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argent

a symphony of synthetic sound . . .

About Me

warning ! (and here i quote):

"listen at your own risk . . . could cause spontaneous enjoyment, movement or dancing, thereby resulting in excessive smiling and laughter; old fat guys could possibly lose weight from said movement"

argent is a project that i am doing (and have been doing since, i think, 2005) on my home computer to make music that i find enjoyable and danceable. while many of the older songs are made largely of loops and clips, my newer stuff is almost entirely handdone by me, though i do love using sound effect samples.

in full, argent is an art project that, as well as music, includes painting/collage work and videos. I am currently still working on expanding the project, so new categories may continue to appear. Some of my artwork can be seen under the pics.

pins of this design are available for free! if you are interested, just send a message for more details

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/10/2007
Band Website: last.fm/music/argent+S/hail+to+el-ahraira
Band Members: sebastien argent (cash askew)- see page at : www.myspace.com/sigurdkonssonar
Influences: influences are numerous and complicated (almost all of the music i listen to has some influence), but here is a basic list: abba, anything box, arling & Cameron, beborn beton, beethoven, blackstrobe, camouflage, the cars, the clash, covenant, the cure circa japanese whispers, daft punk, the damned, devo , depeche mode (esp. circa speak and spell & a broken frame), ennio morricone, erasure, a flock of seagulls, freezepop, early gary numan, heaven 17, hot chip, the human league, justice, klaus nomi, kraftwerk, ladytron, laibach, lcd soundystem, liaisons dangereuses, library science, london after midnight, marsheaux, michael nyman, muslimgauze, new order, of montreal, early omd, out hud, pet shop boys, primal scream, pulp, robtnicka, the screamers, shiny grey, soft cell, sparks, stromkern, tears for fears, ultravox, visage, vnv nation, wendy carlos, wolfsheim, yellow magic orchestra, yip yip, traditional music from all over europe and the middle east (e.g. european folk, spanish bullfight, gypsy, lutes & sitars etc.) computers & robots, japanese cartoons, etc.
Sounds Like: in short, synthpop sans vocals

this is a playlist of "hail to el-ahraira" (the upcoming album, amix of early experiments and current material) in it's current form. songs are likely to be added/updated often. hope you enjoy it!

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if you like the songs and want to download some just go to my page at "www.last.fm/music/argent+S/hail+to+el-ahraira" and click on the download button next to the track you want. fear not: it's completely free!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None