XTC IN THE XIV

Booking Agent : Giorgio Salmoiraghi

Ecstacy by song, ecstacy by repetition.

Perpetual peaks, uplifted and otherworldly. In the place where eternity stands right-angled to time XTC sings the XIVth century in everlasting euphoria. The first experiments in polyphonic harmony are heard through the prism of electronic music. Samples of old compositions are looped and resung, the limits of the acoustic world are voided and notes resound forever. Linear structure fades and new shapes appear.

XTC in the XIV started as a sample based project using time stretching, pitch shifting and club music narrative conventions on early vocal polyphony: it saw first release on Cease 2 Exist in September 2022 and on A sudden point of Balance in 2024. Its latest release is a remix for Vox Vulgaris.

Today XTC in the XIV is a vocal ensemble recreating the sampled loops through a combination of song and live electronics. The group has performed at Norbergfestival, Creamcake, Nonagon festival, in Visby Cathedral and at Ställbergs Gruva as part of a residency with Örebro Län. Material has also been presented at Assemblage saas*fee pavillon in Frankfurt. The group is currently recording an album for Supertraditional records to be released this fall.

The group consists of Walter Berge (b. 1992), composer and sound technician with background in mathematics and club music; Em Silén (b. 1994) improvisational musician and artist also performing under the name rip ME; Siri Anna Flensburg (b. 1993), vocalist and choirmaster with a background in classical choral music with a BA in folk music from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm; Maja Kamne (b. 1997), vocalist within a multitude of genres with a further specialization in herding calls. She has studied folk music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Elin Oskarsson (b. 1998) is a vocalist and choral director from the classical tradition with a BA in Chamber Music Performance from Örebro University. Hanna Andersson (b. 1989) has also studied folk music at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and also works in pop music and opera.

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