The band Clan of Xymox, also known as Xymox, formed in the Netherlands in 1981. Clan Of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters - Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anke [also Anka] Wolbert - and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label, a third and fourth album on a major US label and scoring a hit single in the United States. Early pioneers of the dark and moody electronic music known as darkwave,their 1980s releases included synthpop/electronic dance music.
Though the band is still active and continues to tour and release records, of the original songwriters (Nooten, Moorings and Wolbert), only Moorings remains in the band today. After the departure of Nooten and Wolbert in the early 1990s, their music turned increasingly Goth (they have since been referred to as the "founding fathers of goth.")
Discography
Studio albums
Clan of Xymox (LP, 4AD, 1985)
Medusa (CD, 4AD, 1986)
Twist of Shadows (CD, Wing, 1989)
Phoenix (CD, Wing Records/Polydor, 1991)
Metamorphosis (CD, Mogull Entertainment/X-ULT, 1992)
Headclouds (CD, Zok/Off-Beat, 1993)
Hidden Faces (CD, Tess, 1997)
Creatures (CD, Metropolis/Pandaimonium, 1999; re-released, Gravitator, 2006)
Farewell (CD, Metropolis/Pandaimonium, 2003; re-released, Gravitator, 2007)
Breaking Point (CD, Gravitator/Metropolis/Pandaimonium/Vision Music, 2006)
Notes from the Underground, (CD, Metropolis/Pandaimonium, 2001; re-released, Gravitator, 2007)
In Love We Trust, (CD, Trisol/Metropolis/Gravitator, 2009)
Darkest Hour, (CD, Metropolis Records 2011)
Singles/EPs
"Subsequent Pleasures" (vinyl 12", self-released, 1983)
"A Day" (12", 4AD, 1985; re-released, Old Gold, 1998)
"A Day/Stranger" (12", Contempo, 1985)
"Louise" (7", Megadisc, 1986)
"Muscoviet Musquito" (promotional 7", Virgin France 1986)
"Blind Hearts" (12", 4AD/Rough Trade, 1987; re-released, Wing, 1989)
"Obsession" (12", Wing/PolyGram, 1989)
"Imagination" (12" and CD-single, Wing, 1989)
"Phoenix" (CS and LP, Polydor, 1991)
"Phoenix of My Heart" (Maxi CD and 12", Wing/Polydor, 1991)
"At the End of the Day" (Maxi CD and 12", Wing, 1991)
"Out of the Rain" (Maxi CD, Tess, 1997)
"This World" (Maxi CD, Tess, 1998)
"Consolation" (Maxi CD, Metropolis, 1999)
"Liberty" (Maxi CD, Metropolis/Pandaimonium, 2000)
"The John Peel Sessions" (CD EP, Strange Fruit, 2001; re-released, Celebration, 2003)
"There's No Tomorrow" (Maxi CD, Pandaimonium, 2002)
"Weak In My Knees" (Maxi CD, Pandaimonium, 2006)
"Heroes" (Pandaimonium, 2007)
"Emily" (Maxi CD, Trisol, 2009)
