XPQ-21


XPQ-21 are a German electronic [body music] band, led by Jeyênne. They are best known for their hits "White And Alive", "Rockin' Silver Knight" and "Dead Body".

History

XPQ-21 was formed as a duo in 1998, consisting of Jeyênne and Nicque. They released their first single A Gothic Novel in 1998 and their album Destroy To Create in 1999.
Following Nicque leaving XPQ-21 in 2003, Jeyênne was joined by various new members. Live members have included Annelie Bertilsson, Martin Hillebrand, Moritz Zielke and Andy Haywire.
XPQ-21 returned in 2022 with the new single Machines on Monsters & Heroes, their own label.
In April 2022 Machines reached No. 2 in the Deutsche Alternative Charts . Their next single Temptation reached No. 1 in January 2023.
2024 XPQ-21 releases the last single of the trilogy, "Where Minds Collide", featuring Laura Friedland, a jazz singer with Jewish-Ukrainian roots, based in Germany.
The album originally planned for 2023 was first postponed to summer 2024 – and finally released in autumn 2025.
On October 31st, 2025, “OVERGOD” was released with a total of 17 tracks.

Instruments

Jeyênne combines analogue synthesizers with digital gear and sequencing on Apple Macintosh, typically working in Logic Pro, now Ableton Live. He also works with software from '''native instruments, soundtoys, fabfilters, audiorealism, intelligent sounds and music, vital, u-he, valhalla and D16.'''

Related activities

Jeyênne has run the in Cologne since 2010 and Berlin since 2011. The XPQ-21 studio is also located in the school's building in Berlin.

Name

The name "XPQ-21" was originally the title of a song, as "a combination of letters that mean a lot to me... it was the first hit/club hit, and later we thought: 'Okay, let's make it a band name.'"

Discography

Albums

  • Destroy To Create
  • Belle Epoque
  • Chi
  • Alive
  • * "Rockin' Silver Night" DAC 7 weeks, peak no. 9; no. 88 for 2006
  • * "Dead Body" DAC 6 weeks, peak no. 10; no. 97 for 2006
  • ''Overgod''

Singles

  • "A Gothic Novel " / "A Gothic Novel " // "Pornography " / "Pornography "
  • "Hey You " / "Hey You " / "Hey You " / "Ghost" / "Another Playground" / "Sequencial"
  • "White and Alive " / "White and Alive " / "White and Alive " / "Israel" / "White and Alive "
  • * DAC 8 weeks, peak No. 4; No. 32 for 2002
  • "Machines - Original" / "Machines - Club Version" DAC 5 weeks, peak No. 2;
  • "Temptation - Original" / DAC peak No. 1;
  • "Where Minds Collide " / DAC peak No. 4;
  • "Dance The Devil" ;

Compilation appearances

  • "Monster" on ''Electronic Lust V.1''