Xela Live on WFMU

When he's not busy co-running the UK's superb Type record label, John Twells records densely layered and somewhat hallucinatory sound pieces as Xela. His release, "The Dead Sea" received a fair amount of airplay in these parts when it came out last year and was called "absolutely stunning" by the folks over at Other Music.

John stopped by the WFMU studios a few weeks ago while on break from his tour with Zelienople and Helios to record a brief set that saw him shun the laptop based set-up often employed by similar artists in favor of a micro-cassette player, tons of pedals, trinkets purchased from hippies in the midwest and an unexpected foray into Brian Wilson vocal territory. You'll need to turn the volume up on this one as its rather quiet for awhile.

Xela - Heirs of the Fire (Brooklyn Version) - Live at WFMU (34:20)

Xela's most recent release, "The Illuminated",  is a cassette only deal put out on the esteemed Digitalis label. You can find out more about what he's up to on his myspace page.

Thanks to Scott for audio assistance.

Live audio licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license

Comments

[Scott M.]

Doron, this is great! I caught the very tail end of your show the other day and had a "WHAT IS THIS!?!" moment, glad to see the whole set end up on the blog!

[K]

Yes, this is good stuff. I write software for a living and everytime I see an artist onstage with a laptop my teeth itch. More boxes and knobs, please!

[seanh]

I was lucky enough to catch this performed live when Xela stopped by the Knitting Factory. Really happy to see Type Records, and Xela's work in particular, getting attention on WFMU. thanks doron