xylitol

Music:

Member Since: 2/2/2006
Band Website: youarehear.co.uk or kosmische.org
Band Members: xylitol also djs under the unlikely pseudonym of jim backhaus and co-presents and produces the you are hear show, which was on resonance fm once upon a time (2001 - 2006) and is now broadcasting on www.totallyradio.com ) and podcasting ( www.youarehear.co.uk )
jim backhaus can still be found playing records at the KOSMISCHE CLUB, which celebrated it's 10th birthday back in july '06.
www.kosmische.org
and still broadcasts weekly on Resonance FM
XYLITOL is almost embarrasingly keen to DJ or perform LIVE at any given opportunity

XYLITOL received this charitable review in THE WIRE, November 2007:
Influences: i'm eternally grateful to my past influences:
"eerie" billy haddock, der plan, adam and the ants, suicide, daf, die todliche doris, goodiepal, asmus tietchens, the fall, joe meek, propaganda, rotterdam termination source, pulp, felix kubin, imagination, neu!, delia derbyshire, tatu, attwenger, andreas dorau, the monks, popol vuh, boredoms, einsturzende neubauten, sweet exorcist, forgemasters, derek bailey, unique 3, asterix & space, maja ratkje, puyo puyo, tetine, wiley, jammer, d double e, magma, severed heads, os mutantes, vampire sound corporation, boris, faust, nurse with wound, ommm, edward artemiev, din a testbild, denim / go-kart mozart, ptose, todd edwards, tuff jam, sun ra, soft machine, dem 2, steve poindexter, adonis, armando, bam bam, lil louis, mr fingers, lenny de ice, chris cutler, the residents, art bears, kenny dixon jr, spotch forcey, die radierer, theo parrish, plastics, ymo, asja auf capri, grauzone, beyond the implode r.i.p., colin dale & colin faver, centre force fm, roxy music, crash course in science, flux of pink indians, lack of knowledge, p16.d4, s.b.o.t.h.i., klasse kriminale, pyrolator, terry and the idiots, kahimi karie, anne laplantine, basic channel / chain reaction, dmx krew, ragga twins, iain sinclair, daniele baldelli, the hot mix 5, jazzie m, bicycle clip sex, vanishing breed, takako minekawa, ilsa gold, aphasic, the apostles / academy 23, unit, dj scud, bruno and michel are smiling and skipperrr, walter benjamin, thf drenching and sonic pleasure, ian stonehouse 'le tombeau d'esemplasm', lee hazlewood, wolfgang dauner group, those lovely hula hands, derek raymond, die welttraumforscher, nancy sinatra, anton pannekoek, nancy sit, cambodian psych pop, transient versus resident, pan (a) sonic, sparks, kenickie, omni trio, fille qui mousse, julie jumper, the meters, kevin blechdom, augsburger tafelconfect, momus, laibach, strafe f.r., philip k dick, dat politics, stewart home, pekka airaksinen, broadcast, the sperm, john giorno, terror danjah, oval, picchio dal pozzo, lafms, tom recchion, sudden infant, ricardo villalobos, mongrel, autotoxicity, break/flow, speed, glue and shinki, vittore baroni, martin denny, soft cell, s.y.p.h., melt banana, freider butzmann, timbaland, dennis cooper, the complainer, abiezer coppe, heldon, lard free, carl craig, mattin, [sic] goldie / deflag haemorrhage, ooioo, raagnagrok, roland kayn, king crimson, christoph fringeli, linda perhacs, candie hank, flower travelling band, cccc, cobra killer, divine, evil moisture, daphne oram, pita, the associates, hanatarash, john berndt, tENTATIVELY aCONVENIENCE, henry flynt, onomatopoeia, smell & quim, pink sabbath, consumer electronics, the prats, miolvan srednovic, allesandro allesandroni, fad gadget, ivor cutler, magical power mako, volcano the bear, jessica rylan, macronympha, neptunes, bob cobbing, rrron lessard, birdyak, john waters, gen ken montgomery, hijokaidan, omd, j g ballard, korla pandit, brezel goering, stereo total, guru guru, add (n) to x, alexander brener & barbara schurz, to rococo rot, wu ming, henri michaux, tanya stephens, lady saw, warrior queen, quiet village, ron briefel, kosmonautentraum, battiato, alan