Xeno & Oaklander

East Coast minimal electronics institution Xeno & Oaklander are French-Norwegian conceptual artist Liz Wendelbo and Maryland-native Sean McBride and met in 2004. The duo started recording music in an abandoned factory building near the East River in Brooklyn NY; its debut album, Vigils, recorded in a single take, was released in 2006. The band then signed to Wierd Records, which released 2009's Sentinelle. Following its 2011 record Sets & Lights, which was also released on Wierd and showcased elements from darkwave, Italo disco and techno. Xeno & Oaklander signed to Ghostly International for 2014's Par Avion, which featured Serge synthesizer and was inspired by synesthesia. Sessions for Par Avion produced 2015's Movements, a 35-piece commissioned by National Center for the Arts, Grenoble and Ecole du Magasin. Following 2016's Topiary on Ghostly International, the duo released Movements II, which was only available on their tour that May; in October, the bossa nova-tinged single "Moonlight" appeared on a split 7" released by the UK magazine Electronic Sound. Shortly thereafter the duo signed to Dais Records, which issued the album Hypnos in 2019 and Vi/deo in 2021. Vi/deo is Inspired by ideas of synesthesia, scent, star worship, and obsolescent technologies.