Artist Biography
by Sean Cooper
Detroit-based experimental rock duo
Füxa
focused on a lo-fi, electronics-heavy blend of droning, treated
guitars, vintage synths (most often the Hammond B-3), and sparse
percussion in the vein of
Loop,
Spacemen 3/
Spiritualized, and
Amp. Comprised of
Randall Nieman and
Ryan Anderson, the group formed in 1995 after
Nieman left Dearborn-based space-rock group
Windy & Carl to purse other projects. He hooked up with
Anderson, who'd recently severed his ties with another local group,
Asha Vida, and a common interest in arcane instruments and electronics led the pair to each form a label --
Nieman with Mind Expansion and
Anderson
with Astro Lanes -- to put out collaborative material. What followed
was a veritable flood of releases, not only on Mind Expansion and Astro
Lanes, but labels such as Burnt Hair, Alley Sweeper, Che, and Darla,
most of them meticulously conceived with an eye toward collectibility
(hand-cut and numbered sleeves, colored vinyl, strategic split
recordings, etc.). The result was
Füxa's quick ascension to cult status, buoyed by split recordings with artists such as
Orange Cake Mix,
Flowchart,
Bright, and
Stereolab. The group were also featured on Virgin U.K.'s mammoth post-rock companion
Monsters, Robots, and Bugmen in 1996 and conducted a brief U.K. tour as
Stereolab's
support that same year. The group released several full-lengths
(including Three Field Rotation, which collects their first three
singles and adds two new tracks). Though they were reportedly sitting on
enough material for about a dozen more, the group disbanded before the
end of the decade.
Tracklist
| 1 |
Standing Under Ü |
4:25
|
| 2 |
Second Abductions |
3:55
|
| 3 |
City |
3:31
|
| 4 |
Metro |
2:34
|
| 5 |
Some Soviet Station |
3:26
|
| 6 |
Convective Envelope |
1:56
|
| 7 |
Karmaloop |
4:04
|
| 8 |
Landings |
5:58
|
| 9 |
Tonality |
5:06
|
| 10 |
Spruce |
1:39 |
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