Xanadu

Xanadu is a London-based group whose name is associated with several different acts across rock, pop, electronic music and other genres. The available details describe the name as belonging to a progressive rock band from Poland, a six-piece folk rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, a Hungarian alternative band formed in 2008, a German pop band active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a New Zealand three-piece, a London drum and bass producer and DJ, a Melbourne singer-songwriter, and other performers in different contexts.

Progressive rock and art rock

One Xanadu is identified as a progressive rock band from Poland and as the first band of Mariusz Duda, later known as the vocalist and bassist of Riverside. The tags attached to the name also point to progressive rock, art rock and reggae.

Other acts using the name

Another Xanadu is described as a six-man folk rock band that wins Battle of the Bands in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2006 and records its debut and only album after that competition. The group is noted for its instrumental ability and for lead singer Brian Payne’s voice.

A separate Xanadu is a German pop band that releases two albums and several singles and takes part twice in the German national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second on both occasions. Its line-up changes several times, and one original member is Lyane Leigh, who later becomes the voice of E-Rotic.

There is also a Hungarian alternative band called Xanadu, founded in the summer of 2008, and a New Zealand three-piece influenced by the 3Ds, Dead C, The Coolies and Sonic Youth, founded by Tim Teen and active in the early 2000s.

Another entry under the name refers to a London drum and bass producer and DJ whose debut LP, Through the Oort Clouds, appears in 2015 on Dom & Roland Productions, making him the first artist other than Dom himself to release on that label.