Bio
I write music first and foremost for myself using sounds I like with a mix my ears prefer. As I listen to music exclusively through headphones, the mixes are aimed for that. This means that there may be EQ problems when run through loudspeakers, but that’s easy enough to fix if the need arises.
I have a preference for simple melodies that can be chanted in the shower and have seen kids hop around when listening to certain tracks. These I’ve tossed into the newly formed Kids section.
My first release, Zyncama (1997) received favorable reviews and loads of airplay. It penetrated the playlists of Radio Gama MM in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where track 3, Black Magic, went to #6 and track 6, Assassin, to #7. My personal favorite on that CD is Bengali but it seems that few share that opinion. :]
I was also featured on a compilation CD released by Crystal Records titled Sounds of the Soul. Below, a review of Zyncama.
MIXX MAGAZINE, Boston, MA, USA. August 14, 1998
Axmarck – Zyncama, self-released CD
Hey now! I just finished saying how hard it is to be original these days … Axmarck has definitely taken his influences to different places. The 10 instrumental gems on Zyncama can be described … but it will be difficult! Imagine a new age sound, somewhat like Vangelis or Tangerine Dream, mash it all up and squeeze it together with the instrumental attributes of Type-O Negative. Getting the picture?
Axmarck has managed to inject just enough bite into these new age bad boys to juice them up a notch and pop them right out of all your expectations. I can’t say much more about this CD except that I listened to it at least 10 times already.
The CD is cleanly produced and was done by our friends at Prophet Media Group in Stoughton, MA. The booklet and art is superb, and the descriptions of each song’s title were extremely interesting. A zyncama is apparently a hexagonal shape drawn in a single stroke and creates the illusion of two mirrored triangles. Its musical connotation involves a polyrhythmic percussion pattern accompanied by a counterpoint melodic pattern, each complimenting the other. Whew!
One song of note is “Bengali” because it features the Oompa Loompas from Willy Wonka singing in Japanese after having smoked a ton of crack. Well, maybe not.”
