12/06/2014
Axis Mundi
Electro rock that defines description but always gets hearts pounding and feet tapping, Axis Mundi have that exhilarating stage presence that brings their music to life. In 2010 the band won a place in the regional finals of Surface Unsigned, a national competition for bands:
Leicester won three out of four places at the Regional Finals of Surface Unsigned. Charlie and the Martyrs (Leicester),Axis Mundi (Hinckley) and the Great Imitation (Melton Mowbray) will head off to the Millennium Dome on 25th September for the national finals. [Arts in Leicestershire magazine]
They performed a memorable headline set at last year’s Hinckley festival:
The members of Axis Mundi arrived on the stage and soon the crowd were lapping up the music and the moves of lead singer Shaun Garner who climbed up on everything he could find on the stage, in his coat of many colours. It was pure theatre; you could have made a musical out of it. It was like Labrynth and Beardyman rolled into one. It was like the magic I had seen at Download or Strawberry Fields. It was the same experience on a smaller scale. On the main stage, the air was vibrating with the resonances of Axis Mundi’s powerful electro sounds, discharging mega watts of energy into the field. The band delivered a song from their new album Sci Curious. [Music in Leicester]
and their album was greeted with considerable acclaim:
Hinckley band Axis Mundi‘s new album Sci-Curious is one of the best musical listens this year. It’s an impressive piece of work. The album’s eye-catching artwork opens up to reveal a pocket with sleeve notes containing the lyrics. It’s a very professional production. The music is thrilling. The 11 tracks are immense. A collection of smackin’ tracks that blast rocket-fuelled sounds at your ears. This is one hugely good musical offering. E-Bomb is an amazing piece of work. It sums up what the Axis Mundi experience is all about: beltin’ electronic sounds, melodies that hark back to System of a Down and Alien Ant Farm, gripping vocal lines; it’s got the lot. It’s an epic album from a band that has a high wow-factor stage performance. [Music in Leicester
