Here is another "crown Jewel" of the early 80s minimal synth scene!For more infos on the band,etc. please visit:http://www.appelstein.com/xex/. Please note that in 2004 a limited CD reissue was released ,containing some extra bonus demo tracks. Here is another "crown Jewel" of the early 80s minimal synth scene!For more infos on the band,etc. please visit:http://www.appelstein.com/xex/. Please note that in 2004 a limited CD reissue was released ,containing some extra bonus demo tracks.
Oh, so Xexy!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat blog!. I heard lot of kraut (la dusseldorf, neu!, cluster, kraftwerk, faust, etc etc etc.) But there are a lotta bands here that never heard before. Thanks for uploading this stuff.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great album... What Applestein wrote was true - I stumbled over group:xex in a dusty corner of the WFMU archive while researching a program that was to have been called "WFMU: Z to A." I was only interested in airing albums that had received either one or no spins in the last decade, and xex fit the bill. The sleeve was partially torn, but the vinyl inside was nearly new...
ReplyDeleteAfter the first track I was amazed; after the second, I began tracking the surviving members down through the Internet...
The Smack Shire, a label I co-ran with avant-garde archivist/performer Gerard Klauder, reissued group:xex in 2004. Waw was kind enough to give us six demo tracks to round out the package.
Alas, Gerard died suddenly last October; with his passing, our collaborative venture died too. Thus, group:xex is once again an orphan...
Many thanks to Mutant Sounds for making the album available to a new audience!
xex were a remarkable group; they deserve much wider recognition.
Best,
TS
Minimal rules, respect from Belgium near "Holland".
ReplyDeletenew remastered LP version of this classic album out now on Dark Entries Records: http://www.darkentriesrecords.com
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