Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band formed in 1981. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters — Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert — and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label, a third and fourth album on a major US label and scoring a hit single in the United States. Early pioneers of the dark and moody electronic music known as dark wave, their 1980s releases included synthpop/electronic dance music.
Though the band is still active and continues to tour and release records, of the original songwriters (Nooten, Moorings and Wolbert), only Moorings remains in the band today. After the departure of Nooten and Wolbert in the early 1990s, their music turned increasingly goth.
History
4AD and the Peel Sessions (1981–1988)
The band formed as a project of Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1981, before moving to Amsterdam and joining Frank Weyzig and Pieter Nooten who added their own contributions. Assuming the name "Xymox", the group released a mini-album, Subsequent Pleasures, in 1983. They were invited by Brendan Perry to support Dead Can Dance on a UK tour and were signed to the indie label 4AD, which released their eponymous debut album in 1985. The track 7th Time, with Anka Wolbert on lead vocals, was picked up by John Peel, leading to the band recording two of the Peel Sessions at the BBC, in June and November 1985. Peel referred to the band's dark and melancholic sound as "darkwave".
Clan of Xymox is Clan of Xymox's eponymous 1985 debut album, and their first release on the 4AD label (CAD503, CAD503CD, GAD503CD).
The album was produced by 4AD co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell and recorded at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh. The remixes included on the album ("A Day" and "Stranger") were mixed and produced by John Fryer at Blackwing Studios in London.
The album drew comparisons to Joy Division and The Cure and created a buzz in clubs.
Reviewers in subsequent years have derided the album as dated and derivative, but accurately reflecting the emerging goth sound of the time, with "icy, throbbing keyboards; bummed-out vocals; chilly, robotic percussion; gloomy, ethereal guitars; and unusual, cryptic song titles".
In 1985, Melody Maker pronounced the debut "a nervous and brilliant record" from "guitar-splayed firefields of 'Cry in the Wind' and 'Stumble and Fall', and thrill(!) to the system clearing, bass bloodied '7th Time'... The range and depth of this mysterious record do not exclude arrogant electro dance anthems like 'Stranger' and 'A Day'; nor do Xymox avoid sentimentality as on 'No Human Can Drown'".
Taken from the album "Exodus".
► Download & Stream: https://bfan.link/exodus-cox
Follow Clan Of Xymox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
published: 05 Dec 2024
Clan Of Xymox - A Day (HD music video 1985)
published: 16 Aug 2016
Medusa
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.
Medusa · Clan of Xymox
Medusa
℗ 1986 4AD Ltd
Released on: 1986-11-01
Associated Performer: Anka Wolbert
Associated Performer: Pieter Nooten
Associated Performer: Ronny Moorings
Music Publisher: CMRRA
Music Publisher: Harry Fox Agency
Music Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Music Publisher: Momentum 3 Music
Composer Lyricist: Anka Wolbert
Composer Lyricist: Pieter Nooten
Composer Lyricist: Ronny Moorings
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 04 Jan 2020
CLAN OF XYMOX – She (Official Video)
Taken from the min album "She".
► Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/She-Clan-Xymox/dp/B084643L1L/
► iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/she-ep/1495957004
► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ANWR11C0VpuOVURJRPeIa
CAST
Niamh Hogan as 'She'
Directed by: Zoe Kavanagh
Production Company: Ill Eagle Films
Production Assistant: Thomas Quain
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Camera Assistant: Ilyes Bensalem
Editor/Colorist: Zoe Kavanagh
Follow Clan Of Xmyox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
published: 24 Feb 2020
Clan of Xymox X-Odus OFFICIAL VIDEO
Clan of Xymox with the song X-Odus off their upcoming album Exodus. The full album Coming to Metropolis Records and Trisol Records on June 7th.
