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Tartara Records

Artist · Portugal

DarkXel

Portuguese producer Axel Teixeira's project, combining tribal rhythms, ethnic influences and psychedelic synthesis

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DarkXel — artist image

The project

DarkXel is the project of Portuguese producer Axel Teixeira. Launched in 2016, it brings ethnic influences and tribal rhythms together with digital and analogue synthesis. His artist biography describes a cinematic approach to psychedelic music and an interest in the relationship between light and darkness. His releases include Clockwork Metaphysics, and Esfahan Resonance appears on Tartara's Nueva Era.

On Tartara Records

Nueva Era — cover artwork

Nueva Era

Various Artists

Compilation · 2026

More music

Explore DarkXel on SoundCloud

Music & video

Darkxel / Alice d Records / Portuguese Conspiracy Party 🇬🇧

Artist merch

Future artist editions will appear here when available

Coming soon

Credits

Tartara logo supplied by the label

Bat-eared fox skull scan by Artec 3D. Adapted into the three-cranium sculpture. Source licence.

Original membranes, hardware, cables and animation created for Tartara Records

Typeface: Tektur and Barlow. Tektur licence · Barlow licence.

Brand platform icons: Simple Icons (CC0)

Dazura live photograph: Underground Hippies watermark retained, via Psymedia

Memorial offerings built from the label’s supplied reference. Monster can model by Aditya C / BlenderKit, adapted to white. Sources and licences.

Artwork and artist imagery belong to their respective creators. Images are drawn from the label catalogue and official artist profiles.