Wierd Records (USA) / LP
Vinyl edition of Xeno
& Oaklander's Vigils EP, originally self-released by the
band as a limited edition CDR in 2006, here remastered with a previously
unavailable bonus track. Merging the cold, cinematic aesthetics of artist Liz
Wendelbo with the architectural exactitude of Sean McBride (a.k.a. Martial
Canterel), Xeno & Oaklander have been the sharpest spearheads of
twenty-first-century minimal synth since their formation in 2004. Using
analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively, the 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.