despite the fact that the band mates have never met in person.
This deliciously danceable music is the fruit of an organic synthesis that begins online, of all places. The band mates work separately in studios in San Francisco and the commercial port town of Karlshamn, Sweden, and trade music files over the Internet. Introduced electronically by a mutual friend (a DJ and promoter of the SYNTHCON music conference), the two began collaborating in 2001 after discovering, through email and IM conversations, a common worship of 80s synthpop demigod Vince Clarke (founder of Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure). Agency-X was born when, in a three-hour fit of pure inspiration, davidmahr wrote and arranged vocals for a demo piece that Wallden had ICQ’d over-which became the single “Don’t Hold your Breath.” The band’s first release also included a remake of “Walk Away From Love, “originally recorded for the Ninthwave Records compi...
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