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I believe in the underground. Thanks for popping over here to check out some of my past projects

Whats with the Xfile monicker ? I don’t use Xfile as my production name these days
but it came about because it is a anagram of Felix.

I do love sci-fi but the TV series is pants, lets face it, so it isn’t anything to do with Fox.

Any New Music on the Horizon ? I have some really nice things bubbling up right now and will post them when the time is right.

Are you looking to work with people ? I love to collaborate but don’t have much time these days !

Aref Durvesh + Xfile Rational Exuberance

I had a long term collaboration with tabla don Aref Durvesh – he used to bowl over to my studio, drink copious cups of tea, gossip and jam on tracks I had put together …

I also got him involved with a load of other stuff I was working on.
A lot of the tracks we did together got radio play and have been used on documentarys and other soundtracks.

Aref is a complete star and a lovely geezer to boot…

they said

Combine Aref Durvesh’s intricate patterns and surefire rhythms and Xfile’s love of deep sounds, simplicity and space. Add some lyrical bansuri, the occasional sensual vocal and acoustic guitar and then rough it up with some dirty electronics. Be happy now – Rational Exuberance

Candid Unleashed

Candid Unleashed was a collaboration between myself and rock Diva Danielle Harvey – We met at a music network event and when we found out her company was Tyga honey and mine Tigersonic we decided on the spot that we were going to work on a track together ( we were a bit drunk)

but then she left London for the Jungle – so the project turned into a long distance thing …

We ended up going for a digital musical postcard idea and enlisted David Beazer a fantastic percussionist and photographer based in Cornwall to be involved in the project

(I have still never met Dave in real life !)

We each recorded our parts separately (luckily all 3 of us have studios ) and filmed ourselves – I then edited the footage and mixed the track

Xkollective

London based Breaktronica squad.

Their sound is tough, tuneful and optimistic.

They mix breaks and beats with dubby bass, hypnotic tablas, heavy guitars, soulful vocals and spoken word.

Their influences range from Breaks, Bashment, Hip Hop and Dub to Indian classical.

Radio

Electric Flowers supported by Bobby Friction and Nihal’s Radio One show, Pathaan and Friction on BBC Asian Network, Bazna and Genetic DruGs
berlin based radio show Cyberjam.

Reviews:

Electric Flowers’ gets a strong 8 out of 10!!!! Desitunes4u The vocals are soulful and with lyrics like: “I’m free, I’m beautiful, I’m chic” you can’t help but feel optimistic.

Xtaster
XKollective’s Electric Flowers is a surprisingly good and unexpected range of funky and mesmerizing tracks that can work as a daily soundtrack– whether you’re at home relaxing or out on the town. Evolution of Media

This is the perfect soundtrack to the pulse of the city of London, borrowing and remashing (Ableton and Pro Tools) breaks, tablas performances, hypnotic loops, dubby bass lines and delays and both male and female spoken word and sung vocals, ranging in style from the drum’n’bass-type MCing and urban cityscape hip hop to soulful black singing. This is a great example of global downtempo music with organic sounds over a bed of relaxing programmed music: positive-thinking, happy, relaxing and at times funky! Chain D.L.K.

Production and bass: Xfile Tabla and vox : Aref Durvesh Vocals, lyrical flow and frontline energy: Dune and MC Alaska and Nuwella Guitars and vocals : Dreadlox Holmes Drums: Ian Powell

Sonic Devis

Sonic Devis was a collaboration between me and Soo Shi aka Tominaga

We did a series of remixes for Navras records as well as some original material

– I loved this project

Pandora from Nil By mouth

I met France when she came to a music workshop I was running in Deptford (long time ago) She was in my band for a while – a crazy 9 piece called Control Group.

The original track was an instrumental i had written for an experimental video – France took it away and wrote this beautiful tune sadly we had stopped talking when we recorded this producer Spyder Johnson recorded us separately in his fantatic 16 track studio in a tower block in clapton – and later when France got a part in the movie they used this tune in the scene where Kathy Burke dances with her mum …

Visionary Underground

I did a couple of years in Visionary Underground and pulled a huge number of all night studio sessions. It was an interesting project as it was started by vj and visual artist Coco Das so the visual aspect was always a major part.