Maybe X-Files spam is hiding a lot of good material. Spam 2017-2018 implies these are leftovers from the low-key noise maker, but these tracks are among the best they have ever made. It really gets going with “Midlife,” which introduces thundering drums to X-Files’ needly synth bursts, making for a particularly intense listen. “MetalCom” appropriates…
He’s turned his attention to Space Jazz, but the latest release from X-Files still brims over with the sense of unease that has defined the artist’s work over the last two years. There actually isn’t that much “jazz” present — rather, it is a lot of guitar countered by a serious of synth notes, with…
The world X-Files inhabits on Wall Street is a depressing, at times constricting one. The project’s music…jumping between lonely ambient to more unhinged noise…has always brought to mind empty city streets, bathed in a little neon from nearby signs but ultimately feeling empty. Wall Street ups the solitude up significantly, featuring some of X-Files’ most…
Dear fucking lord, those times when you just want to slide inside of music to escape the pressures of real life…really, to evaporate away from the sea of demands the days can foist upon you. The past week has been that for me, and getting jazzed about anything on the ol’ SoundCloud feed or Tumblr…
New year, same old great Music Alliance Pact. This month, we highlight the experimental wonder of Tokyo’s X-Files. Listen to it…and many more good songs…below. Click the play button icon to listen to individual songs, right-click on the song title to download an mp3, or grab a zip file of the full 18-track compilation through…