{"product_id":"martyr-feeding-the-abscess-red-vinyl-lp-copy","title":"Tom Wheatley - Agon (Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRelease Date - 7\/31\/2026\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAGON is the directorial debut of Giulio Bertelli. It follows a triptych of female athletes as they prepare and then compete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein LUDOJ 2024, a fictional Olympic Games, in their personal disciplines - judo, fencing, and rifle shooting. Informed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe historical figures of Cleopatra, Joan of Arc and Nadezhda Durova, these women are portrayed against the political, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esocial, technological and physical contexts that dominate the highest level of sports competition and performance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAGON explores a contemporary account of the contradictions of these sports, which began as peacetime practices for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewar, as their disciplines are institutionally sanitised, recast as wholesome global entertainment, and ultimately \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edematerialised altogether in new digital arenas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe events at LUDOJ are conducted not in sports arenas but on soundstages, with no live audience. These spartan \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003espaces are populated only by athletes, sports officials, and film crew, capturing every audio-visual layer of information. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin this environment, every mat crash, sword clash and gunshot is experienced in exacting detail. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTom Wheatley's score began as a conceptual mirror to this. He took three musicians, each with a singular approach to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etheir instrument, each instrument having a language of articulation that relates to each sport: percussion for judo, cello \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor fencing, saxophone for rifle shooting. Added to this were claustrophobic analogue electronics, and bagpipes, to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003erepresent a state beyond competition: war. The rich, detailed signals from these players underwent extreme processing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elive in the studio, at times moving the music into a grey area between score, sound design and foley. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"I saw a material parallel between the sportsperson and the musician. That you have these tools which you carry through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elife, which hold complex histories of use. These techniques and traditions are studied, and combined with contemporary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etechnologies to unlock new potentials. As Alex Sokolov is to her gun, Jean-Luc Guionnet is to his saxophone. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom this model sprung many ideas, which lay the foundation for the score: applying the gestural language of the fencing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eepee to Ute's bow; the 'tuned air' of both the rifle and the saxophone; taking the judo concept of barycentre and applying \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat to a form of rhythmic gravity with Seijiro. It was a rich seam\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Tom Wheatley \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Where realism and fiction are blurred in the world of AGON, Tom accomplished the same for the score, obfuscating the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eboundary between the acoustic landscape of the film and the music, respecting the theoretical framework of the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eitself.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e- Giulio Bertelli \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAGON premiered at Venice Film Festival 2025, was awarded the Luciano Sovena Award for Best Independent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProduction, and the FIPRESCI Award (International Federation of Film Critics). It is a MUBI\/Match Factory production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 1.5em;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eTRACKS:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e Arthroscopy (Opening Titles)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e Rez (Giovanna's Focus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e Apnea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e Ludoj\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e Fencing Accident\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e Court (The Long Hearing)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e7\u003c\/span\u003e Snow Stalking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e8\u003c\/span\u003e Judo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e9\u003c\/span\u003e Ludoj (Commentary)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e10\u003c\/span\u003e Knee Breaks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e11\u003c\/span\u003e Rez (Game Music) [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e12\u003c\/span\u003e Court (Rough Sketch) [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e13\u003c\/span\u003e Pork Chop Plot [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"aec-tracknum\"\u003e14\u003c\/span\u003e Agon Trailer [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long will shipping take?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem is In Stock\/Inbound\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem is on Pre-Order\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eItem is on Backorder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrders will ship within 1 day of being available\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrders will ship near or on release date, as they are checked in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOrders will ship as they become available, and may take 2-12 weeks\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Tom Wheatley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47921735925918,"sku":"756029613164","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/8321\/8590\/files\/image_e1c30e4f-595e-4e49-958c-ad0d54eec328.jpg?v=1782866782","url":"https:\/\/soundslikevinyl.com\/products\/martyr-feeding-the-abscess-red-vinyl-lp-copy","provider":"SoundsLikeVinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}