Xixa

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Xixa
Concert at Club W71, 2019
Concert at Club W71 , 2019
General information
origin Tucson , United States
Genre (s) Chicha , psychedelic rock , indie rock , alternative rock
founding 2013
Website www.xixamusic.com
Current occupation
Gabriel Sullivan
Vocals, guitar
 Brian Lopez
Jason Urmann
Hikit Corbel
Efren Cruz Chavez
Winston Watson

Xixa is a band from Tucson formed in 2013 . You yourself describe your music as "Mystic Desert Rock". "Goth Cumbia" or "Latin Psych". An important element of their always danceable music and their visual, gloomy aesthetic is the desert landscape around their hometown. They work closely with the artist Daniel Martin Diaz.

history

The two songwriters Gabriel Sullivan and Brian Lopez began making music independently of each other. Both were inspired by folk , country music , punk and grunge . Lopez studied classical guitar at the University of Arizona , Sullivan played v. a. Songs from Pantera and Metallica after. They got to know each other as the accompanist of the singer Marianne Dissard . When the sampler The Roots of Chicha appeared in 2007 with music from 1970s Peru , it gave them new ideas and the common band Chicha Dust . Originally just intended as a fun project and to earn some extra money, the project turned out to be unexpectedly successful. In 2013, a live album with Chicha cover versions was released under the old name , then Chicha Dust became the Xixa project . Both have also been members of Howe Gelbs Giant Sand since 2012 and at times of Calexico . Sullivan also plays in Ines Brodbeck's band .

  • Brian Lopez

  • Gabriel Sullivan

style

XIXA in Club W71 , 2019

The first album Bloodline in 2016 already combined chicha with psychedelic rock and West African desert blues, western motifs with Catholic-Biblical themes and the mystical imagery of the Mexican Dia de Muertos . The album contains titles like Killer , Dead Man or Vampiro . For their European tour in 2019 a single was released with the Lee Hazlewood - Nancy Sinatra classic Summer Wine . From the beginning they worked closely with the visual artist Daniel Martin Diaz, who designed all the visual elements of their record covers, photos and videos. Her stage outfit in black is reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino , zombie films and ZZ Top . Anke Behlert writes: “With a highly stylized, cinematic mixture, XIXA perfectly depict the cultural hybrid of indigenous, Anglo, Afro and Latin influences of their homeland. The new sound of the American Southwest is wild, cross-border and timeless. "

Discography

Albums

  • 2016: Bloodline
  • 2017: Live in Amsterdam

EPs

  • 2015: Shift Shadow
  • 2019: The Code

Singles

  • 2016: Bloodline
  • 2017: Dead Man (Mexican Institute of Sound Remix)
  • 2018: Tombstone Rashomon
  • 2019: Summer Wine (feat. Pearl Charles)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ * Anke Behlert: Mystical Rock'n'Roll Cumbia on deutschlandfunk.de