== [band/group] ==


Crumax is a little known experimental electronic sound and music creation based outfit which started in England, 1973. Originally a collective of inquisitive sound engineers obsessed with creating new soundscapes with all manner of wave oscillation equipment, they devised a niche for themselves by the inventive use of acoustic chambers, spring reverberators, analog tape based effects and early digital delay lines. By the insistence of founding member Raymond Wright, analog synthesizers were later adopted and thus the primitive (and unwieldy) wave generators permanently replaced.


Exponents of 'medium-fi', their sound was largely semi-industrial (other fringe styles were explored) to raw ambient in nature. The emphasis was to create 'melodic rhythmic structures' and it is in this that the band succeeded. They were always striving for a complete fusion of melody and rhythm, right up to the point where the harmonies and beats were seemlessly merged into a cohesive whole.


Their style of recording was odd as it was inconsistent, ranging from the near monophonic to hard panned left/right stereo for greater sound separation and spatial enhancement. They always claimed that their 'wavescapes' were designed for speaker systems and not headphone listening purposes. Despite their music being instrumental, they were (and still are) a band with a strange message and this is reflected in the mysterious and some would say ambiguous, track titles.


After the passing of Ray Wright in December 2002 his progeny took over the musical production helm for a short period, but Crumax soon appointed a new co-leader in the form of Muzaffar Baqai who gave the overall team a much needed stability and direction.


Crumax still exists today in one guise or another, the latest information being that it is now fronted primarily by engineers Darrell Noon and Mark Wright. With new audio creations in the pipeline and a planned internet radio station to air all the group's completed works, these unassuming musical innovators may have finally come of age to a more deserved audience and time.

Line Up

Muzaffaruddin Baqai,
Danny Clements,
John Jewell,
Darrell Noon,
Tristan Reynolds,
Troy Reynolds,
Mark Wright,
Raymond Wright,
Tyrone Wright