photo by Cristina Marx
XENOFOX en/de
Olaf Rupp - electric guitar
Rudi Fischerlehner - drums
freejazzblog
They can make quite a fuss in the china shop. But the aim is not to destroy things - it is about creating spaces, the air and the hidden silence amidst all the rubble that begets something special. A creative furor comes along with just enough ease to make sure that in the end everything fits together well to form a meandering whole. There is an organic wilderness in this music gaining ground so irreverently that if you are able to enjoy a note, a sound, a beat just for what they are: a note, a sound, a beat, then you will have fun to see the wood for the trees.
The collaboration of Olaf Rupp and Rudi Fischerlehner as
XENOFOX dates back to 2014. In addition to years of playing live
in clubs and at festivals, their latest studio album "The Garden
Was Empty" was released on Audiosemantics in early 2023.
VIDEOS
Youtube-PlaylistCDs
2023 Xenofox The Garden Was Empty, Audiosemantics, CD Bandcamp
2018 Xenofox & Joke Lanz Alarm, Oltrarno Raw, CD Bandcamp
2016 Xenofox Hundred
Beginnings, Farai-Records, CD Bandcamp
2015 Olaf Rupp &
Rudi Fischerlehner Live at
Lydfestival Aarhus, Farai-Records and Bad Alchemy, CD Bandcamp
DIGITAL
2022 Xenofox Cabbages and Kings, ScatterArchive, digital Bandcamp
2021 Xenofox & Joke Lanz A Proper Cup Of Coffee, Oltrarno Recordings, digital track on compilation, Bandcamp
2020 Xenofox Macondo (EP), Farai-Records, digital Bandcamp
2019 Olaf Rupp & Rudi Fischerlehner Xenokustik, Audiosemantics, digital Bandcamp
PRESS FOR "THE GARDEN WAS EMPTY"
"...
one of the best duos that the combination of these two
instruments currently has to offer if it comes to improvised
music."
freejazzblog
"A
thrilling ride from start to end, they create a whole world
filled with rackety riffs & rickety rhythms, all to this
writer's delight."
Vital Weekly
"...klingt
überwältigend leger und zugleich bis an den oberen Rand
angefüllt mit spontangenialen Ideen."
Freistil
"Das
Duo Xenofox liefert mit dem Album „The Garden Was Empty“ einen
hypnotischen und basslastigen Mix aus Hi-Hat-Expressionismus
und entgrenztem Rock."
TAZ
Bad Alchemy
"Wären die beiden Gärtner, dann tummelten sie sich dank eines grünen Daumens in einem an Wundern reichhaltigen Biotop klanglicher Auswüchse. Hier kreucht es und fleucht es – und wächst zusammen, was zusammengehört."
Xenofox & Joke Lanz