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Rome, Italy
What Benny Benassi and The Bloody Beetroots are for pink-shirt-wearing mainstream girls, XP8 is for the alternative electro scene: and Italy’s most successful export in that field, these days
The band, started in 2001 as a trio including previous singer Paul Toohill and based in Rome, Italy , composes an airy blend of EBM, electronica, techno and trance, bringing their various visions and talents to life with synthetic vibrancy and danceable beats, crossing electronic genres with relative ease.
Aimed at the heart of the dancefloor, the music keeps listeners moving through the night in timeless waves, emitting subtle hints of the 1980s while slipping easily into sounds of the new millennium: glitchy patterns, sharp simulated strings, and clear vocals travel through bright sequences and brooding atmospheres.
After having released their first demo, Forgive, on the now defunct mp3.com website, and receiving good feedbacks, they signed a deal with the Polish label Black Flames Records, who would reissue the demo on May 2004 as Forgive, quickly followed by the RE_Productions EP in October 2004.
In several interviews though, the band seemed to consider their real debut the 2005 album Hrs:Min:Sec, released on the acclaimed German label Infacted Recordings.
Over the years, XP8 made a name for themselves due to their energetic live performances: the band played all over Europe, from their native Italy to Russia, and attended prestigious festivals like Wave Gotik Treffen, Blackfield and NCN Festival in Germany, VP Live in Belgium, K.
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Burning Down
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Want It
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The Art Of Revenge
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Cuttin'n'Drinkin (Grendel Remix)
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Burning Down (Outro Mix by Cryogen Second)
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Hrs:Min:Sec
29,936 listeners14 tracks
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The Art Of Revenge
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Drop The Mask
6,397 listeners13 tracks
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Forgive(n)
5,291 listeners15 tracks
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azrael2393
ADRENOCHROME previews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJyiuxYVgAI
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DarK_EtheR
If you're an XP8 fan you should come see them at Alt-Fest http://www.fanteamz.com/alt-fest/cc/31/1325 A new crowdsourced music festival ran by the alternative scene for the alternative scene!
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MachineAnimal
Great stuff
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DerrFuchs
https://www.facebook.com/events/328066167298527 Teaser for XP8's upcoming album. Check it out!
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azrael2393
check out the new video, BURNING DOWN: http://youtu.be/nWCVGQHMLg8?hd=1
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genx-ed
Cheesy and terrible.
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Astrumi
Just found out about that so called prank track, namely "Eins, Zwei, Drei, FUCK!". It's awesome ♥~
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azrael2393
@imlost13: glad to hear! we need to bring more new XP8 to Last.fm-land :)
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imlost13
hey, i agree that your new music is better, im a fan, listen quite a bit!
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aginggirl
Truly awesome!
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DEVANGELOU
big fan ...... love these guys .........please come to NYC
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Naneykins
This is really neat. I like how these guys get the melodic side of Futurepop without loosing any of the aggression of old-school EBM.
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616thirteen
great fun in London on sat! amazing dance, just how i like to spend my birthday ^_^ ...616=13...
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REXOZ
listening and scrobbling!
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azrael2393
can anyone explain me why the latest two albums are almost getting no scrobbles? I mean, the music got better... ;)
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azrael2393
"X: A Decade of Decadence" - new album OUT NOW! http://officialxp8.bandcamp.com/album/x-a-decade-of-decadence
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azrael2393
working non-stop on the new material: looks like we found the perfect balance between the melodic attitude of "Hrs:Min:Sec" and the aggressive assault of "The Art Of Revenge" at last...
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NoooFun
I know i am... good work.
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azrael2393
is anyone listening to "Drop The Mask" at all?
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TheRamenDon
Used to listen to Hrs:Min:Sec all the time back in ninth grade. Heh.
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