Xenos are an Australian

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ensemble with a flexible roster of three to five core members and an extended line-up. They were formed in

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, Switzerland in 1989 playing Macedonian

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music and relocated to south-eastern Australia in 1995. Their third album, ''Tutti Frutti'', was nominated at the 2001 ARIA Awards in the category,

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Members

* Rob Bester – fretless electric bass,

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bagpipes Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Great Highland bagpipes are well known, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, ...

* Anne Hildyard – lead vocals,

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, gajda, zurna, clarinet * Sabine Bester - lead vocals, trumpet, baritone * Dave McNamara - trumpet, keys * Dave Birch - baritone * Oliver Platt - sousaphone * * PAST MEMBERS * Lee Hildyard – vocals * Alister Price –

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* Matt De Boer – clarinet, kaval * Josh Dunn – guitar * Will Eager – drums * Philip Griffin – guitar, lauto * Greg Sheehan – drums * Fuat Sazimanoski – drums * Michael Karamitsos – drums * Tunji Beier – drums * Stephanos Elefteriadis –

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, drums * Sophie Chapman – piano accordion * Andy Busuttil –drums * Christian Fotsch – bouzouki * Marem Aliev – sax, clarinet * Tahir Arsimov – drums * Blair Greenberg – drums

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

External links

*{{Official website, xenosmusic.com/ Australian world music groups Musical groups established in 1989