Member Since: 6/7/2005
Band Website: wixel.be
Band Members: wim (ulrike, nil, thomas, jap, karen, kwinton, rolf, maxime, javier, michael have played in wixel too)
Influences: sonic youth, blonde redhead, the notwist, the microphones, hood, xiu xiu, the remote viewer, pavement, fennesz, amute, third eye foundation, matt elliot, jim o'rourke, colleen, yo la tengo, sufjan stevens, wio, get on jolly, de portables, broken social scene, tortoise, neutral milk hotel, mount eerie, rivulets, stereolab, havergal, american football, clickits, the notwist, sparklehorse, fennesz, "thanksgiving" and many other bands..
a lot of my "friendbands": hitch, machinefabriek, we vs death, tsukimono, ansatz, steamer cry wolf, penguins know why, some tweetlove, half asleep, nilo, hello hands, the puddle parade, wouter van veldhoven, greg haines, tomà n, scraps of tape... too many to mention them all.
also; words, shapes, places, moments, friends + love, people, fabrics, the moon, the sun, stars, philosophy, guilt, hope, happiness+sadness, the world.
Sounds Like: maybe a little bit like hood, the notwist, mùm, fennesz, jim o'rourke, explosions in the sky, schneider tm, the remote viewer, xiu xiu, album leaf, clickits, xela, khonnor, helios, third eye foundation, matt elliot, manyfingers, sigur ros, the boats, amute, the microphones / mount eerie, squares on both sides, mono.. but more and more like an acoustic version of my tyrant heart. hmmmmm
Record Label: Debonair - Kaspar Hauser - Slaapwel Records
Type of Label: Major