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MC Xander is a British musician and music producer, known for creating his music using only his voice and a loopstation, which layers up his vocal sounds. His music references dancehall, reggae, dubstep, drum and bass and hip hop but more broadly fits into the IDM genres. In 2010 he described his sound as 'progressive dancehall'. At his shows all the songs, including the bass, beat, backing vocals, lyrics and all sounds, are created live using his voice. In recent years he has started using an effects box which processes his voice and increases the variety of textures and sounds he can add to his tracks. He introduced the combination of using a Kaoss pad and a loopstation with all vocal performances, inspiring other beatbox artists such as Beardyman to experiment with this technology.

Biografie

MC Xander was born in Kenya in 1983 but grew up in Scotland and Dorset. Having always had a strong inclination to music he studied for his BA in ‘Commercial Music’ at the University of Westminster. Moving to London to study on the course he was exposed to the ever-growing variety of electronic music. He went straight into the music scene as a resident MC for the London dance night Chew the Fat! at the club The End. There he became known for his human beatbox skills and energetic live performances. He then joined the breakbeat act Atomic Kitten Soundsystem as their MC. He also performed with breakbeat DJs such as Rennie Pilgrem and Eddie Temple Morris and is featured on the track, We Control, by DJ Hyper.

After breaking into the dance scene MC Xander started working as a solo artist, moving away from breakbeat towards a more cross-genre sound. Using only his voice (a combination of beatbox, rapping and making sounds with his mouth) he creates intricate tracks using a loopstation to layer his vocals, and more recently a Korg Kaoss pad 3.

He is a member of the London-based music and spoken-word collective One Taste. He performs at a variety of venues and events, from more intimate arts showcases to festivals, street performances and club nights.

His debut album Eyeopeness, was released in March 2011. His latest album Hymns was released on August 14, 2018.

Stil

Außer seinem Beatbox ist MC Xander bekannt für die Reichweite von hohen Vokalen, die er für seine Arbeit benutzt; besonders für seinen hohen Gesang in Falsetto und Pfeifenregister, welcher eine 'ätherische' Chorqualität zu seinem Sound hinzufügen kann. Er benutzt auch Obertongesangstechniken zum Kreieren von paar seiner Bass Sounds.

Diskografie

Studio albums

• 2010: Eyeopeness
• 2018: Hymns

EPs

• 2014: White Light EP

Weblinks

• Vorlage:Official website
• MC Xander's Facebook page
• MC Xander on SoundCloud
• MC Xander's Bandcamp page

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