Eksi Ekso

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Name = Eksi Ekso


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Origin = Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genre = Post-rock, Instrumental rock
Years_active = 2008 - present Eksi Ekso
2003- 2007 (as On Fire)

Label = Magic Bullet Records
URL = http://www.eksiekso.org/
Current_members = Nate Shumaker
Tom Korkidis
Clara Kebabian
Sean Will
Beth Holub
Alex Mihm

Eksi Ekso (pronounced 'ex-ee ex-o') is a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. The latest brainchild from the creative forces behind The Burning Paris and On Fire, Eksi Ekso is the convergence of atypical rock instrumentation, experimentation with form, and the breath of collaborative writing via six musicians coming from very different schools. Nate Shumaker (vocals/guitar), Tom Korkidis (vocals/bass/keys/samples), Sean Will (flugelhorn/trumpet/keys/samples), Clara Kebabian (violin/oboe/vocals), Beth Holub (viola), and Alex Mihm (drums/percussion) compose songs that play out like soundtracks to found footage reels.

The Present

2008 marks the emergence of Eksi Ekso, both live and on record, with the long awaited full length "I Am Your Bastard Wings" due out June 10 on VA’s [http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/ Magic Bullet Records] , with subsequent tours following.

At the edge of an impossibly calm reservoir, face down among broken glass and apocalyptic debris, you have no identification... no recollection of how you ended up here. Barely mobile and completely taxed, you rise, fearing what is to be found and not found. Did you initiate this catastrophe or are you a reluctant survivor left in place to rebuild what’s left?

This duality is the thematic arc of "I Am Your Bastard Wings", the dramatic full length debut from Boston-based sextet Eksi Ekso. Forged with a sense of triumph and hope when everything else has been eradicated, the album pendulates over the fine balance between creation and annihilation: at one second breathy, calm, and sparse; followed immediately by snaking melodies, unrelenting density and climactic cacophony.

I Am Your Bastard Wings utilizes three different vocalists who sometimes sing together, sometimes separately, sometimes not at all; a chamber section (violin, viola, and flugelhorn/trumpet) which also separates into lead instruments that soar as much as any lead guitar; an underbelly of live loops and prerecorded samples; blocks of grand piano and dual analog keys/synths; arpegiated guitars soaked in reverb; and a rock rhythm section that teeters between a back-beat pocket and an unshakeable teenage urge to visit the extremes of tolerable dynamics.

It's far too easy to categorize Eksi Ekso with sub-genre titles that have now been flogged to death: post-rock, chamber rock, art rock, shoegazer... essentially Eksi Ekso is still a rock band that owes just as much to Black Sabbath than it does to Ravel, just as much to Charles Mingus than it does to The Cure, and just as much to CAN as it does to Talk Talk.

I Am Your Bastard Wings was produced by Eksi Ekso and mixed/co-produced by Grammy Award Winning producer/engineer Malcolm Burn (Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Peter Gabriel). The album is slated for release on June 10 2008 through Magic Bullet Records.

Discography

Albums

*"I Am Your Bastard Wings" (2008) Magic Bullet Records
*"I Am Your Bastard Wings" (2008) Vinyl The Mylene Sheath

*"This Time It Is Forever" (as On Fire - 2004)

Members

*Nate Shumaker - vocals, guitar
*Tom Korkidis - vocals, bass, keyboard, samples
*Sean Will - flugelhorn, trumpet, keyboard, samples
*Clara Kebabian - violin, oboe, vocals
*Beth Holub - viola
*Alex Mihm - drums

External links

* [http://www.eksiekso/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/eksiekso/ Myspace Site]
* [http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/ Magic Bullet Records]