Artefact

𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩’𝙨 “𝘼𝙜𝙞𝙩’ 𝙋𝙤𝙥” 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙙 - 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩-𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚, 𝙣𝙤𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙙’𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧-𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙣𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢.

Operating within the experimental corridors of early-80s Paris, Artefact delivered a sound that merged punk’s skeletal urgency with funk’s nervous electricity and a distinctly European sense of cold-wave theatre. “Agit’ Pop” embodies that tension: jagged rhythm guitar, angular basslines, fractured electronics and a vocal presence that oscillates between chant, critique and magnetic detachment.

The record reflects the cross-cultural pulse that defined Celluloid at its peak — a label where Afro-diasporic grooves, avant-garde impulses and underground pop mutations coexisted with fearless ease. Vogue’s involvement helped push this hybrid language beyond niche circuits, but the music retains its DIY immediacy and rough, nighttime shimmer.

Bridging agit-prop spirit with dancefloor friction, “Agit’ Pop” stands as a vivid document of a scene in motion, charged by experimentation, political energy and a refusal to fit any fixed style. A gripping piece of the Celluloid mosaic, it remains a cult artifact for those who trace the histories of post-punk, no wave and global leftfield pop.