1956 ✞ 2023

Born 1956 in Graz, Austria, and residing in Germany since 1977, Xaõ is one of the most compelling and unusual artists to emerge from the Neue Deutsche Welle/post-punk movement of late-'70s Germany. Compared with his extraordinary contemporaries Liaisons Dangereuses, D.A.F, or, Geile Tiere, Xaõ was considered a curiosity, someone who couldn't be pinned down. ... more