ane brun feat. first aid kit : do you remember (it all starts with one, 2012) liz & laszlo : rien a paris (single, 2012) schwervon! : cyclone (2012) tu madre : maricarmen (valentina, 2011) xeno & oaklander : sets & lights (sets & lights, 2011)
Xeno And Oaklander - Sets And Lights By Rob Barker If you've listened to previous Wierd Records releases, chances are you'll know roughly what to expect from Xeno and Oaklander 's latest release. Consisting of Sean McBride (aka Martial Canterel) and his Three To Forgotten bandmate Liz Wendelbo, X&O dish out analogue synth driven coldwave, while adding their own flavour and modernity. From the opening title track of Sets And Lights , it's clear that the pair's dedication to analogue equipment has paid off, with the pounding bass and arpeggiated [...]
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer une nouvelle parution pour Wierd Records , le deuxième album d'un groupe que nous connaissons bien et que nous avons déjà accompagné en musique lors de leur dernier passage à Montréal : Xeno & Oaklander . Sets & Lights sort officiellement le 11 octrobre prochain, et fait l'objet de notre premier article du mois. Bien que jouant dans les plates-bandes habituelles du compositeur Sean McBride (aussi connu sous le nom de Martial Canterel ), le disque apparait immédiatement [...]
Nous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer une nouvelle parution pour Wierd Records , le deuxième album d'un groupe que nous connaissons bien et que nous avons déjà accompagné en musique lors de leur dernier passage à Montréal : Xeno & Oaklander . Sets & Lights sort officiellement le 11 octrobre prochain, et fait l'objet de notre premier article du mois. Bien que jouant dans les plates-bandes habituelles du compositeur Sean McBride (aussi connu sous le nom de Martial Canterel ), le disque apparait immédiatement [...]
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Si recientemente les han gustado cosas como Soft Metals , Silent Diane y duos enfocados al synth ochentero, el new wave con dotes oscuros aka coldwave (?) seguramente este otro duo llamado Xeno & Oaklander sera para ustedes. Pues bien, este duo compuesto por Liz Wendelbo y Sean McBride esta por lanzar el proximo 11 de Octubre su nuevo material titulado "Sets & Lights" a traves de Wierd Records del que no dejo de preguntarme por que demonios no les habia puesto antes el video del primer sencillo que lanzaron de este material?, son algo [...]
New York Minimal Synth duo Xeno & Oaklander 's released their new single, 'The Staircase', this week. An arpeggio fuelled synthesizer lament, the analog electronics conveying just as much frustration as the lyrics. Still, the track isn't nearly as cold as the outfit's previous offerings, 'The Staircase' is almost warm and dreamlike, if a little edgy. The Taryn Waldman directed video is a grainy, stark, haunted journey through an 19th-century Brooklyn tenement building. 'The Staircase' is taken from [...]
As the streets began to grow cold, and ice hung around the corners of the darkness in D.C., the much lauded cold wave/minimal synth night No Love Lost (which, full disclosure, I helped to launch) made a pact with the infamous Fan Death Records, to transport modern synth duo Xeno and Oaklander to the area. Swept into the fray as well were prodigal newcomers Phonic Riot, one man entropy machine Death Domain, and long time NLL/FDR conspirators Screen Vinyl Image. But, before the revelries began, I was able to sit down for [...]
[RSS Readers: See post to listen to audio] Minimal Wave has its own passionate community, one that has a forum with involved fans, pretty much the perfect label culture you'd like to see. I picked up this Das Ding vinyl over the weekend after passing by it too many times at the record stores. Its a great LP all the way thru with minimal synths with a hazy goth/punk attitude, makes me want to dive back into more of these records that I use to love so much. One of the best minimal [...]
It's finally here. The Day of 200 Songs held in honour of my 200th post, which happened way back in April of last year. A brief recap for those who don't know the whole story: to celebrate my 200th post, I decided to try a little community-building project. I wanted to get 200 people who read this blog (or perhaps those who even only read that 200th post) or friends they know to submit their favourite songs so that I could then compile them into 10 mixes for everyone to share. While I received several submissions, I didn't receive many, [...]
