Created by four friends, Parisian label Cracki Records, home of Saint DX, Mangabey, Ménage à Trois or Lucien & The Kimono Orchestra, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the release of a special compilation, Mémoires d’Éléphant #03. A look back to the past as much as a projection towards the future, the project features tracks that have marked the history of Cracki and some brand new gems. The first single is Agar Agar‘s “Biceps,” a muscular acid techno offering in the same vein as their excellent 2020 track “Nap“.

Similar to a soundtrack from Gaspar Noe’s French psychedelic-dance-horror film Climax, “Nap” is not exactly what we can call a restful night. At over five minutes long, the EP’s title track is electrifying as lead singer Clara hypnotically narrates a transcendental experience that pairs with Armand‘s glittery beats. Her soaring voice echoes for miles like a messenger bird while the composition evolves further and further into an acid track with a trance state of mind. Nonchalant and exalted as ever, Agar Agar are giving us the sweet temptation and memories of what going out to go clubbing once felt like.

The second track to the EP, “Aaaaah,” embodies a reflective soundscape for the listener (especially after following up from the previous whirlwind of a track). With only a fourth of the song left to spare, Clara starts to chime in, “in my dreamland, there is a ghost wandering around the alley.” Her calming meditation of a tale that’s none other than her own leave soft kisses on our foreheads from the fever dream of a journey this EP offers.

Crafted remotely during the confinement, the Nap EP is the product of an unprecedented situation, a 2-track metaphor that invites the listener to face the chaos and breathe. Listen below and stream “Nap” in our playlist Best Tracks of 2020.

Paris-based duo Agar Agar, comprising Clara Cappagli and Armand Bultheel, have just shared a metaphorical video for a new hypnotic synth-pop track “Sorry About The Carpet”.

In the funny Antonin Peretjatko-directed visuals, they’re inexorably cleaning a carpet that gets dirty over and over again. In a press release, the band explained that it was a representation of some love stories where people keep on turning a blind eye on their problems, hiding them under a carpet, instead of trying to work on them. Following up on “Fangs Out“, it’s the second single off of their upcoming debut LP. Watch the video below.

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“Fangs Out” is the first offering from Agar Agar‘s debut album to be released this Fall via Cracki Records. In the video, which was directed by William Laboury, we follow French actress Garance Marilliers‘s escapade in between urban landscapes and virtual reality.

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Agar Agar‘s new single is released a year after their amazing debut “Cadran EP” and we can’t wait to hear Clara and Armand‘s full-length debut project later this year.

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