Small X-Bax website launched. Will be tied to own subdomain, but for now it's at:

Discover the Chicago power ambient supergroup Chord featuring Kyle Benjamin, Phil Dole, Jason Hoffman, Sean McCarthy, and Trevor Shelley-de Brauw at bandcamp.

Discover X-Bax, ambient-noise-experimental-drone fronted by Chord's Phil Dole at bandcamp.

X-Bax set in San Francisco, October 1, 2015. A satellite night to the Sacramento-based NorCal Noisefest (see also X-Bax set on October 3, 2015). X-Bax line-up of Phil Dole (electronics, guitars) and Ken

Phil Dole performing a an early version of "New Drone Fades" live as X-Bax in Long Beach, CA in 2010. This was included on the X-Bax album New Drone Fades and on the Box box set. This set features

The Chicago experimental groups Chord and Miracle Condition perform together using the Chord "arrangement" methodology at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. Video shot from the on-stage Philcam. Part

Video for "Ali (Baba)" from The Sum of All E album. Set to 1940s cartoon telling of Tales of 1,001 Nights (aka The Arabian Nights). Two minimal remixes of this track were also done for a 7"

Phil Dole shot and scored this in an airplane during a thunderstorm flying into Chicago from Los Angeles to play a Chord show. He wound up going via Houston, Nashville, and St. Louis thanks to the storm.

Second track from the Aokigahara EP (Silber Records).

First track from Aokigahara EP (Silber Records).

Track from X-Bax's Aokigahara EP (Silber Records).