X❖X “x z”

28 Jun 2013 — Tonje Thilesen

Three days ago, a handful tracks were uploaded to the Soundcloud profile X❖X, quite annoyingly (but not very surprising) borrowing cryptic titles such as "n æ o" or "❍" (sigh), rumored to have appeared on Salem's website under the category "Other" shortly after. All though we cannot confirm or disconfirm anything as of yet, the mirrored Bandcamp page of X❖X (here containing slightly different material than on Soundcloud), the words "4 · S 4 L E M · L O V" appear in the description field of each release; some releases, with very few plays, dating back as much as two years. Be it new material under Salem or a Salem side-project (or simply just a hoax), the tracks are in fact quite interesting alone: sharper beats, patiently evolving synths and the same, distinct usage of strange, whispering vocals in the background, but overall, distinctively cleaner in its whole. Worth to give a listen anyways, we believe. 

Listen to the whole set here.