313 (album)
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313 is the fourth album released by composer Phideaux Xavier
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Xavier and his band of musicians had done three well rehearsed, well conceived albums, and decided to make an "album in a day".
On March 13, 2004 (which was actually before they'd finished the Chupacabras
album), all of Phideaux Xavier's musicians converged in L.A. for an unrehearsed recording session. During that day, they composed and recorded 13 songs; however, the final results were deemed to be nothing more than embryonic, and those sessions were shelved until after the album Chupacabras was released. In 2005, Xavier and Gabriel Moffat polished up the recordings, and on March 13, 2006, released the album 313 (named for the date upon which it was recorded).
Themes recur throughout the work, and although it is 13 separate songs, they all seem to flow together. The cover artwork for this album was by Margie Schnibbe, another childhood friend of Phideaux Xavier's, who painted a 20-page booklet that was quite a departure from the Gothic imagery of the first three albums.
Phideaux Xavier
Phideaux Xavier is an American TV director and composer of modern technological music that he describes as "psychedelic progressive gothic rock", who grew up in New York City but now lives in Los Angeles.-Life and work:...
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Xavier and his band of musicians had done three well rehearsed, well conceived albums, and decided to make an "album in a day".
On March 13, 2004 (which was actually before they'd finished the Chupacabras
Chupacabras (album)
Chupacabras is the third album released by composer Phideaux Xavier.While recording "Fiendish" in 2002, Xavier had begun work on an epic song called "Chupacabras". This song was not completed in time for inclusion on Fiendish, and instead, formed the basis for what would become the album Chupacabras...
album), all of Phideaux Xavier's musicians converged in L.A. for an unrehearsed recording session. During that day, they composed and recorded 13 songs; however, the final results were deemed to be nothing more than embryonic, and those sessions were shelved until after the album Chupacabras was released. In 2005, Xavier and Gabriel Moffat polished up the recordings, and on March 13, 2006, released the album 313 (named for the date upon which it was recorded).
Themes recur throughout the work, and although it is 13 separate songs, they all seem to flow together. The cover artwork for this album was by Margie Schnibbe, another childhood friend of Phideaux Xavier's, who painted a 20-page booklet that was quite a departure from the Gothic imagery of the first three albums.