I've put together a mix of various minimal and cold wave, synth punk, some old some new, a lot of which has been covered endlessly by 20JFG . Regardless, in keeping the current revivalist spirit this type of anemic, eastern blockist, psuedo-fascist dance music is sounding hyper fresh, at least for the next coupla months. It's a very specific sound, with an unforgiving, axiomatic stance that can get old quick. But it's also a type of wild posturing whose freedom lies in it's restrictions. Frowns welcome. Câlin - [...]
Figures hits with Ian Curtis pronouncements from out of the fresh dusty rubble: the lazy work of laser equipped, nihilistic shock troop. Marching marching ever on through the ruinous concrete follies of Superpowers. Empty shells, empty windows, illuminated by the lattice of those oscillating death rays. Automatic. Figures hits with simple synthetic melodies running up and [...]
Terminons l'année 2009 avec une nouvelle parution tout fraîchement issue des toujours intrigantes presses de Wierd Records (NYC) : après quelques collaborations et apparitions sur diverses compilations, le duo new-yorkais Xeno & Oaklander nous offre enfin depuis novembre un premier album intitulé Sentinelle . Sean McBride, maître à penser de la nouvelle vague minimal synth new-yorkaise avec son projet Martial Canterel , travaille ici en couple avec Liz Wendelbo pour nous offrir un joli disque qui ne surprendra point les adeptes de son travail antérieur. N'employant [...]
Terminons l'année 2009 avec une nouvelle parution tout fraîchement issue des toujours intrigantes presses de Weird Records (NYC) : après quelques collaborations et apparitions sur diverses compilations, le duo new-yorkais Xeno & Oaklander nous offre enfin depuis novembre un premier album intitulé Sentinelle . Sean McBride, maître à penser de la nouvelle vague minimal synth new-yorkaise avec son projet Martial Canterel , travaille ici en couple avec Liz Wendelbo pour nous offrir un joli disque qui ne surprendra point les adeptes de son travail antérieur. N'employant [...]
It's been several years in the making, but Xeno & Oaklander have finally dropped their highly anticipated full-length via Wierd Records. Sentinelle features 12 tracks of pulsing electronics and warm vocal melodies, combining the ice-cold edge minimal synth with the lush romanticism of shoegaze. A top contender for best record of the year on my list, Sentinelle is the band's first proper studio debut, following a limited edition CD-R release in 2007. Meanwhile, the band have been earning a rabid cult following (both at home and abroad) thanks to their adamant analog pursuits and impressive live [...]
It's been several years in the making, but Xeno & Oaklander have finally dropped their highly anticipated full-length via Wierd Records. Sentinelle features 12 tracks of pulsing electronics and warm vocal melodies, combining the ice-cold edge minimal synth with the lush romanticism of shoegaze. A top contender for best record of the year on my list, Sentinelle is the band's first proper studio debut, following a limited edition CD-R release in 2007. Meanwhile, the band have been earning a rabid cult following (both at home and abroad) thanks to their adamant analog pursuits and impressive live [...]
The minimal synth retro-futurism of Xeno & Oaklander fits into the Weird Records catalog nicely, nestling easily alongside lablemates Led Er Est and adopting the analog aesthetics of latter day synth wizards like Daniel Lopatin and Steve Moore. The negative utopia conceptualization of Sentenille actually compliments Lopatin's recent OPN trilogy nicely, though instead of a lost astronaut X&O focus on a WWII watchman who wanders between lost underwater cities in a forgotten past. Their music radiates jittery paranoia, buzzing with the kind of Orwellian horror that permeated 1980s sci-fi and with their live analog approach the group would [...]
For the past 6 six years, DJ Pieter Schoolwerth and his Wierd cohorts have been championing the colder and darker electronic sounds, both old and new, the more obscure the better. This New, New Wave harkens back to synthpop's earliest years (late 70s - early 80s), long before digital became the norm. Armed with their Analogue weapons, they're bringing back an element that's been missing from today's sample-based, laptop, loop-driven productions... the icy soul of the machine. This robot forecasts a strong cold front making its way to the West Coast with a series of parties [...]
It was a lazy Saturday afternoon. NYC's heat had finally settled in for a late summer bloom, and P.S.1, an abandoned school turned art museum and venue, hosted their third Warm Up event. Despite the venue's growing success as an art center and underground music hot spot, I had never set foot on the grounds. What better excuse, however, than a prominent slot from Xeno and Oaklander , NYC's finest minimal wave enthusiasts? This occasion marked the band's second outdoor appearance, and though their romantic, electronic music is often a dish best served in cavernous [...]
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