DXO

From label ( http://www.geocities.ws/diagnosis_dont/homepage.html ) : DONT 028 Hexbreaker DXO 3"CDR I met Rey Diego from Hexbreaker in Santa Cruz whilst on tour with Grey Daturas. He introduced himself to me at the merchandise table during the course of the party fuelled gig and one of his first questions to me was “have you heard of a band from Melbourne called Christbait?”. My jaw dropped and I lead him straight to our tour mobile where I turned on the CD player to, exactly where the CD had stopped playing when we arrived in Santa Cruz, the middle of ‘Swing’ from Christbait’s Yeast EP. I began gushing as to how huge a fan I was of Christbait and quickly interrogated Rey as to why on earth he’d heard of such an obscure Melbourne metal band (outside of Melbourne). “Oh my band toured Australia back in the 90’s. We played with them and hung out back in Melbourne” he explained. “What’s your fucking band?” I demanded. “Well I used to do all the noise and samples in Fear Factory” Rey responded. It turns out that Robbie MacManus (Grey Daturas) and I were at that Melbourne Fear Factory gig back in the early 90’s while we were still teenagers, I even have a recording of the show. Much chit chat, laughter and further party machen ensued. Months down the line, Rey reminded me that he currently had a project in the works with his pal Chris Sciacca called Hexbreaker. The sounds I was made privy were truly beautiful. And finally a year down the line we have DXO. Hexbreaker produce warm, bottom-of-a-well drones textured with shimmering organs, melodic synth tones, strangulated guitars, electronic striations, and static noise. Their sound teeters on a fragile wire, threatening to plunge either into out n’ out ambience or full throttle industrialism. Certainly for fans of modern day electronic drones and a welcome return to the music scene from one of music histories overlooked and forgotten electronic merchants. - Robert Mayson