Editing Koxbox

{{Short description|Danish psychedelic trance group}}
{{Inline citations|date=December 2020}}

'''Koxbox''' is a [[Denmark|Danish]] musical group formed in 1990 that produced [[psychedelic trance]]. It consisted of [[Peter Candy]] and [[Frank É Madsen]]. [[Ian Ion]], their [[Record producer|studio producer]], is also sometimes mentioned as part of the group.

== History ==
After publishing a few [[single (music)|singles]], the group was discovered by [[Disk jockey|DJ]] [[Sven Väth]], and soon, they published their first [[album]] ''[[Forever After (Koxbox album)|Forever After]]'' (under his [[record label]] [[Harthouse]]). The group later produced another two albums: ''[[Dragon Tales (Koxbox album)|Dragon Tales]]'', and ''[[The Great Unknown (Koxbox album)|The Great Unknown]]''. In 1998, Peter Candy left the Koxbox.

This marked the end of the original Koxbox lineup, but Frank É Madsen and Ian Ion continued to produce. Already in 1997, they had renamed their own musical group Psychopod to [[Saiko-Pod]], adopting a somewhat different style (perhaps best described as slower and [[funk]]ier). In 2006, six years after the release of The Great Unknown, Koxbox returned with ''U-Turn'', released on [[Twisted Records (UK)|Twisted Records]]. This most recent album contained collaborations with some of psychedelic dance music's best established artists including [[Joie Hinton]] and [[Merv Pepler]] ([[Eat Static]], [[Ozric Tentacles]]), [[Frederic Holyszewski]] ([[Deedrah]], [[Dado (band)|Dado]], [[Cypher (French Group)|Cypher]], [[Transwave]]) and Serge Souque ([[Total Eclipse (French band)|Total Eclipse]]) as well as others.

== Music ==
The Koxbox gained considerable popularity within the [[Psychedelic trance|psytrance]] scene. Their work was of exceptional quality and differentiated them from most groups of the time. They used innovative sounds that make the Koxbox music characteristic to trained ears. They had a preference for rich, melodic tunes, and this was much appreciated at a time when the [[Goa trance music|Goa]] [[Musical genre|subgenre]] was the most popular psytrance style.

They have remixed tracks by [[Juno Reactor]] and [[Slinky Wizard]].

Their tracks ''Fuel On'', ''Ambivalentino'', and ''Midnight Till The End'' appear in the Danish movie ''[[Pusher (1996 film)|Pusher]]''. The latter track was produced especially to be used in the movie.

There exists a [[Music video|video clip]] for the track ''Life is...'', but nobody knows how to obtain it. A truncated (2 minutes, 33 seconds long) [[lo-fi]] [[RealMedia]] version of the clip was available for free [[download]] at the [[Blue Room Released]] [[website]], under the band's section. The domain [https://web.archive.org/web/20051107215337/http://www.blueroom.co.uk/ blueroom.co.uk] is now owned by the ''M.E.L.T'' [[record label]] and the old ''Blue Room'' pages, along with the clip, are unavailable. However, this rare [[computer file|file]] is still circulated on [[file sharing]] [[computer network|networks]].

== Discography ==
=== Albums ===
* ''[[Forever After (Koxbox album)|Forever After]]'' Double Vinyl & CD album (1995, [[Harthouse]])
* ''[[Dragon Tales (Koxbox album)|Dragon Tales]]'' Double Vinyl & CD album (1997, [[Blue Room Released]])
* ''[[The Great Unknown (Koxbox album)|The Great Unknown]]'' Triple Vinyl & CD album (2000, [[Liquid Audio Soundz]] / [[Global Trance Network]])
* ''[[U-Turn (Koxbox album)|U-Turn]]'' CD album (2006, [[Twisted Records (UK)|Twisted Records]])
* ''[[The Scanner]]'' CD album (2015, [[Zero One Music]])

=== Singles/EPs ===
* ''Acid Vol. 3 & Birdy'' 12" Vinyl single (1993, Outloud Records)
* ''Crystal / World Of Illusions'' 12" Vinyl single (1993, Where's the Party records)
* ''Flashback'' 12" Vinyl single (1994, [[Harthouse]])
* ''Acid Vol. 3'' 10" Vinyl single (1994,[[Harthouse]])
* ''Insect / Insect Bite'' 12" Vinyl single (1994, [[Harthouse]])
* ''Re-Oscillation'' 12" Vinyl & CD single (1995, [[Harthouse]])
* ''Insect Bite EP'' 12" Vinyl single (1995, [[Harthouse]])
* ''Tribal Oscillation (Remixes)'' 12" Vinyl single (1995, [[Harthouse]])
* ''Stratosfear'' Vinyl & CD single (1996, [[Blue Room Released]])
* ''Life Is...'' Vinyl & CD single (1997, [[Blue Room Released]])
* ''Too Pure'' Vinyl & CD single (1997, [[Blue Room Released]])
* ''Forever E.P.'' 12" Vinyl single (1999, [[Matsuri Productions]])
* ''A Major Problem In Australia EP'' Triple Vinyl & CD (2000, [[Liquid Audio Soundz]] / [[Global Trance Network]])

== Samples ==
{{listen|filename=DoktorMesmer.ogg|title=Doktor Mesmer|description="Doktor Mesmer" from ''[[Dragon Tales (Koxbox album)|Dragon Tales]]''|format=[[Ogg]]}}

== See also ==
*[[Psychedelic trance]]
*[[Goa trance music]]

== References ==
*[https://www.angelfire.com/fl2/koxbox/main.html koxbox, the psychedelic Goa trance act] Unofficial fan site.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041211063906/http://www.spiraltrax.com/albums/release_saikopod.htm Spiral trax] The history of Saiko-pod at Spiral trax record company.
*[http://psychedelicmagazine.com/interviews/koxbox-interview/ Psychedelic Magazine] Interview with Koxbox.

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190807120229/http://koxbox.dk/ KOXBOX - official online] Official band webpage.

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