Wax Mannequin was born in the smoke and industry of Hamilton; a damaged, underdog town; a perfect breeding ground for strange, variant things. Incorporating folk, scrappy prog-metal and a tireless creative ethic, Wax infused his local influences with road-broken experience to forge something unsettlingly new. Solo (accompanied by heavy devices and an angry, nylon-string guitar) or band-backed (with Mark Raymond on bass and Aidan Campbell on percussion), Wax Mannequin has toured incessantly within Canada over the past six years, with more recent forays into Europe and Australia.
Wax Mannequin now finds himself a forerunner in a strange new movement: roaming recluses and attention-seekers -- solo-performers, equipped with laptops, damaged instruments and decaying minivans, making new sounds, informed by hard travel and rough living.
Wax's thought-provoking live performances and acclaimed recordings have garnered the fervent support of the creative underclass in his home country as well as a burgeoning international reputation. After a comparitively sedentary half-year year of close-to-home travel, teaching grade two students and recording with Andy Magoffin, a wiser, drunker Wax Mannequin emerges. He readies himself again for the glories and pitfalls of the trans-Canada, and the trans-atlantic. Wax's impending release 'Saxon' (summer 2009) will mark a gritty return to the psych-folk roots of this rambling iconoclast.
[Wax Mannequin's] Saxon is one of the sharpest bursts of surreal folk-rock to emerge this year... the masterful Saxon, [is an] earnest batch of songs, most of which are performed on classical guitar and blend Wax Mannequin's trademark theatricality and darkly humorous perspective like nothing he's ever issued. Exclaim! (Canada) | Feature article | August 2009
"By training his inner animal enough to let it run free with his muse, Wax Mannequin has given birth to a brilliant bestial gem of audio mythology." -Exclaim! (Canada) | Review of 'Orchard and Ire' | August 2007
"Part wandering minstrel, part rock animal, Wax Mannequin combines a fine sense of prog-rock parody with intense sincerity and lyrical smarts. He will indoctrinate you with chilling harmonies, absurd lyrics and the almighty power of the guitar." - dB Magazine (Australia) | September 2004
"I could start off with a catch-all like 'shockingly good songwriter' or 'eclectic artist,' and while that would partly describe Hamilton's Wax Mannequin, it would do the man a great disservice to leave it at that." -Now Magazine (Toronto)| Disc of the Week | JUNE 28 - JULY 4 2007 | VOL. 26 NO. 43
Letting all the bass-heads know we've just dropped a MASSIVE DnB album. With tunes from NOAH D, GREMLINZ, THE RIOT, CASTOR & ILL-ESHA, VECTOR BURN, AFLAME, GLITCH, PATTERN RECOGITION and more... it's ALL FIRE!
You can grab the 14 track download format at beatport, junodownload & beatsdigital - OR you can get the SPECIAL EDITION 2xCD hardcopy version from the FORCE Recordings website that includes the original 14 album tunes PLUS GLITCH's Worth Going To Hell VIP bonus track, AND a copy of the album promo mix by CLRH2O in a beautiful double CD jewel case package delivered right to your door.
This album has been 3 years in the making - we hope you enjoy!
Thanks to in larger the support of our Myspace Friends in helping get the word out, Feed the Homelesss 5 was a huge success!
A near record crowd enjoyed amazing sets by Jill Zmud, Huntley Slim, and Arms of the Girl .
There was a well attended fun after party with Legendary Zaphod's DJ's Kerri and Arun... Cody Doby Much of Music VJ Contest fame, did a brillant job as MC.
Great job having Saxon being ranked in Exclaim Magazine's Year End List "It's no surprise why Hamilton's Chris Adeney has stated that Saxon is the record he's been hoping to make his entire life. Yes, it's his crowning achievement, but the album stands tall as a great Canadian masterpiece because it's somehow timeless and ahead of the curve all at once"
Again, it was great to meet you last night. Have fun in Sackville and everywhere else your tour takes you. And, when you're in Newfieland don't forget to drink some screech.
That was a great set at The Rivoli. A fresh concoction of quirky psych-folk off into some free-form dream where songs about relationships and homeless bodybuilders inhabit a unique place. Jaunty energy, minstrel-like theatricality, punctuated by a godforsaken voice evoking a level of honesty in the spirit of traditional storytelling. Keep to your musical vision.
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