Xeneizes - Miscellanea

Miscellanea

• Sölvi Blöndal once said in an interview that he used to joke with the group that "Stick 'Em Up" (which, according to Sölvi, sounded like something Limp Bizkit would do) would get the group noticed in America. It turned out that "Stick 'Em Up" was the song that got EMI Music Resources attention, and would lead to the group signing with Columbia Records.

• DJ Dice is credited on Xeneizes as the fourth member of Quarashi (as the DJ).

• The Xeneizes CD contains a DVD-ROM link that allows people to visit the official Quarashi website (as it looked in 1999), an a cappella version of "Mayday", instrumental versions of "Jivin' About" and "Show Me What You Can", the music video for "Surreal Rhyme", and two unreleased tracks, "Fly To The Sky" (another song in which Hössi sings), and "Stay Funky" (an instrumental track).

• Omar Swarez officially joined Quarashi shortly after the release of Xeneizes, becoming the third rapper and fourth member of the group.

• There were rumours for some time that Sölvi Blöndal had starred in a South American soap opera during his trip to the continent in 1998. This has neither been confirmed nor denied by Blöndal himself.

• "Mayday" was the first song in Quarashi history that only featured one of the rappers, without the other rapper doing background vocals.

• "Surreal Rhyme" is the only music video that was made for a song on Xeneizes. It was directed by Gaukur Úlfarsson, who played bass for Quarashi during their live performances.

• "Stick 'Em Up" was the first single from Xeneizes, and was released in June 1999.

• "Dive In" looping four-chord piano arpeggios are sampled from a recording of "Claire De Lune" from Debussy's Suite Bergamasque.