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Aix Em Klemm (pronounced Ex-M-Clem) is Adam Wiltzie and Bobby Donne.
You might remember the Trance Syndicate Kahanek Incident series of remix
12 inches from a few years back. Labradford remixed Stars Of The Lid
material into a track called 'Texas' and Stars Of The Lid reworked Labradford
music into a selection called 'Virginia'. The two bands have often played
together; Adam Wiltzie has done sound for Labradford in the States and
on one European tour. Collaboration between Bobby Donne of Labradford
and Adam Wiltzie of Stars Of The Lid began as an exchange of music by
mail and continued in two recording sessions at Wiltzie's Austin, TX
studio, completed in May 2000.
These are songs. Stretched out at times, sometimes with fragmented
pieces of song structure carefully placed inside. Present are slowly
developing melodies that still manage to hook your ears. The guitar-based
clouds of Stars Of The Lid are here, as well as the clanks of Bobby
Donne's bass, augmented by a deft mixture of samples and keyboards.
And Adam Wiltzie sings.
The measure of any collaboration is the extent to which it exceeds
the sum of its parts. Aix Em Klemm is more than an a combination of
one part Labradford and one part Stars Of The Lid. The attention the
musicians paid to range and detail is reflected in the rewards the listener
receives.
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