Koxbox is a Danish musical group formed in 1990 that produced

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. It consisted of Peter Candy and

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. Ian Ion, their studio producer, is also sometimes mentioned as part of the group.

History

After publishing a few

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, the group was discovered by DJ

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, and soon, they published their first

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'' Forever After'' (under his

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). The group later produced another two albums: ''

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'', and '' The Great Unknown''. In 1998, Peter Candy left the Koxbox. This marked the end of the original Koxbox lineup, but Frank É Madsen and Ian Ion continued to produce. Already in 1997, they had renamed their own musical group Psychopod to Saiko-Pod, adopting a somewhat different style (perhaps best described as slower and

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ier). In 2006, six years after the release of The Great Unknown, Koxbox returned with ''U-Turn'', released on Twisted Records. This most recent album contained collaborations with some of psychedelic dance music's best established artists including Joie Hinton and Merv Pepler (

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), Frederic Holyszewski ( Deedrah, Dado,

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) and Serge Souque (

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) as well as others.

Music

The Koxbox gained considerable popularity within the

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scene. Their work was of exceptional quality and differentiated them from most groups of the time. They used innovative sounds that make the Koxbox music characteristic to trained ears. They had a preference for rich, melodic tunes, and this was much appreciated at a time when the

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was the most popular psytrance style. They have remixed tracks by

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and Slinky Wizard. Their tracks ''Fuel On'', ''Ambivalentino'', and ''Midnight Till The End'' appear in the Danish movie '' Pusher''. The latter track was produced especially to be used in the movie. There exists a

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for the track ''Life is...'', but nobody knows how to obtain it. A truncated (2 minutes, 33 seconds long)

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version of the clip was available for free

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at the

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, under the band's section. The domai
blueroom.co.uk
is now owned by the ''M.E.L.T''

and the old ''Blue Room'' pages, along with the clip, are unavailable. However, this rare

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is still circulated on

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Discography

Albums

* '' Forever After'' Double Vinyl & CD album (1995,

) * ''

'' Double Vinyl & CD album (1997,

) * '' The Great Unknown'' Triple Vinyl & CD album (2000, Liquid Audio Soundz /

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) * ''

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'' CD album (2006, Twisted Records) * '' The Scanner'' CD album (2015, Zero One Music)

Singles/EPs

* ''Acid Vol. 3 & Birdy'' 12" Vinyl single (1993, Outloud Records) * ''Crystal / World Of Illusions'' 12" Vinyl single (1993, Where's the Party records) * ''Flashback'' 12" Vinyl single (1994,

) * ''Acid Vol. 3'' 10" Vinyl single (1994,

) * ''Insect / Insect Bite'' 12" Vinyl single (1994,

) * ''Re-Oscillation'' 12" Vinyl & CD single (1995,

) * ''Insect Bite EP'' 12" Vinyl single (1995,

) * ''Tribal Oscillation (Remixes)'' 12" Vinyl single (1995,

) * ''Stratosfear'' Vinyl & CD single (1996,

) * ''Life Is...'' Vinyl & CD single (1997,

) * ''Too Pure'' Vinyl & CD single (1997,

) * ''Forever E.P.'' 12" Vinyl single (1999, Matsuri Productions) * ''A Major Problem In Australia EP'' Triple Vinyl & CD (2000, Liquid Audio Soundz /

)

Samples

References

koxbox, the psychedelic Goa trance act
Unofficial fan site.

The history of Saiko-pod at Spiral trax record company.
Psychedelic Magazine
Interview with Koxbox.

External links

KOXBOX - official online
Official band webpage. {{DEFAULTSORT:Koxbox Living people Goa trance musical groups Danish trance music groups Year of birth missing (living people)