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NEW TIMES ARTICLE
LOCAL HEROES
Published: Thursday, August 11, 2005
By: Dominic Sirianni
Vidavox isn't a jazz or jam band. Nor is it electronica, though
the group does borrow certain strategies from IDM. Vidavox is a
swirling amalgamation of exploratory music culled from the
recesses of South Florida's underground. The outfit cranks out
boundless, genre-defying sound that captures bits of classical,
punk, and surf music to construct strangely captivating and
melodious extended instrumental numbers. Vidavox has been playing
together since 2002 and is composed of former members of Faller,
Milkshed, and Lose the Rookie. They have a reputation for reaching
across party lines; their performances have enthralled hardcore
kids, punkers, rockers, and hip-hop backpackers alike. One demo,
thirtysome-odd local shows, a finished album, no tour, and three
years later they are done. This is their last show for now, as
guitarist Carlos Vega heads out of town to pursue a Ph.D. in
mathematics. This farewell performance is also serving as a
release party for their finally completed full-length album, a
project that has been in the works for more than a year.
-- Dominic Sirianni
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[ Vidavox review ]
Abel Folgar of StreetMiami Magazine:
When Michael Loncar published "66 Galaxie" in 1998, the world of
poetics was firmly kicked in the groin by a rampant, unabashed
force that disregarded theory and form; and rollicked along at a
break-neck pace that likened the work closer to the Sam Peckinpah
school of narration than beatnik poesy. Miami's Vida Vox has done
something similar. They have mounted a faceless, nameless
nine-song assault with the same balls-on fury of the
aforementioned poetry.
"66 Galaxie" worked as a series of thirty-five poem-vignettes.
They all exist in a surreal manner on their own, but when read in
succession, they materialized into a greater poem... every one
leading in narration towards a more realistically planted goal.
You are Here is the same way. The first two tracks work in gradual
chilly crescendos that amplify into a non-studio generated "wall
of noise" that would make alleged murderer Phil Spector proud as
all hell.
The duties are handled by Faller's Arnaldo Gonzalez on bass and
unusual sounds, Carlos Vega (formerly of the Fuckmemommies) on
guitar and keyboards, ex-Milkshed Chris Salazar on lead guitars,
and ex-Lose the Rookie Jim Miller on drums and percussion. These
are all very accomplished musicians with different musical
backgrounds that have come together in a Faith no More sans lyrics
kind of scenario. The results are impressive.
There are trace elements of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass,
Andres Segovia, The Fendermen, Kimone, The Anniversary, and
Tortoise. Track nine accelerates with staccato precision into a
thematic of western inspired call and response segments that
degenerates into chaos and note permutations a la Hüsker Dü in
"Hare Krsna" and breaks on a dime's return to cohesion. Tracks
four through seven range twenty minutes of ambient movements and
ethereal soundscapes.
Poetic as the mood might conduce, this is something else:
something more in touch with a tempered rawness. It is tight and
well edited like poetry should be, but also unafraid to barge in
headfirst into carbine spew or slashing blades. This is a flight
of fantasy. A 66 Galaxie with a V-8 purring through foggy
highways.
-- Abel Folgar
REVIEWS!
Reviewer:
woodman
wow. that sucks dude is leaving... such cool music.
Reviewer: CD
Baby
What I like to call a brain bath. This is the kind of album that
will unscramble your brain, untangle the day's knots, smooth out
those wrinkles in your mind and plant some new seeds. If you're
an instrumental rock connoisseur, this is an album not to be
missed. Drawing from jazz, progressive rock, jam band, math rock
and elements of electronic, Vidavox strikes a balance between
repetition and development, keeping you engaged with the looping
patterns and motives but drawing you deeper into the music with
the ideas and directions the music evolves into. It's like a
spiraling, chilled out ride that propells you into an original
journey every time. Top notch in its field.
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