Artist description Siva Natarja, the God as Lord of the Cosmic Dance. The dance is an act of creation. In one of his hands the god holds a drum, the symbol of sound, representing creation. The flame resting on another palm is a symbol of destruction, and the fact that it is held on the same level as the drum illustrates the counterpoise between creation and destruction. The dwarf under the god's feet personifies evil.

Music Style Cosmic Dance

Musical Influences Rani Rupmati, Baiju Bawra, other traditional indian musicians and Siva Nataraja

Similar Artists Higher Inteligence Agency, Black Lung, LFO, Bjork, Autechre, Plaid, Black Dog, SpeedJack, Xingu Hill, Brain Pilot, Dive, Alec Empire

Artist History NeKryXe, aka NEON, is a portuguese musician who started out this project alone in march of 1994, inspired in the art, music and essentially in the Indian dance. In this project NeKryXe was the author of the Fernando Pereira's video-installation "a utopia do exilio", it was presented in 1997 in the European's Book Expo in Frankfurt, included at the interference area in the modern art space.

Instruments Korg Poly-61M, Korg MS-20, Roland JD 800, Roland TB-303, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909

Albums At this time, only two XENON's themes in CD compilations are available in the discographic market, "upset" can be found at "Duro de Ouvido vol.II" (DDSDDO-1996) and "kailasanatha" at "Alternative World" (ind.rec-1998). Also available only here at MP3.com the DAM CD "dharmachackra mudra" (mp3.com-1998).

Press Reviews - "Alternative World" is another compilation promoting with claws the new Portuguese independent music... "Kailasanatha" (lankesvara cave) - we all know very well what that means (?!?) - it is the best track on the album, showing us a XENON truily inhaled and deeply experts on work as the british LFO. (RaioX'09/98) - Electro beats are slowed down, dissected and rearranged into awkward positions, while maintaining a 4/4 count. Warm, fuzzy synth buzz and background chords create a futuristic atmosphere. (Reviewed by Marc K. for Listen.com)

Additional Info XENON™ is ® name, some musics © SPA Portugal. XENON™ is a member of MACØS (musicians against copyrighting of samples)

Location Viana Do Castelo, Minho - Portugal

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