X-Fusion is a solo

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

project by German musician, producer and DJ, Jan Loamfield known as Jan L.. Loamfield began releasing

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tracks in 1988, and by 2000, had moved to harsh industrial/

aggrotech Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound wi ...

. Loamfield has also released several albums under a side project, Noisuf-X.

Career

In 1988, Loamfield began producing music on a

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, in combination with organ sequences, before upgrading to better equipment. In 1991 his first demo tape, "Syndromic Noise", was released. This and its subsequent release are usually classified as hard trance. Loamfield soon began performing live at techno parties. His music after this point became darker, and evolved to aggrotech/dark electro. In 2003, he was signed by independent label Dark Dimensions/SCANNER, which marked the beginning of the X-Fusion project. Loamfield used several neo-classical/orchestral goth elements in later releases, mixing industrial

Aggrotech Electro-industrial is a music genre that emerged from industrial music in the early 1980s. While EBM (electronic body music) has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial tends to have a grittier, complex and layered sound wi ...

and Gothic

Darkwave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...

. The 2004 album ''Beyond the Pale'' reached number 6 on the Deutsche Alternative Charts, and the 2007 album ''Rotten to the Core'' reached #16 for the year. In 2008, ''Vast Abysm'' went to #2, as did ''Ultima Ratio'' in 2009.

Noisuf-X

Noisuf-X is X-Fusion's side project launched in 2005, identified as

power noise Power noise (also known as rhythmic noise and occasionally as distorted beat music) is a form of industrial music and a fusion of noise music and various styles of electronic dance music. It should not be confused with "power electronics", whi ...

, with some

techno-industrial Industrial techno is a subgenre of techno and industrial dance music that originated in the 1990s. Characteristically, it incorporates influences from the bleak, noisy sound and aesthetics of early industrial music acts, particularly Cabaret Volta ...

and TBM influences. Noisuf-X has released 12 albums to date. The album ''Tinnitus'' peaked at #3 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) and ranked #36 on the DAC Top Albums of 2006.

Discography

Albums

* ''Evillive'' (2001) * ''Blackout'' (2002) * ''Dial D for Demons'' (2003) * ''Beyond the Pale'' (2004) * ''Demons of Hate'' (2005) * ''Rotten to the Core'' (2007) * ''Bloody Pictures'' (2007) * ''Choir of Damnation'' (2007) * ''Vast Abysm'' (2008) * ''Inner Exile MCD'' (2008) * ''Ultima Ratio'' (2009) * ''Thorn in My Flesh'' (2011) * ''What Remains is Black'' (2013)

Compilation albums

* ''deCODEr v2.0'' * ''

Endzeit Bunkertracks ''Endzeit Bunkertracks'' is an aggrotech/electro-industrial compilation album series featuring exclusive, deleted and/or hard-to-find tracks. The first volume, or "act", (released 21 March 2005 by the record label Alfa Matrix) consists of 60 track ...

'' (3 acts) * ''Cryonica Tanz V.4''

As Noisuf-X

* ''Antipode'' (2005) * ''Tinnitus'' EP (2006) * ''The Beauty of Destruction'' (2007) * ''Voodoo Ritual'' (2009) * ''Excessive Exposure'' (2010) * ''Dead End District'' (2011) * ''Warning'' (2013) * ''Invasion'' (2014) * ''10 Years of Riot'' (2015) * ''Kicksome(b)ass'' (2016) * ''Banzai'' (2017) * ''Invader'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Electro-industrial music groups German techno musicians German trance musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people)