Emperor X
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Jacksonville, FL, U.S. |
| Genres | Noise Pop, Noise Rock, Folk, Folk-Rock |
| Years active | 1998 – present |
| Labels | Bar/None Records Discos Mariscos Snowglobe Records Bakery Outlet Records Burnt Toast Vinyl Plan-It-X Records[1] |
| Associated acts | The Cadets, Applied Communications, Beatcancel, Neosporin |
| Website | http://www.emperorx.net |
| Members | C. R. Matheny |
| Notable instruments | |
| Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Delay Pedal, Keyboard | |
Emperor X is a noise pop/folk music project headed by American musician Chad R. Matheny. The project often performs and records with little more than Matheny on an acoustic guitar and a dynamic microphone, but sometimes also employs large groups of musicians on percussion instruments, various electronic noisemakers, brass/woodwind/string ensembles, and traditional rock instruments.
Emperor X tours across the United States regularly and performs around the world as well, including tours in Mexico, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.[2][3]
In a self-described attempt to address the diminishing utility of physical copies of music and the expanding role of marketing in the experience of art,[4] Matheny often hides or buries one-off physical copies and associated visual artwork of b-sides at GPS coordinates and posts them online as a part of a geocaching game to unlock MP3 copies of the audio. For the release of the 2011 Emperor X album Western Teleport, 41 "translucent purple audio tape cassettes" were buried across North America, many of which remain undiscovered.[5] This received national attention including a feature on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition" program.[6]
Contents
Discography
Full-length albums
- The Joytakers' Rakes/Stars on the Ceiling, Pleasantly Kneeling (1998, self-released)
- Tectonic Membrane/Thin Strip on an Edgeless Platform (2004, Discos Mariscos)
- Central Hug/Friendarmy/Fractal Dunes (2005, Discos Mariscos)
- The Blythe Archives Volumes One and Two (2009, Burnt Toast Vinyl/self-released)
- Western Teleport (2011, Bar/None Records)
- Nineteen Live Recordings (2013, Plan-It-X Records)
- The Orlando Sentinel (2014) [7]
EPs and singles
- Dirt Dealership 7" (2007)
- Wuss/Strike/River/Preacher/Magnet/God/Unwuss free online EP (2006)
- Defiance (for Elise Sunderhuse) double cassette (2010)
Tour-only releases
- Gasheater/Raytracer CD-R (2004)
- East Coast and Freedom From/Freedom To CD-R (2004)
- Everyone in Jacksonville CD-R (2006)
- Australia Tour Tape Cassette (2010)
- Several New Songs in Various Digital Formats CD-R (2011)
External links
- "Weekend Edition" story on an early version of Matheny's tape burial project
- artist bio on Bar/None website
- Emperor X official website
- Discos Mariscos
- Interview with Cokemachineglow
- Interview with dot-alt.com
- Last FM E.X page
- Emperor X on Allmusic
- Concert review from UCLA Radio
- Lengthy article on PopMatters
- Music Review
- L Magazine review
- Pitchfork review of Tectonic Membrane...
- mention by David Cross
- Interview with Artist Connection Podcast
References
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- ↑ announcement on Plan-It-X Records site
- ↑ an official, exhaustive list of previous Emperor X concerts
- ↑ a German music blog previewing a recent European tour
- ↑ 2011 interview discussing nodes and marketing
- ↑ Western Teleport Nodes tracking site
- ↑ NPR feature
- ↑ Onion/AV Club article about The Orlando Sentinel