Directed & Edited by: Zoe Kavanagh
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Stunt Performers: Jennifer Kilmurray, Phillip Condron, Bianca Castilho, Daire McMahon
Assistant Director: Sarah Josephine M'rad
Assistant Camera: Matthew Smith
Focus Puller: Zoe Kavanagh
follow:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1wHmR7I0UlF58WFQexCPha
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clan-of-xymox/63836080
Taken from the album "Exodus".
► Download & Stream: https://bfan.link/exodus-cox
Follow Clan Of Xymox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://...
Taken from the album "Exodus".
► Download & Stream: https://bfan.link/exodus-cox
Follow Clan Of Xymox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
Taken from the album "Exodus".
► Download & Stream: https://bfan.link/exodus-cox
Follow Clan Of Xymox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.
Medusa · Clan of Xymox
Medusa
℗ 1986 4AD Ltd
Released on: 1986-11-01
Associated Performer: Anka Wolbert
...
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.
Medusa · Clan of Xymox
Medusa
℗ 1986 4AD Ltd
Released on: 1986-11-01
Associated Performer: Anka Wolbert
Associated Performer: Pieter Nooten
Associated Performer: Ronny Moorings
Music Publisher: CMRRA
Music Publisher: Harry Fox Agency
Music Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Music Publisher: Momentum 3 Music
Composer Lyricist: Anka Wolbert
Composer Lyricist: Pieter Nooten
Composer Lyricist: Ronny Moorings
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.
Medusa · Clan of Xymox
Medusa
℗ 1986 4AD Ltd
Released on: 1986-11-01
Associated Performer: Anka Wolbert
Associated Performer: Pieter Nooten
Associated Performer: Ronny Moorings
Music Publisher: CMRRA
Music Publisher: Harry Fox Agency
Music Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Music Publisher: Momentum 3 Music
Composer Lyricist: Anka Wolbert
Composer Lyricist: Pieter Nooten
Composer Lyricist: Ronny Moorings
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Taken from the min album "She".
► Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/She-Clan-Xymox/dp/B084643L1L/
► iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/she-ep/1495957004
► Spo...
Taken from the min album "She".
► Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/She-Clan-Xymox/dp/B084643L1L/
► iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/she-ep/1495957004
► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ANWR11C0VpuOVURJRPeIa
CAST
Niamh Hogan as 'She'
Directed by: Zoe Kavanagh
Production Company: Ill Eagle Films
Production Assistant: Thomas Quain
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Camera Assistant: Ilyes Bensalem
Editor/Colorist: Zoe Kavanagh
Follow Clan Of Xmyox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
Taken from the min album "She".
► Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/She-Clan-Xymox/dp/B084643L1L/
► iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/she-ep/1495957004
► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ANWR11C0VpuOVURJRPeIa
CAST
Niamh Hogan as 'She'
Directed by: Zoe Kavanagh
Production Company: Ill Eagle Films
Production Assistant: Thomas Quain
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Camera Assistant: Ilyes Bensalem
Editor/Colorist: Zoe Kavanagh
Follow Clan Of Xmyox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
Clan of Xymox with the song X-Odus off their upcoming album Exodus. The full album Coming to Metropolis Records and Trisol Records on June 7th.
Directed & Edi...
Clan of Xymox with the song X-Odus off their upcoming album Exodus. The full album Coming to Metropolis Records and Trisol Records on June 7th.
Directed & Edited by: Zoe Kavanagh
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Stunt Performers: Jennifer Kilmurray, Phillip Condron, Bianca Castilho, Daire McMahon
Assistant Director: Sarah Josephine M'rad
Assistant Camera: Matthew Smith
Focus Puller: Zoe Kavanagh
follow:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1wHmR7I0UlF58WFQexCPha
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clan-of-xymox/63836080
Clan of Xymox with the song X-Odus off their upcoming album Exodus. The full album Coming to Metropolis Records and Trisol Records on June 7th.
