Xol Meissner
Performer alias of Swiss-born, NYC-based composer Mauro Hertig, Xol Meissner pairs a soft baritone croon with a singular hammered lap-steel guitar to create soundscapes as evocative as they are otherworldly. Having made a name for himself as a composer of contemporary classical music, Hertig published the 2025 album Excess of Loss, which was "Album of Note" in Stereogum and has been described as a "haunting, unique debut" by PopMatters.
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Concerts
ExOL TOUR 2026​
Feb 19, Basel, Rittergasse 25
Feb 21 Zurich, venue tba
Feb 22 Munich, Zielstatt Studios
Feb 25 Paris, Péniche Adélaïde
Feb 26 Montreuil, Les Nouveaux Sauvages
Feb 27 Arles, Les Collatéraux
Mar 4 Warsaw, Chmury
Mar 5 Bratislava, Nová Cvernovka
Mar 6 Vienna, das Lot
Mar 7 Graz, HALLE FÜR KUNST
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Past
Dada NYC, Nov 2025
Untouchable, Newburgh NY, Nov 2025
Georgia Room, NYC, Nov 2025
Tono Festival X Stromboli, Italy, July 2025
Sleepwalk NYC June 2025
Metropol Berlin, support Tristan Brusch, Germany, Dec 2024
KGB Bar, NYC, USA, Nov 2024
New Gallery, Graz, Austria, Nov 2024
Frequenz Festival Kiel, Germany, May 2024
PopMatters
"Xol Meissner’s ‘Excess of Loss’ is a haunting, unique debut"
15 Questions
"Xol Meissner's voice sounds as though it were conversely re-embodied after spending time between this world and another, like a ghost slipping back into a physical shell."
Bandcamp
New & Notable
"A stark, gripping record from Xol Meissner that centers his rich, almost operatic vocals, surrounding them with avant-garde instrumentation."
Sun 13
Albums Quarterly
"Xol Meissner has delivered one of the year’s sleeper records with Excess of Loss."
Stereogum
"Album of Note"
June 2025
