Table for the 1 triples with object "Hoxman is the one man musical project of Xavier Régent. A self-taught musician, Régent studied the piano from childhood but later became deeply fascinated by electronic music (Moroder, Vangelis, Jarre, Kitaro). Régent made concert piano and voice recordings with singer Stéphanie Barrio under the name of scene "Elkysia," but later began concentrating on compositions that were strictly electronic. His first official CD, Argema Moenas, was released in 2001, a period in which Régent says his music tended to be both experimental, as well as "cold, violent, and pessimistic."
It would have been impossible then to predict that just a few years later Régent would release the inspired Synthesis of Five?a warm, transcendant work studded with world music influences and vocals. His work has been compared to that of Enigma, and features upbeat sonic landscapes that evoke another world entirely?one Régent now describes as "strange and vibrating.""^^xsd:string on predicate ns2:olb sorted by label
