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A Gent Agent
Electronic · 2004 · 13 tracks

A Gent Agent

Daedelus

A cinematic collage of noir-inflected jazz and rapid-fire glitch. Dusty samples meet Victorian whimsy in a world of secret agents and midnight streets.

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It's like a 1940s detective movie remixed by a glitch-obsessed time traveler.

A playful yet tense exploration of noir mystery through the lens of fragmented jazz and clockwork electronics.

A Gent Agent · vs · Daedelus
Storytelling+3.3σ

The writing leans far further into storytelling than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Going Incognito
2:47
02
Cloak and Dagger
4:05
03
The Now Silent Streets
2:47
04
Turncoats in Tourniquets
3:27
05
a.k.a. Also Known As
2:52
06
Amscray
3:29
07
Femme Fatale
2:55
08
The Taste of Bitter Almonds
3:07
09
Coming To
1:30
10
The Third Degree
2:53
11
Desperate Measures
2:00
12
Escape Artist
3:56
13
Freeze Frame Credits
2:40
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the jazz samples in track 2 are sliced into a frantic, rhythmic stutter that somehow maintains a smooth swing.
The sudden transition into the atmospheric, skeletal piano melody that anchors the middle of the record.
The layered, overlapping sirens and street sounds that dissolve into a warm Omnichord shimmer during the final tracks.
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