Sybarite is the solo project of musician Xian Hawkins, who played with the
Silver Apples
Silver Apples were an American electronic rock group from New York, active between 1967 and 1970, before reforming in the mid-1990s. It was composed of Simeon (born Simeon Oliver Coxe III, June 4, 1938 – September 8, 2020), who performed o ...
for a number of years in the 1990s. Sybarite produces abstract midtempo
electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...
, but also contains elements of jazz and classical music. He has released albums on the
4AD label among others. As of 2015, Sybarite is now featured on the
Temporary Residence Ltd. label.
The Sybarite track "Runaway" was featured on the ''
Grey's Anatomy
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'' TV series episode "
Wishin' and Hopin'
"Wishin' and Hopin" is a song, written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach, which was a US Top 10 hit for Dusty Springfield in 1964.
History
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".
Discography
Singles and EPs
* Meusic (Emanate, 1999)
* Otonomy (
Static Caravan
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, 2000)
* "Engaged"/"Without Nothing I'm You" (ZEAL, 2001)
* Scene of the Crime (
4AD, 2002)
Albums
* Placement Issues (
Temporary Residence A temporary resident is a foreign national granted the right to stay in a country for a certain length of time (e.g. with a visa or ), without full citizenship. This may be for study, business, or other reasons.
Various countries have their own rul ...
, 2001)
* Nonument (4AD, 2002)
* Musicforafilm (Temporary Residence, 2004)
* Cut Out Shape (Temporary Residence, 2006)
* Waver The Absolute (Temporary Residence, 2016)
References
External links
Profile for Sybarite on 4AD's websiteAllMusic biography
Living people
American electronic musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
Temporary Residence Limited artists
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