𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 (𝗗𝗔𝗖)

Svea spielt Klavier und Papa zieht es durch Ableton. Danke Svea !

Svea pique une Crise Piano

A snippet from the upcoming XPQ-21 release "Machines"

Machines (Snippet)

We welcome back our great friend and producer Melon Blush delivering another hour of melodic techno, indie dance and his own signature sound that mix a wide variety of genres and styles

Hope your enjoy with us

Not Another Music #17 - Melon Blush

Hans-Solo & XPQ-21 - Monolog

XPQ21 - White And Alive

Tech House Algarve Summer Beach Mix Holiday Party 2024

Tech House Mix [ALGARVE SUMMER BEACH TECH HOUSE MIX 2024]

As Alive As You Need Me To Be

Sleeper In Metropolis

Dance The Devil

Control

Control (Radio Edit)

After two #1 singles on the German Alternative Chart (DAC) with "House of Cards" and "Endless Night", Howlett has pushed into darker terrain with Eggshell. Melodically, it has an anthemic, haunting quality, while the beats give it an almost industrial edge. Daniel Myer (Liebknecht, Architect, Covenant etc.) has also left an audible footprint with his production and mixing. 

"Eggshell can be seen as a companion-piece to Empathy Test's Demons", says Howlett, "and inhabits a similar realm, atmospherically. Penned around the same time, it's one of the few songs I've written that's told from someone else's perspective - it's the response of the silent partner in Demons."

If that's not enough to capture the imagination of Empathy Test's legion of loyal fans, the fact that this is perhaps the closest Howlett has come compositionally to Empathy Test, will no doubt cement Howlett's solo work as a viable alternative in the absence of anything new from the aforementioned duo.

Eggshell already has some buzz around it, having been performed live several times by Howlett at his solo shows earlier in 2025, but this September to December he is also performing it, along with the follow-up Ghosts of the Tsunami (releasing on Halloween, 31st October) with Empathy Test on their biggest European tour to date.

At a lengthy, but not unwarranted run-time, of 5+ minutes, the release includes a more concise "radio edit" to appeal to those with shorter attention spans. However, to appreciate the full scale of this epic track, the original version is recommended.


Eggshell (Radio Edit)

Monolog

Hans Solo & Xpq-21 - Monolog (Original Mix)- snippet

Affentanz present the remix album HANDS ON AFFENTANZ, featuring remixes of Jeyênne, XPQ-21, Korgen Aamat, and various students and producers of the EMS - Electronic Music School Berlin.

Affentanz - Copy Steal (XPQ-21 Remix)

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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.

Dance The Devil

XPQ-21

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