Author: Dee Byrne

Front Axle is the 2nd single from DOX’s upcoming album Drowned Circuits – PRE-ORDER NOW on Efpi Records Bandcamp!

DOX: Jazz, Electronics, and the Art of Spontaneous Sound

Dee Byrne on sax

Oli Kuster on synths

Xavier Kaeser on drums

Font Axle: a collision of past and future—disjointed sax lines and distorted synths drive a surreal, otherworldly journey.

Our narrator’s deep dive into automotive engineering becomes unexpectedly profound, layered over ghostly synths and a comforting, steady beat that harks back to simpler times. As the track progresses, voice distortion and fragmented sax explorations unravel nostalgia, revealing a fading world. Front Axle transports us from analogue familiarity to the uncanny digital present—an elegy for a pre-internet age.

New Horizons

In a world riddled with uncertainty—shifting geopolitics, looming environmental collapse, and economic instability—New Horizons dares to remain defiantly optimistic. The track’s soaring sax melodies and gritty Rhodes progressions redirect our gaze from catastrophe toward the promise of something better. It’s a call to dream, to imagine, and to keep moving forward despite the chaos.

DOX is a duo with me and Swiss keyboardist Oli Kuster plus special guest Berlin-based Swiss drummer Xavier Kaeser. DOX merges jazz with modular electronics to create fractured ambient landscapes, free improvisation, and glitch-laden beats.

New Horizons is the first single from our upcoming album ‘Drowned Circuits’ – preorder full album on Efpi Records Bandcamp.

Artwork (behind band photo) by Brigitta Pauli.

New Horizons single artwork: Xavier Kaeser

Recorded in Bern CH on 29th July 2024

Mixing: Christoph Utzinger

Editing & Mastering: Oli Kuster

Label: Efpi Records