Thirty years after the December 1995 release of Bandidos De Amor, X DOT 25 Music presents two newly remastered editions that draw out what was always two distinct bodies of work on a single record. The Spanish Sessions revisits the album’s radiant flamenco, Latin, and acoustic guitar energy. The Desert Sessions brings forward the deeper Middle Eastern textures and hypnotic rhythms — tracks featuring Persian percussionist Pejman Hadadi, whose collaboration with Yussi Wenger began on Axiom of Choice’s Beyond Denial. Together, these companion releases restore the dual spirit of a timeless world fusion classic — now presented with renewed clarity, warmth, and depth.

Luna Oscura is the first single from Hance Marchal’s upcoming album Black Relic — a dark, sensual, cinematic exploration of EDM and techno. Hance moves deeper into pulse, drive, and intensity, charting a darker universe and stronger energy. Mastered by Arash Adelpour. Distributed worldwide by The Orchard / Sony Music Group.

The album that put X DOT 25 Music on the map. Recorded in 1992 by Aldoush Alpanian and The Human Exchange — with Koorosh Angali writing the lyrics that helped define the movement — The Child Within was the first release built on the label’s founding formula: ancient Iranian village music woven with Persian poetry, fused with jazz and classical sensibilities. It won the 1993 San Francisco Weekly Wammies Award for Best World Music Album of the Year and became the cornerstone of the early X DOT 25 catalog — its success part of what drew Axiom of Choice to the label the following year. Now, close to three and a half decades on, the album returns in a new remastered edition — restored with renewed clarity and depth.

“Resoundingly entrancing” — BAM Magazine  ·  “Fusion…in favor of ensemble fluidity, which has a seductive and serpentine appeal” — SF Bay Guardian

Three-and-a-half decades after The Child Within helped define the X DOT 25 Music sound, the sequel arrives. Built around previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions — now reworked, expanded, and paired with new material — The Child Within II continues the conversation that began in 1992.