Directed & Edited by: Zoe Kavanagh
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Stunt Performers: Jennifer Kilmurray, Phillip Condron, Bianca Castilho, Daire McMahon
Assistant Director: Sarah Josephine M'rad
Assistant Camera: Matthew Smith
Focus Puller: Zoe Kavanagh
follow:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1wHmR7I0UlF58WFQexCPha
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clan-of-xymox/63836080
Taken from the album "Exodus".
► Download & Stream: https://bfan.link/exodus-cox
Follow Clan Of Xymox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.
Medusa · Clan of Xymox
Medusa
℗ 1986 4AD Ltd
Released on: 1986-11-01
Associated Performer: Anka Wolbert
Associated Performer: Pieter Nooten
Associated Performer: Ronny Moorings
Music Publisher: CMRRA
Music Publisher: Harry Fox Agency
Music Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Music Publisher: Momentum 3 Music
Composer Lyricist: Anka Wolbert
Composer Lyricist: Pieter Nooten
Composer Lyricist: Ronny Moorings
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Taken from the min album "She".
► Amazon: https://www.amazon.de/She-Clan-Xymox/dp/B084643L1L/
► iTunes: https://music.apple.com/de/album/she-ep/1495957004
► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2ANWR11C0VpuOVURJRPeIa
CAST
Niamh Hogan as 'She'
Directed by: Zoe Kavanagh
Production Company: Ill Eagle Films
Production Assistant: Thomas Quain
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Camera Assistant: Ilyes Bensalem
Editor/Colorist: Zoe Kavanagh
Follow Clan Of Xmyox:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official/
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://www.clanofxymox.com/
Music is passion!
http://www.trisol.de
Clan of Xymox with the song X-Odus off their upcoming album Exodus. The full album Coming to Metropolis Records and Trisol Records on June 7th.
Directed & Edited by: Zoe Kavanagh
Cinematographer: Ismael Diarra
Stunt Performers: Jennifer Kilmurray, Phillip Condron, Bianca Castilho, Daire McMahon
Assistant Director: Sarah Josephine M'rad
Assistant Camera: Matthew Smith
Focus Puller: Zoe Kavanagh
follow:
https://www.facebook.com/clanofxymox.official
https://www.instagram.com/clan.of.xymox/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1wHmR7I0UlF58WFQexCPha
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clan-of-xymox/63836080
Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band formed in 1981. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters — Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert — and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label, a third and fourth album on a major US label and scoring a hit single in the United States. Early pioneers of the dark and moody electronic music known as dark wave, their 1980s releases included synthpop/electronic dance music.
Though the band is still active and continues to tour and release records, of the original songwriters (Nooten, Moorings and Wolbert), only Moorings remains in the band today. After the departure of Nooten and Wolbert in the early 1990s, their music turned increasingly goth.
History
4AD and the Peel Sessions (1981–1988)
The band formed as a project of Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1981, before moving to Amsterdam and joining Frank Weyzig and Pieter Nooten who added their own contributions. Assuming the name "Xymox", the group released a mini-album, Subsequent Pleasures, in 1983. They were invited by Brendan Perry to support Dead Can Dance on a UK tour and were signed to the indie label 4AD, which released their eponymous debut album in 1985. The track 7th Time, with Anka Wolbert on lead vocals, was picked up by John Peel, leading to the band recording two of the Peel Sessions at the BBC, in June and November 1985. Peel referred to the band's dark and melancholic sound as "darkwave".
Faith, in your hands, lost it's meaning, to my surprise Expectations turned out wry, it makes me doubt about The whole situation I trust today, you have found the road to hell a little longer You show me a hardened heart, and all you say is no consolation I live on hope, I live on lies, you wear the guilt, your vice Truth in your mouth are frozen words, leaving me darkness These barren roads wear me out, a cold wind blows, it would raise the fallen I trust today, you have found, the road to hell a little longer You show me a callous mind and all you say is of no implication I live on hope, I live on lies, you wear the guilt, your vice
The wait for Dutch goth-pop legends Clan of Xymox has been agonizing. It had already been ages since they played here, and then the pandemic knocked it back three more years ... .