Koxbox

Koxbox is a Danish musical group formed in 1990 that produced psychedelic trance. It consisted of Peter Candy and Frank É Madsen. Sometimes Ian Ion, their studio producer, is also mentioned as part of the group.

History

After publishing a few singles the group was discovered by DJ Sven Väth and soon they published their first album "Forever After" (under his record label Harthouse). The group later produced another two albums: "Dragon Tales", and "The Great Unknown". In 1998 Peter Candy left the Koxbox.

This marked the end of the original Koxbox lineup, but Frank É Madsen and Ian Ion continued to produce. Already in 1997 they had renamed their own musical group Psychopod to Saiko-Pod, adopting a somewhat different style (perhaps best described as slower and funkier). In 2006, six years after the release of The Great Unknown, Koxbox returned with "U-Turn", released on Twisted Records. This most recent album contained collaborations with some of psychedelic dance music's best established artists including Joie Hinton and Merv Pepler (Eat Static, Ozric Tentacles), Frederic Holyszewski (Deedrah, Dado, Cypher, Transwave) and Serge Souque (Total Eclipse) as well as others.

Music

The Koxbox gained considerable popularity within the psytrance scene. Their work was of exceptional quality and differentiated them from most groups of the time. They used innovative sounds that make the Koxbox music characteristic to trained ears. They had a preference for rich, melodic tunes, and this was much appreciated at a time when the Goa sub-genre was the most popular psytrance style.

They have remixed tracks by Juno Reactor and Slinky Wizard.

Their tracks "Fuel On", "Ambivalentino", and "Midnight Till The End" appear in the Danish movie "Pusher". The later track was produced especially to be used in the movie.

There exists a video clip for the track "Life is...", but nobody knows how to obtain it. A truncated (2 minutes, 33 seconds long) lo-fi RealMedia version of the clip was available for free download at the Blue Room Released website, under the band's section. The domain [http://www.blueroom.co.uk blueroom.co.uk] is now owned by the "M.E.L.T" record label and the old "Blue Room" pages, along with the clip, are unavailable. However, this rare file is still circulated on file sharing networks.

Discography

*"Crystal, Orientalic & World of Illusions" 12" Vinyl single (Where's the Party records)
*"Crystal" 12" Vinyl (Coma records)
*"Acid vol. 3 & Birdy" 12" Vinyl single (Coma Records)
*"Acid vol. 3 & Pipfugl" 10" Vinyl single (Harthouse)
*"Flashback" 12" Vinyl single (Harthouse)
*"Insect & Insect Bite" 12" Vinyl single (Harthouse)
*"Forever After" Double Vinyl & CD album (1995, Harthouse)
*"Insect Bite & Acid vol. 3" 12" Vinyl single (Eye Q Records)
*"Re-Oscillation" 12" Vinyl & CD single (1995, Harthouse)
*"Tribal Oscillation remixes" 12" Vinyl single (Eye Q Records)
*"Stratosphere" Vinyl & CD single (1996, Blue Room Released)
*"Too Pure" Vinyl & CD single (1997, Blue Room Released)
*"Dragon Tales" Double Vinyl & CD album (1997, Blue Room Released)
*"Life is..." Vinyl & CD single (1997, Blue Room Released)
*"The Great Unknown" Triple Vinyl & CD album (2000, Liquid Audio Soundz / Global Trance Network)
*"A Major Problem in Australia EP" Triple Vinyl & CD (2000, Liquid Audio Soundz / Global Trance Network)
*"U-Turn" CD album (2006, Twisted Records)

amples

ee also

*Psychedelic trance
*Goa trance music
*List of psychedelic trance artists

References

* [http://www.angelfire.com/fl2/koxbox/main.html koxbox, the psychedelic Goa trance act] Unofficial fan site.
* [http://www.spiraltrax.com/albums/release_saikopod.htm Spiral trax] The history of Saiko-pod at Spiral trax record company.

External links

* [http://www.koxbox.dk KOXBOX - official online] Official band webpage.