Headfirst Editor's Pick
"Sci-fi chanson and fractal dream-pop for Warp-fed androids - Oï les Ox licks you like an encoded love letter buried deep within the Fifth Element bonus disc. Weaving woozy and cryptic soundworlds that are totally indescribable / indispensable FFO: Voice Actor, Laurel Halo, AFX, Mica Levi, ML Buch, Broadcast."
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A gig held at Strange Brew on Tuesday 15th October. The event starts at 19:00.
Schwet presents an evening of experimental music, traversing noise to pop and back again...
"Parisian visual artist & composer Aude Van Wyller aka Oï les Ox (The Death of Rave, Primordial Void, Kraak) announces second album ‘AI les Axes’
A labyrinthine suite of warped electronics, protean sound poetry & fugitive sound sources; a captivating fever dream of otherworldly dysfunction. Intuitive one take compositions exploring AI, technological malfunction & identity loss
"Her astonishing debut album as Oï les Ox is a sprawling, kaleidoscopic, hour-long thrill-ride through intricate, interwoven and hugely ambitious styles that reminds us of the minimalist pop perfection of Broadcast’s 'Tender Buttons’, the percolating spectral brilliance of Stereolab’s ‘Dots & Loops’, as well as Trevor Duncan’s enveloping La Jetée soundtrack and Julia Holter’s masterpiece ’Tragedy’. Easily one of the most ambitious, layered and rewarding avant-pop albums we’ve heard in an age.’ – Boomkat
‘A stunning, dreamlike debut...operatic in theme and scope, and made up of four sprawling parts - each comprising multiple distant, exploratory transmissions and genre-defying sound collages. It's such a vast and seemingly fathomless work that it feels surreal and a bit overwhelming / disorienting upon first listen, but repeat plays reveal an eerily beautiful and ethereal avant-pop gem with much to discover in its misty nooks and crannies.’
– Gorilla vs Bear
RIYL: Broadcast, Julia Holter, Inga Copeland, Teresa Winter
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great area lives in london with previous releases Light Decline (Relaxin Records, 2024), Follow Your Nature (Relaxin Records, 2022) and hypocrite 21 (Xquisite Releases, 2021).
FFO: Carla Dal Forno, Anna Domino, Voice Actor, Tirzah
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Bride is a Berlin-based experimental musician and sound artist, constructing allegories within dissonant environments. She has released works on Psychic Liberation, Industrial Coast, Mindseyerecords, Longform Editions and No Holiday amongst others including her own label and platform Alloy Choir, started in early 2023. In September 2024 Bride will embark on a artist in residence program at EMS in Stockholm.
FFO: Puce Mary, Ronce, Distraxi
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
"Parisian visual artist & composer Aude Van Wyller aka Oï les Ox (The Death of Rave, Primordial Void, Kraak) announces second album ‘AI les Axes’
A labyrinthine suite of warped electronics, protean sound poetry & fugitive sound sources; a captivating fever dream of otherworldly dysfunction. Intuitive one take compositions exploring AI, technological malfunction & identity loss
"Her astonishing debut album as Oï les Ox is a sprawling, kaleidoscopic, hour-long thrill-ride through intricate, interwoven and hugely ambitious styles that reminds us of the minimalist pop perfection of Broadcast’s 'Tender Buttons’, the percolating spectral brilliance of Stereolab’s ‘Dots & Loops’, as well as Trevor Duncan’s enveloping La Jetée soundtrack and Julia Holter’s masterpiece ’Tragedy’. Easily one of the most ambitious, layered and rewarding avant-pop albums we’ve heard in an age.’ – Boomkat
‘A stunning, dreamlike debut...operatic in theme and scope, and made up of four sprawling parts - each comprising multiple distant, exploratory transmissions and genre-defying sound collages. It's such a vast and seemingly fathomless work that it feels surreal and a bit overwhelming / disorienting upon first listen, but repeat plays reveal an eerily beautiful and ethereal avant-pop gem with much to discover in its misty nooks and crannies.’
– Gorilla vs Bear
RIYL: Broadcast, Julia Holter, Inga Copeland, Teresa Winter
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great area lives in london with previous releases Light Decline (Relaxin Records, 2024), Follow Your Nature (Relaxin Records, 2022) and hypocrite 21 (Xquisite Releases, 2021).
FFO: Carla Dal Forno, Anna Domino, Voice Actor, Tirzah
____________________________________
Bride is a Berlin-based experimental musician and sound artist, constructing allegories within dissonant environments. She has released works on Psychic Liberation, Industrial Coast, Mindseyerecords, Longform Editions and No Holiday amongst others including her own label and platform Alloy Choir, started in early 2023. In September 2024 Bride will embark on a artist in residence program at EMS in Stockholm.
FFO: Puce Mary, Ronce, Distraxi
Entry requirements: 18+, any under 18s accompanied by 21+ adult 1:1 ratio
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