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Get on board with Agobi Project, a new band out of Asheville bringing tight electronic beats and edgy guitar to the classic jamband formula. Andrew Kirk plays a solid lead and is at his best when ripping minor chords into the dark side of the force. David Krantz is the Midi Controller/ Bass Synth/ Laptop Wiz, dropping beats and basslines that’ll pop your spine back in place. Nick Wankel bangs the E-Drums (SPD-S), and bends from rock to drum ‘n bass and dub styles.
Their material explores both the light and dark side of the musical spectrum, delving deep into the psyche of the modern road warrior and musician, struggling between joy and simplicity and tangled webs of passion and rage. Their live show weaves beats, riffs, effects and samples into complex grooves you’d never believe are being orchestrated by three people!
Agobi Project’s compositions filter elements of jazz, ambient drum ‘n bass, hip-hop, atmospheric dubstep, and glitched-out IDM. They’re young and bursting with potential with a live show ready for bigger crowds.
Occasionally lapsing into jamband cliches and noodling around in happy lounge land, their best moments come shredding over leg-melting beats or using the guitar for funky, ambient background effects. They’ve held their own in the Southeast circuit and are sure to break out of it soon, so keep your eye on them in 2010! - lostinsound.org
Discography
Agobi Project - Self Titled - 2010
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It is in the darkest of times that the creative light of the collective human experience shines its brightest. As the challenges that face humanity grow with each passing moment, the desire and necessity to create and experience love and wholeness crystallizes more clearly in the hearts and minds of those ready to shed the negative thought patterns that currently limit human potential. Expanding the capacity to feel, understand, and appreciate the beauty, significance, and potential innately embedded in all points in (space)-time is a principal intention of Agobi Project' s music.
Incorporating organic and digital elements into a singular musical entity, Agobi Project embodies an artistic vision limited only by the boundaries of human thought and feeling. Seeking to uplift, unite, and inform, Agobi Project's original compositions filter elements of jazz, ambient drum n' bass, hip-hop, atmospheric dubstep, and glitch informed IDM through the trans-personal experiences of the trio. The aural experience is delicately balanced between composition and improvisation, premeditation and spontaneity, light and dark, past and future.
Since its conception in November, 2008, Agobi Project has embraced the spirit of the tightly knit community of music lovers through its live shows. Integrating state of the art electronics with live drums, and guitar, Agobi Project creates a high energy display of musical wizardry, both melodic and beat driven, listenable and danceable. Often combining multiple forms of intentional creation (live painting, wire wrapping, crystal displays, etc) into a single show, Agobi Project strives to create a positive, energizing, healing environment wherever it goes.
Partners in the exploration also include a growing number of national artists who have joined the band on stage, including percussionist Chuck Morris from Lotus, Curt Heiny from Telepath, and the Emcee PegLeg. They have also shared performances with a diverse array of artists including Shpongle, Eliot Lipp, Telepath, Benga, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, The Egg, Ott, Toubab Krewe, and Two Fresh.
The self titled debut is available now as a free digital download, and physical copies are available by donation. Agobi Project immensely appreciates the support of everyone over the past year, and this album is a gift in return.
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