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TEMPLE
X : TOPICAL ARTIST
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From left to right : Martin
Obojes, George von Staden, Guenther Bernhart and Thomas
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As
we can suppose, you certainly had the chance to see Depeche
Mode live this year
And if you remember the three nice musicians who were accompanying
Frank Tovey on stage as support, you already know how Temple
X looks like
Maybe
you had already guessed that this young trio was not just
an orchestra in charge of backing Fad Gadget but above it
an actual whole band. Mode Nation offers you to learn a
little more about them just right now, a little flash back
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PAST
It’s
in 1994, in Kusftein (Austria), when two friends, Guenther
Bernhart and Thomas Sperlbauer decided to form Temple X.
The drummer Martin Obojes will quickly join the band and
it’s at the end of 2000 when they recruited the keyboard
Georges von Staden for the elaboration of their new album
Xplosion, released in August 2001. Add to that the precious
help of Erwin Larcher, as a friend, manager and technical
ingeneer and the team would be complete, or almost
Almost
because at the beginning of 2000, Temple X had the brillant
idea to contact Frank Tovey for the production of their
forthcoming album Xplosion. The collaboration will be fruitful,
letting Frank adding his synthetic touch on the rock project,
elarging as well the musical horizons of the band. Recently,
Frank even told a French magazine that it was by working
on the electronic aspect of Xplosion that he has decided
to come back to his own music again. And then, came the
release of his Best Of and it’s new promotion by supporting
Depeche Mode. Obviously, who could be more appropriate than
Temple X to make his backing band for this occasion ? Even
if they were not directly named, this was a great opportunity
for these talented guys not enough known in Europe yet.
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PRESENT
And,
here we are in Fall 2001, the Exciter Tour is over
After some researches about the mysterious backing band,
the team of Mode Nation quickly discovered the name of Temple
X, its story and above all, its music. I explored the official
website, downloaded the track "I like it" and
loved it from the first listening. I had to order the album
directly from Erwin Larcher of whom I’d like to underline
the really nice welcome, here was a manager who seemed very
satisfied with the feedback of the Exciter Tour. After two
weeks of hard waiting, I received at last Xplosion, listened
to it and it has completely outshined my hopes. Surely one
of my best acquisitions of the year 2001. Here is an album
where pure rock songs are closed to dark and harrowing ballads
to finish by the stupefying Space Cowboy, a linking of three
tracks which end the album in the synthetics echoes of a
sweet and cold voice, where sentences bang together over
a concert of guitars tortured with a phaser
An apocalyptic (e)Xplosion
Moreover
really well produced, Xplosion’s got its own sound, Guenther’s
voice can let you indifferent, the compositions are original
and varied but still forming something judiciously homogeneous.
An indispensable CD to have in one’s record collection for
any follower of the genre. To my mind, if you’re listening
to bands such as Placebo, Cure, Pixies etc .,
you’ll surely love it.
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FUTURE
Xplosion
leaves me dreamy when I think about the future of this band.
Guenther as really the fibre of a great songwriter. Unfortunately
for us, this album is not distributed in France as they
don’t have a label yet. So, when will we see Xplosion in
our stores and Temple X on our stages ? I feel like answering
you : it’s just a question of time.
article
written by :Fabienne
( visit her temple-X website : http://www.temple-x.fr.st)
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| Discography |
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CD
Compilation
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2001
I like it"
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| V/A
VWSF 02/10 |
Single
"I like it" |
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| XPLOSION |
2001
Apogi Rec.
/ Album studio 14 songs / Produced by Frank Tovey
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I
like it / Xplosion / Headcase / Melancholy Happiness / Fix
for You / Good Friends / Watchlist / I know nothing / No
Consequence / Can’t remember /
Shadows
/ Space Cowboy (3 titres)
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| Démo
Clean Society |
1998
CD Démo
self produced and distributed – 8 songs
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Clean
Society / Endless callings / Wonder / Good Times / Fly away
/ Lupins / Horse Power / Sugar Ray |
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| Marshall
meets wild West |
1996
CD Compilation |
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Single
" Wonder " |
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| Hardboiled |
1995
CD Compilation |
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Single
" Sugar Ray " |
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| Demo
Rough And Dirty |
1995
CD Demo slef produced and distributed - 10 songs |
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Flowers
/ Destiny / Speed / Summer Morning / Wreck Bone Tree / Rough
and Dirty / Never Change / Trusted Me / We * / Once *
(*
) Bonus Tracks
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