'Sybarite's "Dolorous Echo / The Mast" (Brainwashed 7") pairs two light, gloopy electronic instrumentals that sound pretty nice on a rainy night such as this one. "The Mast", in particular, has a very soothing guitar figure that purrs like a hot kitten.'
Byron Coley, The Wire__________
'Never has a random click and a backwards sample been deployed to such stunningly erotic effect.'
-Logo Magazine, Scene of the Crime EP__________
'True to the implied meaning of its title, Nonument is a brilliant collection of delicate compositions, focusing on tiny elements to build detailed constructions. Hawkins demonstrates here great qualities as a composer and producer.' 4.5/5
The Milk Factory, Nonument CD__________
'Hawkins manages to keep his live elements perfectly in sync with the loops scattered around each track, no matter how complex it all gets. The results are fantastic - kind of like a live band jamming over a laptop thats been kicked around too much, its hard disc glitching every time a new track or bassline comes in.'
BBC, Placement Issues CD_________
'Sybarite's music sounds like the inner workings for the human body. Electrical impulses shoot through wavering tones while subatomic bass notes work their way through the lower intestines, all of it tied together by the throbbing beat of a heart. It's body rock, though on a very abstract level. To create these sounds, Sybarite uses processed guitars and many different synthesizers and electronic devices. This soundtrack establishes moods from tense and jangling to slow and glacial.'
The Big Takeover, musicforafilm CD__________
Having previously drummed and played synthesizers for electronic music pioneers Silver Apples, Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist Xian Hawkins started making records under the name Sybarite in 1999, issuing a wide array of 7" singles through the Emanate, Zealectronic and Static Caravan labels. The best of these were compiled on the Placement Issues CD on Temporary Residence Limited, who also released Musicforafilm, Sybarite's soundtrack for the movie Kill Me Tomorrow.
Xian made his 4AD debut in September 2002 with the Nonument album, which brought his talents as an arranger sharply into focus. The ability to combine live instruments and programmed parts into a free-breathing, organic whole always marked Sybarite apart from the electronica crowd, but Nonument's deftness was revelatory. Strings and acoustic guitars offered mellow resonance, while live drums mingled with programmed rhythms. Sybarite's palette was further widened by the introduction of trumpet (courtesy of Matt Hilgenberg) and, for the first time, vocals (by Brooke Williams and Gregory Kenney). Inspired by architecture ("Renzo Piano") and modern art ("Unica Zurn") as much as by music, the album was deeply melodic despite its many structural shifts and subtleties.
The three-track Scene Of The Crime EP followed shortly afterwards, its lead track featuring guest vocals by Elysian Fields chanteuse Jennifer Charles, who had previously worked with Kid Koala, Dan the Automator and John Zorn.
Debut album “Metal Heart” out now!
9/10 Orkus
9/10 Gothic
8,5/10 Reflection of Darkness
5/6 Medienkonverter
7/10 Release Magazine
7/10 Zero Music Magazine
Listen to it on MySpace!
I'm happy to announce that my new album "Songs From The Films Of David Lynch" is out now.
"Truly unsettling and perplexingly brilliant... testament to both the quality of Lynch’s soundtracks and Truax’s talents" - The Skinny
"Truax is paying homage to a kindred spirit with this album. It's the best kind of tribute – affectionate and respectful, but with its own quirks and imaginative leaps and its own distinct identity." -The Scotsman
Having released a couple of tuneful albums with theAudiologist and Soni Jimm since my last LP, "Fear of Mathematics", Section 27 Netlabel brings you "Wrpdata”, containing 14 tracks full of chunky, breathy and some would even say pleasantly broken breaks, some good-time-mind-fuck glitch, a few (thankfully blissful) orchestrated mixes featuring the talents of Pinklogik and theAudiologist (also acting as co-producer on this release) respectively, and ends sweetly with some beautiful spoken word poetry by the lovely aussie Cindel Waddington.
A delight on the sensory organs from start to finish, "Wrpdata" is available now for *free* download. Licensed by Creative Commons.
Our new album "Herbarium" is
out now on CdBaby (MP3 so far, physical CD is on its way).
Diverse palette of styles (post-rock,
ambient, electronica, trip-hop, with elements of noise, dub,
neoclassic and free improvisation), united by cinematic, slightly
pensive mood.
«Herbarium» is called so
because of heterogeneity of «songs», which can be
compared to miscellaneous leaves in the album, still being belonged
to the family of trees. Trying to avoid non-alive metaphors here,
only thought of diversity and warm and innermost feeling that
herbarium is capable to conjure up. «... This leaf I picked up
in the park where I met her, and this - I sat by the river,
contemplating...». So tracks were created – one was captured
in some magic jam, another – recorded layer by layer and
meticulously mixed then, next – cut from previous sessions and so
on.
All compositions are united by Poostosh
sense of music – mostly pensive, spatial, tender and experimental.
There's a lot of soul and charisma in every leaf... So please let
your soul look over our HERBARIUM.
Hello Sybarite Thank you very much for da Link Up & Sharing the Music Nice to meet you through cyberlink! Luv your tunes & keep up da Great Work! Wishes you All da Best in 2009! Enjoy your week!
finally released my EP on Itunes. I put a few of the tracks on my player and a link to go download them. I'd love to know what you think about it. Let me know
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