Füxa

played many selections from this tape on his Friday night program, "The Life According to Larry", on WHFR radio. Nieman & Anderson at that time began to take the Detroit coffee house scene by storm, quickly building a cult following with their brief, psychedelic, erratic drug induced performances. The duo performed with the assistance of an old, literally falling apart Korg mono/poly synthesizer, often left to its own devices to produce loud, random arpeggios throughout the entire performance, which almost always cumulated in a drum circle where audience participation was encouraged to "feel good" with the band.

Their debut single was the self-released split with friends Gravity Wax, followed by the ground-breaking "Free Your Soul" EP, which featured the duo's best song to date, "Photon".

Füxa's first full-length CD was a compilation of their first 3 singles, entitled "3 Field Rotation", released by England's Che Records in May 1996. To correspond with the release of the disc, the duo was invited over to London to play shows supporting the disc. Later that year, the band was featured on a split 7-inch with Stereolab, and performed a few shows with Stereolab in the USA. Other bands they have split recordings with include Azusa Plane, Orange Cake Mix, Flowchart and Bright.

The band's second full-length came out in late 1996, entitled "Very Well Organized" - a collection of songs composed around a 1963 Hammond organ situated in the band's living room.

1997 saw the release of "Venoy", a contribution to Darla Records famous Bliss-out series of EPs. The band also focused on the publication of their fanzine, Masstransfer, with the first issue arriving in November 1997.

Anderson departed from the outfit in 1998, and Nieman took over Füxa as a solo project.

Band Members

Current

* Randall Nieman: Synths / Guitars / Percussion / Space

Past

* Ryan Anderson: Bass / Drums / Synths / Percussion
* Eric Morrison: Drums / Percussion
* Jesse Percival: Guitar

elected Discography

ingles and EP's

* "100 White Envelopes" 1995 (Mind Expansion - Split 7" with Gravity Wax)
* "Free Your Soul" 1995 (Burnt Hair - 7")
* "Dreamlanding" 1995 (Mind Expansion/Blue Flea - Split 7" with Windy & Carl)
* "Standing Under U" 1996 (Alley Sweeper - 7")
* "Pivot" 1996 (Mind Expansion - 7")
* "City/Metro" 1997 (Darla - Split 7" with Bright)
* "Greenfield" 1997 (Che`/Mind Expansion - CD5/12"EP)
* "Venoy" 1997 (Darla - "Bliss Out v.5" CD5/12"EP)
* "Techno Lite" 2000 (Rocket Girl - 7")
* "Hideaway" 2001 (Mind Expansion - 7")
* "Fuxa Vs. Six Clips" 2004 (Mind Expansion - CDEP)
* "Electric Sound Of Summer" 2006 (Static Caravan - 7")
* "Fuxa Commits Suicide" 2007 (Mind Expansion - CDEP)

CD/LP/Cassette

* "In Another Direction" 1994 (High Tokes - Limited Edition cassette only)
* "3 Field Rotation" 1996 (Che`/Mind Expansion - CD/LP)
* "Very Well Organized" 1996 (Che`/Mind Expansion - CD/LP)
* "Inflight Audio" 1998 (Che`/Mind Expansion - CD)
* "Accretion" 1998 (Mind Expansion - CD/LP)
* "Fuxa2000" 2000 (Rocket Girl/Mind Expansion - CD)
* "Supercharged" 2001 (Rocket Girl/Mind Expansion - CD)
* "The Modified Mechanics Of This Device" 2001 (Antenna Records - CD)

Compilations

* "Mind Expansion Vol. 1" 1995 (Mind Expansion - 4-way split 7")
* "Mind Expansion Vol. 2" 1996 (Mind Expansion - 4-way split 7")
* "Noise Reduction" 1996 (Alley Sweeper - CD)
* "Disco Sucks" 1996 (Che` - CD)
* "Elsie, Jack & Chair" 1996 (EJC - CD)
* "An Evening In The Company Of Vespertine" 1997 (Vespertine - CD)
* "A Mind Expansion Compilation" 2007 (Mind Expansion - 2xCD)

Fuxa originally was the name of an old Czecheslovakian Family. How the band found the name is unknown.

External links

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* [http://www.epitonic.com/artists/fuxa.html Epitonic Page]
* [http://www.myspace.com/fuxamusic Fuxa @ MySpace]