Füxa | tl

Detroit-based experimental rock duo Füxa (pronounced /ˈfyuʃə/ [fyoo-shuh]) focused on a lo-fi, electronics-heavy blend of droning, treated guitars, vintage keyboards (most often the Hammond B-3), and sparse percussion in the vein of Loop, Spacemen 3/Spiritualized, and Amp. Comprised of Randall Nieman and Ryan Anderson, the group formed in 1995 after Nieman left Dearborn-based space-rock group Windy & Carl to purse other projects. He hooked up with Anderson, who'd recently severed his ties with another local group, Asha Vida, and a common interest in arcane instruments and electronics led the pair to each form a label -- Nieman with Mind Expansion...

Hailing from Galicia in Northern Spain, Fuxan Os Ventos do not have the strong Celtic element in their music; their sound has an attractive more Southern feeling than most of their new Galician folk music collegues. Fuxan Os Ventos started already back in 1972, being one of the really old folk bands from Galicia. "Sempre e Mais Despois" ("Forever and even afterwards") is Fuxan's seventh album; the last one was published in 1984! Having had in the last couple of years only very occasional gigs becasue of non-musical commitments, they decided in 1997 to record a new album nevertheless. The...