Circle X
EP by
Released1980
GenreNo wave
LabelCelluloid
Circle X chronology
Circle X
(1980)
Prehistory
(1983)

Circle X (officially untitled[1]) is an EP and the debut release by American experimental rock band Circle X. It was on 12" vinyl in 1980 in France, through then-nascent record label Celluloid.[1]

Background

CMJ described the album as a "raw, alien, dense set of four tuneless almost-not-even-songs made of spattered guitar, drums and Tony Pinotti's wrecked, howling voice".[2]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Tender"2:34
2."Albeit Living"2:30
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Onward Christian Soldiers"3:34
2."Underworld"2:54

Critical reception

Trouser Press opined that the EP was "practically unmatched in its day. [...] Nothing sounded like this in 1979. Circle X caught the tail end of the no wave scene and out-waved it with a mere four ear-splitting compositions."[3]

Re-issues

Circle X was later re-issued on CD in 1996 through label Dexter's Cigar. It was re-issued on 12" vinyl in Germany in 2009 through label Insolito.

Personnel

  • David Letendre – drums, guitar
  • Rik Letendre – guitar, drums
  • Tony Pinotti – vocals
  • Bruce Witsiepe – guitar

References

  1. 1 2 "Circle X Bio". matadorrecords.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. Wolk, Douglas (June 1996). "Singles". CMJ New Music Monthly. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. Mamone, Jordan. "trouserpress.com :: Circle X". trouserpress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
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