watts, terre thaemlitz, miharu koshi, telex, rd burman, nocturnal emissions, adam bohman, conrad schnitzler, jean-michel jarre, linton kwesi johnson, blaster al ackermann, le dernier cri, paul mccarthy, shock headed peters, lemon kittens, john bender, roger roger, basil kirchin, eddie warner, noblesse oblige, harry pussy, max goldt, foyer des arts, liedertafel margot honecker, jean jacques perrey, gershon kingsley, mort garson, flann o'brien, dick hyman, vybz cartel, ninjaman, otto muehl, austin spare, le roi jones, putrefier, xenomania, ken hollings, esplendor geometrico, crisis, prince jammy, king tubby, magma, harvey bassett, quiet village, chris and cosey, coil, adrian sherwood, computer paul, agitation free, ash ra tempel, claude larson, martyn ware, wendy carlos, ghost box, hoppy kamiyama, optical*8, eX-girl, demi-semi quaver, ruins, koenjihyakkei, kraftwerk, schlammpeitziger, v.n. voloshinov, workshop, vice versa, b.e.f., paul giovanni and magnet, barbapapa, the human league, stefan jaworzyn, cabaret voltaire, francois bayle, hp lovecraft, faust, microstoria, my solid ground, jess franco, jose marins, conny plank, can, discharge, scritti politti, andre stitt, sand, ghedalia tazartes, silver apples, tom mccarthy, nini raviolette, tangerine boner, ceramic hobs, xena, aldo marin jr, the fat boys, ben watson, giorgio moroder, kurt schwitters, hugo ball, raoul hausmann, alfred jarry, jacno, farini & rago, werner herzog, fresh maggots, white noise, theodor adorno, christian zanesi, henry cow, slapp happy, the pickle factory, idea fire company, the shadow ring, rlw, morphogenesis, dallas boner, la dusseldorf, gil wolman, ivan chtcheglov, mr bloe, stavely makepeace, kev hopper, alternative tv, patric c, gerigerogegege, borsig werke, schimpfluch gruppe, otto muehl, thee headcoats, the man from uranus, ninki v, miki mikron, coolhaven, psychic tv, cornelius, sugalo, dino martini, strange attractor, kitchen and the plastic spoons, lautreamont, bal pare, ommm, sapphire and steel, ulrike meinhof, nigel kneale, steve bent, die synthetische republik, karl blake, costes, los microwaves, xex, minty, lateral agriculture order, luther blissett, monoton, bobby orlando, bad timing - you are truly great promoters, graf haufen, monty cantsin, fabian tompsett, asim butt, herman nitsch, trencher, mike batt, amadeo bordiga, xenaxis, chic, plugman, cogs, dog faced hermans, tangerine dream, the association of autonomous astronauts, the massive crew from east berlin, joe meek, musica elettronica viva, a j holmes the king of the new electric hi life, james brown, woebot, k-punk, infinite thought, owen hatherley, john eden, blissblog, savage messiah, peter and the test tube babies, laser dance, koto, raymond scott, les baxter, mort garson, bob moog, tom ware, arthur russell, ron hardy, goblin, michael mayer, superpitcher, voice farm, akufen, betty davis, mike ink, wighnomy brothers, patrick cowley, the soft pink truth, mika vainio, gustav metzger, the oppressed, fischerspooner, mungo jerry, morphogenesis, inventory, morton-sherman-belluci, miss nicky trax, brecht & eisler, disco d (rip), dj assault, aux88, drexciya, retro*sex*galaxy, rod dickinson, bernard parmegiani, leigh bowery, cybernetic broadcast systems, darius james, thick pigeon, amon duul, blectum from blechdom, hecate, the leather nun, brainticket, conflict, comus, blackcurrant 93, howl in the typewriter, archigram, huey newton, ake hodell, davy graham, flux of pink indians, pink fairies, incredible string band, otomo yoshihide, girls aloud, lawrence burton / war arrow, konstruktivits, pseudo code, we be echo, the mover, telex, the stranglers,
oh, and did i mention... DER PLAN:
VAGINA DENTATA ORGAN:

NINI RAVIOLETTE:

Sounds Like: A faded sitcom star wandering through the darkness of a deserted pier, haunted by the ghosts of his dead colleagues.
Record Label: pierogiidisc
Type of Label: Indie