Agnes High Quality for Post/Math

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   In existence from 2000 to 2005, Agnes High Quality were an American instrumental math rock trio from Cleveland, Ohio. Their curious moniker was a reference to the obscure Apple text-to-speech software Macintalk. Having previously played together in a metal band, Heinrik Hellwig, Stephen Poprocki and Tim Thornton bonded over their love of progressive rock and Lucas sequences, with each member juggling guitars, bass, synthesizers, percussion, laptops and samples.

Agnes High Quality's discography consisted of two full-lengths: 2002's En Passant and 2005's Lucas With Changing Parts, both released on CDR through the band's own Basement Boy Enterprises label. Splitting the difference between groups like Mogwai and 65daysofstatic, Agnes High Quality moved between playful and pensive moods, each piece a self-contained world incorporating jazz, ambient, krautrock and minimalist classical influences, all shot through with IDM/glitch textures Thornton later pursued in his post-Agnes solo projects Les Cousins Dangereux, CDX and Tiger Village.

Agnes High Quality ended in the autumn of 2005 when Hellwig and Poprocki left Ohio to further their academic careers, with Thornton still musically active as of this writing. The trio began a Bandcamp page in 2017, issuing three further archival releases recorded during their short tenure.

"En Passant" (2002)
https://agneshighquality.bandcamp.com/album/en-passant

"Lucas With Changing Parts" (2005)
https://agneshighquality.bandcamp.com/album/lucas-with-changing-parts

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	In existence from 2000 to 2005, Agnes High Quality were an American instrumental math rock trio from Cleveland, Ohio. Their curious moniker was a reference to the obscure Apple text-to-speech software Macintalk. Having previously played together in a metal band, Heinrik Hellwig, Stephen Poprocki and Tim Thornton bonded over their love of progressive rock and Lucas sequences, with each member juggling guitars, bass, synthesizers, percussion, laptops and samples. Agnes High Quality's discography consisted of two full-lengths: 2002's En Passant and 2005's Lucas With Changing Parts, both released on CDR through the band's own Basement Boy Enterprises label. Splitting the difference between groups like Mogwai and 65daysofstatic, Agnes High Quality moved between playful and pensive moods, each piece a self-contained world incorporating jazz, ambient, krautrock and minimalist classical influences, all shot through with IDM/glitch textures Thornton later pursued in his post-Agnes solo projects Les Cousins Dangereux, CDX and Tiger Village. Agnes High Quality ended in the autumn of 2005 when Hellwig and Poprocki left Ohio to further their academic careers, with Thornton still musically active as of this writing. The trio began a Bandcamp page in 2017, issuing three further archival releases recorded during their short tenure. "En Passant" (2002) https://agneshighquality.bandcamp.com/album/en-passant "Lucas With Changing Parts" (2005) https://agneshighquality.bandcamp.com/album/lucas-with-changing-parts