02 Nov 09 Jukebox #10 Xerxes
Xerxes (reigned 486-465 BC), a king of Persia, made an unsuccessful effort to conquer Greece in 480-479, suffering a major naval defeat at the Battle of Salamis. Xerxes was the son of Darius I and Atossa, daughter of Cyrus I. When Xerxes succeeded his father, Egypt was already in revolt and troubles soon broke out in Babylon; further, there was still pending the matter of the Greeks, where the Persian defeat at Marathon called for vengeance. He crushed the revolts in both Egypt and Babylon with great severity, not sparing even the gods, and then turned to the conquest of Greece.
And now more about the ambient artist Xerxes…;-) It was hard to find more info, even his Myspace site doesn’t show much at the moment of writing this post, but here’s something worth knowing about: Xerxes, also known as Klaus Lunde, was born in 1973 in the southern parts of Norway. At the age of 14, he started producing music using an Amiga 500. In 1996, after having gone through various experiments and compositional phases, he finally arrived at a style he could call his own. Since then, Klaus has spent most of his time developing this sound. He is currently living in Tønsberg, Norway He is a deeply respected ambient artist and has played alot of festivals the last years, both as a dj and with his band “Xerxes Live”.’
The Jukebox plays ‘Can You See This?” from his album “The Mirror Formula”. Originally offered as a free download, released in march 2006. Re-mastered edition is now available from his website. We suggest: be gentle and pay a reasonable price for this release. One can choose not only the format to download but the price level as well. Cool feature!
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Artist: Xerxes
Track: Can You See This?
Album: The Mirror Formula
Buy Xerxes music on iTunes Store here
Visit the website here
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Tags: Can You See This, Klaus Lunde, podcast, spacemusic, The Mirror Formula, Xerxes
November 3rd, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Klaus Lunde is one of my favorite producers. First I was shocked when I read Xerxes project is coming to an end. Now I’m looking forward to his new project. I can hardly wait …
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Admin reply:… Xerxes is full of creativity, we can tell by his music style; unique and certainly we can expect more from his kitchen sooner or later…
November 5th, 2009 at 10:43 am
What an absolute pleasure to here this track again. I downloaded this album many years ago…well 3 to be precise and its awesome. Sometimes we just need a little nudge in the ear to remind us to listen to some of the older music in our itunes collection. Xerxes complete works may still be available to purchase on a limited edition DVD direct from the artist. Thanks TC for the Blast from the past “Can you see Dis” is a great track on of my all time faves.
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TC reply: …you’re welcome Mr. Andy! It is a good one and it reminds me of the early ’spacemusic’ days and the sounds coming from the UK as well
Thanks for your comment, I appreciate it ~TC