Darcy James Argue's Secret Society

About Me

"A big, broad musical vocabulary came together easily, without jump-cutting or wrenching shifts of style. Mr. Argue made all these elements belong together naturally." â€” Ben Ratliff, New York Times

Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer Darcy James Argue is the ringleader and mastermind behind Secret Society , an 18-piece band devoted to his cunning original music. Secret Society unveiled themselves to the unwary public in May 2005 and have been recruiting allies to their cause ever since.

Secret Society's debut album, Infernal Machines , is available now from New Amsterdam Records .

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Member Since: 29/01/2006
Band Website: http://secretsociety.typepad.com
Band Members: REEDS
Erica vonKleist
Rob Wilkerson
Sam Sadigursky
Mark Small
Josh Sinton

TRUMPETS & FLÃœGELHORNS
Seneca Black
Ingrid Jensen
Matt Holmank
Nadje Noordhuis
Tom Goehring

TROMBONES
Ryan Keberle
Mike Fahie
James Hirschfeld
Jennifer Wharton

RHYTHM
Sebastian Noelle, guitar
Mike Holober, piano
Matt Clohesy, bass
Jon Wikan, drums & percussion

Influences: Alarm Will Sound, Anti-Social Music, Ran Blake, Bob Brookmeyer, Calexico, Dave Douglas, John Hollenbeck, Lee Hyla, Thad Jones, Jonathan Lethem, David Lynch, Charles Mingus, Jim McNeely, Alan Moore, George Russell, Frederic Rzewski, Maria Schneider, Wayne Shorter, Lewis Taylor, Tortoise, David Foster Wallace, Kenny Wheeler
Sounds Like: steampunk bigband
Record Label: New Amsterdam Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Infernal Machines is out

Our debut recording, Infernal Machines, is now available: https://www.newamsterdamrecords.com/#Album/Infernal_Mac hines
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 22:42:00 GMT

This is not the blog you're looking for...

Click here to read the Secret Society blog.
Posted by on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:16:00 GMT