XESS | zh

Axxess is the brainchild of French multimedia artist Patrick Mimran. Mr. Mimran was co-director of Lamborghini Motors (along with his brother) at the time and fittingly released the album on the imprint Lamborghini Records. Heavily influenced by German electronic pioneers Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Kraftwerk, Mr. Mimran commissioned the German engineer Andreas Bahrdt to build a custom complex synthesizer which eventually materialized into a 16 voice analog synthesizer of genius proportions named “Le Bart”. Andreas had previously designed a less elaborate prototype for Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream fame. What then came to life as the product of Patrick’s...

maxxess is a oneman - live and studioproject. The music is a symbiosis of filigran electronic music and hard n' heavy guitarriffs. Unusual and never heard instrumentings merged into a harmonious unit, as they would have been always one. http://maxxess.de/wp/media/ .

The band XESS was formed in Kaunas (second largest city in Lithuania) in 2001 after the gothic metal/rock (later cyber metal) band Liunuosna broke apart. During five years of their existence, XESS were twice confirmed as the best band of Lithuanian gothic/darkwave scene. The band has also performed on local TV shows. Their first self-released MCD “In Cyber Lust” (presented in Latvia, 2002) contained roughly processed synthetic dance metal. After some time the sound of XESS started to change piece by piece. The sound of drums and guitars became more heavier and the whole atmosphere darker. In the end of...