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X: A Decade Of Decadence by XP8

One of the first reviews we got, ten whole years ago, described us in a way that perfectly caught the whole idea behind XP8:

XP8 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.

With those very words in mind, we decided to go back to our roots and record seven new songs where we play around the futurepop genre and twist it to accommodate our multifaceted influences, mixing and mingling it to create once again the aural alchemy we become known for.

After three records, two EPs and six years, the route we shared with Infacted Recordings came to its natural end, and from now on XP8 will continue its travel on its own feet, embracing completely the digital revolution that redefined the rules and regulations of the music business: we have already been distributing digitally our back catalogue through TuneCore for the past two years, and recently we added also our own direct digital store on the Bandcamp platform. Now we are ready to take the extra step, and start releasing directly also our new material.

Still, we also wanted to keep our music pressed on actual CDs, and to do that we renewed our partnership with one of the most dynamic, focused and committed record label in the Electro Industrial scene: DWA.

We call X a EP, but it's way more than that: it comprises 7 brand new songs and 3 reworks of tracks that marked XP8's history, made by Aesthetic Perfection, Autodafeh and Tom Napack of Vanity Police.

And yes, in case you are wondering after having listened to it: the voice on Trip is indeed that of Stewart Who?, with whom we collaborated again after that fantastic performance together at the Resistanz Festival in Sheffield, UK, where we rocked our own remix version of the classic, platinum-selling club hit Twisted by Wayne G (which you can listen here, in case you still haven't heard it!). Here's Marko and Stewart right before starting recording the vocals:

(...and by the way, speaking of the Resistanz Festival, Marco will be featured among the DJ lineup next year as well, when the festival will return for its second edition - more infos here)

So don't wait any further and go grab the digital version from our Bandcamp store right now!

Or head over the DWA's website to get the limited digipack, which will also include exclusively the video tracks for The Art Of Revenge and The God Particle, previously available only digitally.

This should be enough news and audio to keep you all satisfied for a while!

And don't forget that we'll play along with Aesthetic Perfection and Surgyn next month at The Classic Grand in Glasgow, UK, and more dates are being planned for Spring 2012.

- XP8 out.