Agar Agar

Agar Agar is a French electropop duo consisting of Clara Cappagli and Armand Bultheel. Formed in 2015, the group released its debut studio album, The Dog and the Future, in 2018, followed by Player Non Player in 2023. Cappagli and Bultheel met at art school and began performing together in 2015. Their early releases appeared on Cracki Records. The duo released the EP Cardan in 2016. Their debut studio album, The Dog and the Future, was released in 2018. Le Monde discussed the album in connection with their live performances. The Quietus reported that the album was released through Cracki Records with support from Sony France. The Skinny reviewed the album in September 2018. In 2020, Agar Agar released the EP Nap. The duo released its second studio album, Player Non Player, in 2023. Loud and Quiet reviewed the album in January 2023 and described Agar Agar as a Parisian synth-pop act. The five-year gap between albums was explained by the duo as being the result of exhaustion after six years of touring and the COVID-19 lockdown. For Player Non Player, the duo developed a related video-game project with Jonathan Coryn. Institut français presented Player Non Player as a video-game project connected to Agar Agar's album of the same name. Agar Agar's music was described as electropop by Le Monde and as synth-pop by Loud and Quiet. Reviewing The Dog and the Future, The Skinny described the group as a French duo working with electronic pop. The Dog and the Future (2018) Player Non Player (2023) Cardan (2016) Nap (2020) Clara Cappagli – vocals Armand Bultheel – synthesizers Davet, Stéphane (17 December 2018). "Pour Agar Agar, l'électro-pop est un jeu vidéo". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2026. McKenna, David (22 October 2018). "Spontaneous Outpourings: Agar Agar Interview". The Quietus. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Walton, Sam (23 January 2023). "Agar Agar – Player Non Player". Loud and Quiet. Retrieved 20 May 2026. "Agar Agar, « Player Non Player », l'interview". Magic RPM (in French). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Murray, Robin (25 September 2018). "Agar Agar album review: The Dog and the Future". The Skinny. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Mang, Lolita (13 May 2020). "Agar Agar de retour avec deux titres que tout oppose". Numéro (in French). Retrieved 20 May 2026. "Agar Agar : "Il y a clairement une partie en nous qui se méfie du fait de devenir adulte"" [Agar Agar: "There is clearly a part of us that distrusts becoming an adult"]. Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 18 January 2023. Archived from the original on 18 January 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2026. "Player Non Player". Institut français / IFdigital. Retrieved 20 May 2026. Official website