Biography
Mike Wexler wielded an acoustic guitar with an almost perverse mastery of the Jansch-ian picking tradition, mesmerizing Brooklyn’s underground scene throughout the mid-2000s through his free-form compositions and a voice that evoked the druidic timbre of Robyn Hitchcock. His 2005 debut on I and Ear Records, at once startlingly affecting and austere, immediately elevated him beyond the ranks of his dronier freak-folk contemporaries. On the elliptical Sun Wheel, issued by Amish Records in 2007, Wexler expanded his palette with full-band instrumentation and intricate arrangements that opened broader sonic terrain. He resurfaced in 2012 with Dispossession, his inaugural release for Mexican Summer. Crafted across more than two years of sporadic sessions, the album conjured an eerily beautiful sonic landscape populated by guest contributions from members of White Magic and the Occasion alongside an array of N.Y.C. improvisers.
Albums
