For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.
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Sébastien Devaud aka Agoria, born in Lyon on January 16, 1976 is a French electronic music producer, DJ and digital artist. Agoria started his music career in the mid-1990s and gained popularity in the early 2000s with his debut album "Blossom" released in 2003. He is known for his unique blend of techno, house, and ambient music, which has earned him a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential electronic music producers of his generation. Agoria has released several albums, EPs, and singles throughout his career, including "The Green Armchair" (2006), "Impermanence" (2011), and "Drift" (2019). He has released 5 albums with both major Universal Music, Virgin and indie labels Pias.
Agoria has been an early contributor to the French electronic music scene with the creation of his own label Sapiens, and Lyon electronic music festival Les Nuits Sonores. He has also collaborated with various artists, including Tricky, Ela Minus, Carl Craig, Neneh Cherry, Noemie, Rami Khalifé and Blasé. Agoria has performed at major music festivals and clubs around the world, including Coachella, Sonar, Melt, We Love Green, 3points east,…
He has also been very active and creative in the art scene, he collaborated with Philippe Parreno and Nicolas Becker on art exhibitions and performances at the Armory Park in NYC (2018), at the turbine hall of Tate Modern in London (2018), and started his own solo show in Miami Art Basel (2019).
Combining art, music and science in his work, he collaborates with biologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers. He is considered the trailblazer of Biological Generative Art.
Agoria’s work has been exhibited all around the world lately at major NFT events: in NYC on Times Square during NFT.NYC, in Barcelona at Sonar (co-curated by Antonia Folguera and Diane Drubay), at Refraction festival in NYC, at Proof of People show in London (curated by VerticalCrypto), and during Berlin Art Week (curated by Anika Meier) in September.
Last but not least, he has been invited last March to exhibit Phytocene and share his vision about web3 in front of United Nations.
Music Mentions
- Carl Craig
- Mad Mike
- Derrick May
- ABBA
- Boney M.
- Saron
- Musée d'Orsay
- bronze.ai
Q&A
- Indie Beach
- Kara-Lis Coverdale
- Mark Ernestus
- The KLF
- Kevin Saunderson
- Mory Kanté
- “Yé ké yé ké” by Mory Kanté
- “TV Dreams” by NOTION
- Razaman
Discovering music today (33:30):
- Phonica Records London
- Boomkat
First album ever purchased (42:00):
- “Waveform Transmission Vol. 1” by Jeff Mills
Most recent album purchased (43:30):
- “Grafts” by Kara-Lis Coverdale
Artists of note discovered in the past year (44:03):
- Priscilla Chan
- NOTION
- Leon Phal
Desert Island Discs (46:33):
- “Breezin’” by George Benson
- “Agai” by TV Victor
- “The Detroit Experiment” by The Detroit Experiment
