Clan Of Xymox

Clan of Xymox is the debut studio album by Dutch dark wave band Clan of Xymox. It was released by 4AD on 1 July 1985. The album was produced by 4AD co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell and recorded at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh. The remixes included on the album were mixed and produced by John Fryer at Blackwing Studios in London. Fryer had gained notability for working with seminal bands on the 4AD, Mute, Rough Trade and Beggars Banquet record labels, including Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget and Cocteau Twins. 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 described it as "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'... From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_of...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)