British project XAM Duo produces hypnotic, meditative music that synthesizes influences ranging from kosmische and spiritual jazz to ambient techno. Their self-titled 2016 debut was a sprawling set of expansive pieces mainly created using modular synthesizers and saxophones. Its eventual follow-up, 2022's XAM Duo II, was a much more concise effort incorporating digital technology.
XAM Duo initially began as just XAM, an outlet for the electronic recordings of Hookworms member Matthew Benn. Inspired by the vintage sounds of Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, and other electronic pion...