AGF/Delay is a collaboration of German sound-artist and poet Antye Greie and Vladislav Delay. Their first full-length album ‘Explode’ was recorded 2004 in Northern Finland, with a production process basically cut off from civilization. Finally released in 2005, the album strips both musical concepts of Greie and Delay to the bone. Gone are the more glitchy, ultra-processed vocals of some of Greie’s previous solo works, and mostly gone is the ultra-complex rhythm programming that Delay had done under his own name. Despite its electronic origins, ‘Explode’ is strangely organic, with all the decay and corrosion that implies. AGF/Delay are currently preparing a second album, ‘Symptoms’, which is going to be released in January 2009.


Domestic bliss and artistic bliss. It's hard to pull off, but Antye Greie and Sasu Ripatti have seemingly figured it out, as their second full-length under the AGF/Delay moniker will be released later this year.

Greie had a busy 2008, putting out two solo full-lengths as AGF as well as co-producing Ellen Allien's Sool, and she's looking to carry that on into this year with the release of Symptoms. Produced with her long-term partner Sasu Ripatti (who you may be more familiar with under the name Luomo, Uusitalo or Vladislav Delay), their AGF/Delay collaboration combines the duo's experimental and pop tendencies to create restrained vocal tracks that overflow with sexual tension.

As with their previous album Explode, Symptoms is full of dubby textures and micro-samples, whilst Greie adds her quirky vocals that drift between singing and spoken word. Greie's friendship and co-production work with Ellen Allien has meant that Symptoms will see the light of day on Allien's BPitch Control label, which should see AGF/Delay's sound brought to a wider audience this time around.

Tracklist
01. Get Lost
02. Connection
03. Downtown Snow
04. Outbreak
05. Bulletproof
06. Generic
07. Congo Hearts
08. Most Beautyull
09. Symptoms
10. Smileaway
11. Second Life
12. In Cycles

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