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Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer-bandleader Darcy James Argue directs Secret Society, an 18-piece steampunk big band that envisions an alternative musical history, where the dance orchestras that ruled the Swing Era never went extinct. Argue recently released Infernal Machines, Secret Society's first studio recording. Presented by Ars Nova, Darcy James Argues Secret Society performs at International House in West Philadelphia.