Merging the
cold, cinematic aesthetics
of artist Liz Wendelbo with the
architectural exactitude
of Sean McBride (aka
Martial Canterel
),
Xeno & Oaklander
have been the sharpest spearheads of
twenty-first-century minimal synth
since their formation in 2004. Now they are back to Budapest!
Using
analogue synthesizers
and
instruments exclusively
, the Brooklyn based duo record all of their songs live in the studio, a challenge to the common practice of cut and paste recording where immediacy is often sacrificed in favor of a far-removed drag and drop electronic pop.
McBide’s echo-laden synthesizers
and
drum machines
provide a spacious backdrop for
Miss Liz’s ephemeral vocal
presence. Their
melodic, mournful oeuvre
is an invocation of a lost future that was abandoned years ago in favor of something less human.
Hungarian guests include
Birtalan Áron
(aka Ghosts And Scholars), who is responsible for acts like (The Great Wave Of) Kanagawa and Failotron, and
Kiss Raymond
, aka Bulk - and the two (in)famous DJ,
Gördön & Splatter
.
