Jeyênne alias XPQ-21 was born in Italy and eventually made his way to Berlin. He is a singer-songwriter-producer who performs and writes in English and German. His work includes recording, producing, songwriting, DJing and live performance.
His musical origins lie in catholic organ and electro punk, and he was later influenced by the dark wave of the late 80s, 90s rave and 2000s industrial techno.

He played in countless raves in the 90s, performing regularly under the pseudonym The Jeyênne . He played with @theprodigy and @moby on their 1995 German tour. Viva and MTV played his "Das Nippel" in rotation, while Front242 contributed a remix of his Darkness single ‘Mayday 1995‘.  More raves followed until he creates XPQ-21 in 1998, his Industrial Goth EBM project, followed by his own label.

For 10 years he toured through Europe and the USA. At the height of his success, Jeyênne retired and started his own school in Germany: the EMS - Electronic Music School, with locations in Berlin and Cologne (www.em-school.com)

The following years were filled with tragedies and crises, which did not stop him from continuing to work on his production, sound design and his unmistakable way of creating music.

In 2019 he releases on one of the EMS labels a new single remix for Jeyênne. In 2020 he releases remix for XPQ-21 and his industrial techno project @korgenaamat. 

XPQ-21 have published all releases digitally again in 2020.
2022 marks the release of MACHINES, followed by TEMPTATION 2023 and WHERE MINDS COLLIDE (with Laura Friedland) in 2024.

Jeyênne is currently working on the next XPQ-21 album.

LEGEND: they are the new ones - yet they are not new. They are Krummi Björgvinsson, artist and singer/songwriter of the famed rock band Minus. And Halldor Björnsson, composer/producer of innumerable works of musical mastercraft. 

Over the past 10 years these two friends had both separately become giants in the Scandinavian music scene. But, LEGEND had to become. 

As the tale tells, one night their passion for electronica, plus a seemingly quasi-telepathic studio work process -and copious amounts of beer - led a song called 'Devil In Me' to be born. This song was leaked to an Icelandic radio station and soared up to the top of the charts. 

Realising this had become more than an experiment, the duo took the name LEGEND, where spiritual conflict of darkness and light permeates their music. Some label it as 80s goth electro. But, rest assured, this collaboration is luminous, as these two talents combined shine brightly. 

The band's frontman and songwriter Krummi, is no stranger to the music world, having catapulted post hardcore band Minus to deals with Sony, Victory Records, Smekkleysa, and One Little Indian. LEGEND's debut album Fearless was self-released on vinyl and CD in Iceland April 2012 to astonishing reviews, including comparisons to what reads as a who's who of modern music. An essential record that will keep giving back. Highly conceptual, dark and danceable, this new-darkwave duo have the big ones it takes to back up their name. LEGEND signed to the Canadian label Artoffact Records. The album Fearless was re-released on 11th of December 2013 in North America, Canada and Europe. 

The long awaited debut album Fearless is out now and you can order the Icelandic version here online. Fearless is a 10 track album. It's a cohesive work that lies between a glacial synth work and gloomy industrial sound of 80s era. 
Our live show consists of a drummer, guitar, bass, keyboards and singer.

New album ´Midnight Champion´ is available on the all the major formats – vinyl, CD, and cassette, as well as digital download.  You can check out your options as well as listen to some tracks on their Bandcamp page HERE: https://legend.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-champion
A number of the songs are available for a free listen on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/LEGENDband100

Order Fearless here for hard copy Vinyl or CD and get it shipped to you:
http://www.stormingthebase.com/legend-fearless-cd/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/fearless/id577255995

General Inquiries:
blondagemail@gmail.com

booking:
info@soundmietzen.de

"SOUNDMIETZEN" sind ein DJ-DUO aus Thüringen. Ihre musikalisches Motto lautet: "Alles was Spaß macht! " Dabei spielt es keine Rolle, ob man sich stilistisch im Deep-House, House oder Electro bewegt. Mit ihrer Debütsingle: "In the middle" war der Name "Soundmietzen" plötzlich überall bekannt geworden. Der Single-Nachfolger "Meine Welt" mit dem PopDuo "EGOWELLE" ist eine echte Sommer-Hymne, mit absoluter OHRWURM-GARANTIE. Einmal gehört - drin!


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