alexira

Bio:

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After several years in the music business as singer/songwriter and performer, in January 2005 alexira decided to bring his music to London. After a year and an half there with a band called Semaphore (receiving a good response from both fans and critics) he left and chose to continue with a solo career, feeling the need to sing and play his own songs...

He also has been involved with pure pop (Souze), electronic projects (see Halka7) and post brit-pop ensembles (Orange Cash). Always looking for inspiration and the right music for his battered soul.

To me it's still quite difficult to describe alexira's music. It's not something that you can easily put a tag on, and I really thing this is a good thing.

Listing his "influences" doesn't work either: some classic British bands from the 60' like The Beatles, The Who, The Kinks, The Zombies (he considers Odessey and Oracle one of the best album ever), late 70' and 80' groups like The Jam, The Smiths, The Cure, Violent Femmes. Then some actual bands and songwriters like Paul Weller, Gravenhurst, Micah P Hinson, Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, Midlake, The Notwist, Radiohead.

I can say that he tries to put together the electronic verve of bands like Notwist with the melancholic verve of Gravenhurst and the attitude and energy of Paul Weller and/or Pete Townshend (expecially live), two of his formative artists.

He calls his music "Acoustic Power-pop" and, even if this can sometimes be a little limiting, I think it manages to give you and idea.
In fact on his new album the edge and drive of the songs is coming mostly from the acoustic guitars, leaving the arpeggios and feedbacks to his beloved Rickenbaker.

He just recorded and produced a new project, The Toilet Circuit, out now on Moaning Shite. While looking for musicians, he plays acoustic sets in different London venues.

Hope you like his music like I do...

Written by A. Halka

PROJECTS:

with SOUZE (Italy)
"Souze" (1998, Self-produced EP)
Co-songwriter. Vocals, Electric Guitars, Keyboards.

with ORANGE CASH (Stockholm)
"Orange Cash" (2000, homonymous LP)
Released by Iradidio Records.
Co-songwriter. Vocals, Electric Guitars

with SEMAPHORE (UK)
2005 Self-produced single
Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Laptop, Vocals

2006 Self-produced EP
Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Laptop, Vocals

as ALEXIRA
"Come Se Non Fosse Niente" (2000, LP, Italy)
Written recorded, mixed and produced by alexira.
Vocals, El and Ac Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Drums, Percussions

"Natural History" (2002, EP, Italy)
Written recorded, mixed and produced by alexira.

"alexira" (2004, EP, UK)
Released by Iradidio Records.
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by alexira.

"THE TOILET CIRCUIT" (2010, LP, UK)
Released by Moaning Shite.
Written, performed, recorded, mixed and produced by alexira.

...I was alone I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there...

Member Since:

January 02, 2006

Members:

vocals>alexira
guitars>alexira
bass>alexira
keyboards>alexira
laptop and samples>alexira
recording by alexira...
mixing by alexira...
coffee by alexira...
fags rolled by alexira...

Influences:

Sparklehorse, Midlake, Elliott Smith, Billy Bragg, Nick Drake, Grandaddy, The Kinks, Ride, Gravenhurst, The Zombies, The Who, Paul Weller, The Jam, Love, Kula Shaker, Stone Roses, Billy Nicholls, Doves, Ocean Colour Scene, The Beatles, Belle And Sebastian, Radiohead, Elvis Costello, The Notwist, The Housemartins, Kings Of Convenience, The Smiths, Morrissey, I Am Kloot, Micah P Hinson, Malcolm Middlelton, Eels...

Sounds Like:

trying to paint a leaf with a PC tablet

Record Label:

Moaning Shite