Anatoly Grinberg & Andreas Davids – Inspired By A Tragedy (Album – Digital/Vinyl – Ant-Zen)
Anatoly Grinberg and Andreas Davids (Xotox) are both talented artists known for their collaborative spirit. They have already worked together and joined forces again on a captivating concept centered around an imagined plane crash, exploring the struggles of the survivors. This concept unfolds into a mesmerizing musical journey, blending Industrial soundscapes with a diverse array of textures and noises. The composition features deep, resonant bass lines and slow, immersive rhythms, creating an intricate and thought-provoking Industrial soundtrack. I highly recommend experiencing this unique work. (Rate:8).
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About Anatoly Grinberg and Andreas Davids
Anatoly Grinberg is a Russian composer, mixer, and mastering engineer who records solo as Tokee. He trained in sound engineering and mastering at the Israeli School of Sound in Tel Aviv and co-founded the Dope Records label. Since 2011 he has mastered several hundred albums and worked on post-production for film and television, alongside his own dark ambient, cinematic, and industrial material, including collaborations with Mark Spybey of Dead Voices On Air.
Andreas Davids is a German electronic musician who founded Xotox in 1998 as a solo project exploring rhythmic noise and industrial techno. The early Xotox material was self-released before the project signed to Pronoize in 2002 and later moved to Infacted Recordings. Davids also works with Tony Young of Autoclav1.1 as Natura Est.
“Inspired By A Tragedy”, released in 2024 on ant-zen as a digital and vinyl album, is the pair’s new joint concept work and the release reviewed here.
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