VoX LoW

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Vox Low stands straight under a freezing acid rain, facing adversity, and from the outset of this first LP the message is clear; time for an OK Corral showdown with the opening title “Now, We’re Ready to Spend”: “It costs so much, but now we’re ready to spend.” These children of the night gatecrash the court of the Crimson King, climb onto the tables and piss on the silverware. A superb black mass for a bunch of hippies high on mandrax and dressed in rags and sheepskins. Vox Low manages to set a ‘Sauerkraut’ Morricone- Rock atmosphere of its own, hypnotic and druggy. Krautrock – never boring, always exciting – with an inimitable 60s bass sound, a trippy discarnate voice combined with some Moe Tucker-style drumming. Rock’n’roll attitude in the body of exhausted 90s ravers. Vox Low removed the bland and indecent house from acid-house, only to keep the dark acid side, like the Holy Chalice of Zaragoza. Later in the album comes the song You Are a Slave: “You are a slave/but you don’t remember” – a punk, nihilist topic for a straightforward cold-as-a-razor-blade title. There are hits as well, such as Something Is Wrong, their anthem for a jilted generation coming down from MDMA, for those who hate dancing, in the back. A song like Some Word of Faith places the record under the seal of the Gospels, the Holy Scriptures, and Depeche Mode’s “Songs Of Faith and Devotion” album. Half muggy industrial, half leather rockabilly: like Frankie Goes to Hollywood covering Led Zeppelin – nothing less. Because, more than the filtered-disco years, the matter here is eternal oh- so-exciting new wave, from which TRUTH emerges when the spotlights from Top Of the Pops go out and you find yourself alone in front of the mirror of your sordid dressing room: in front of you, make-up, New Romantics, cocaine. Fade to Grey. In Rides Alone, Vox Low conjures up the suicided body of INXS’ Michael Hutchence, found dead in room 424 of Sidney’s Ritz-Carlton – naked, lying on the carpet among empty champagne bottles, a black studded leather belt around his neck. With Trapped in the Moon and It’s Rejuvenation, the Parisians deliver a certain idea of modernity: a cardboard western feel à la Morricone, as goth as the Sisters of Mercy, and VHS retro-futurism. Vox Low delivers the record nobody expected anymore, one that captures the spirit of the world in motion, for the attention of a crowd of social rejects who have one knee in the gutter but refuse to surrender to the prevailing cynicism. A dark, poisonous, nihilist and erudite piece of work for those who worship Primal Scream’s “Screamadelica” and Gary Numan, who stand in line at the Berghain with their pockets empty but their heads full of ideals. Paris is a moveable feast. Gérard LOVE. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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electronic,krautrock,post-punk,new wave,dark wave,cold wave,darkwave,

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Now We're Ready to Spend

Now We're Ready to Spend

Apr/2019

Vox Low

Feb/2018

Loving Hell EP

Nov/2016

Loving Hell

Nov/2016

Loving Hell - Single

Loving Hell - Single

Nov/2016

The Hunt - Single

The Hunt - Single

Jul/2016

The Hunt

Jul/2016

Trapped On The Moon

Trapped On The Moon

Jul/2016

I Wanna See The Light

I Wanna See The Light

May/2015

Cast Upward, Through The Waves, A Ruby Glow

Cast Upward, Through The Waves, A Ruby Glow

Apr/2015

Something Is Wrong

Something Is Wrong

Mar/2015

Relectures - EP

Relectures - EP

Feb/2020

Relectures

Feb/2020

RELECTURES (REMIX)

RELECTURES (REMIX)

Feb/2020

Now, We're Ready To Spend

Now, We're Ready To Spend

Apr/2019

Now We're Ready to Spend

Now We're Ready to Spend

Apr/2019

Now, We're Ready To Spend

Now, We're Ready To Spend

Apr/2019

Now We're Ready To Spend Remixes / Black Lake

Now We're Ready To Spend Remixes / Black Lake

Jul/2019

I Wanna See the Light - EP

I Wanna See the Light - EP

May/2015

keep on falling

keep on falling

Oct/2023

Distance - Single

Distance - Single

Aug/2023

Distance

Aug/2023

We Walk

Jul/2023

We Walk - Single

We Walk - Single

Jul/2023

Henry Rode

Sep/2023

Henry Rode - Single

Henry Rode - Single

Sep/2023

Singles and Rarities 2014 - 2018

Singles and Rarities 2014 - 2018

Nov/2024

The Reasoning Places - Stay Away

The Reasoning Places - Stay Away

Nov/2024

Reasoning Places - Stay Away (Mantra)

Reasoning Places - Stay Away (Mantra)

Nov/2024

Singles and Rarities

Singles and Rarities

Oct/2024

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