Minox

Minox is an Italian electronic music project formed by Mirco Magnani (voice, clarinet, guitar, piano, keyboards) and Marco Monfardini (voice, clarinet, guitar, trumpet, percussion, electronics, drum machine).

 

In the beginning were San Francisco and the new wave experimentators Tuxedomoon. Then Tuxedomoon relocated to Belgium and they began influencing the European scene (evetually setting the premises for the advent of English post-rock). Minox's debut album 'Lazare' was produced by Tuxedomoon leader Steven Brown and the sound evidently owes much to the Belgian-American band.

 

The record is sung in English, but the vocals are not central for the music. The main focus is on the suspended, rarified atmospheres evocated by thick synth layers, velvety saxophone wanderings and occasional clean guitar drops. The mood is soggy, rainy, decadent -in tune with the aesthetics of English bands Durutti Column, Dif Juz and, partly, Japan or Cocteau Twins. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]