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Mach FoX - dancy, trancy electronica with a great 80s vibe. (Think Blondie, Yaz, Prince, or DAF.) There's something here for everyone to love, and this disc should keep you dancing. As Mach Fox is doing most everything right -- not the least of which is creating a niche as a showman who looks more like a life-size space movie action figure than a rock star -- it's a wonder he's not better known outside the electronic music scene. Mach (or Mark, as he's known to his friends) would also be a hit with fans on the indie rock scene. His female vocalist's voice at times recalls Annie Lenox at times, also not a bad thing.
David deYoung @ howwastheshow.com
Mach FoX - selftitled
He wears masks on his shoulders and big, black goggles on his face – the better to electrify you with. He comes at you like Abobo with a drum machine. Mach FoX is on the frontlines as man and machine sonically duke it out, but which side is he on? The electro-rocker has brought his electronic mash-ups into 2006 with a new band and a new record, a self-titled collection of goth-tinged synthpop sounds that will have you dancing jerkily about in no time.
The CD kicks off with "Run 4 the Prize," a fuzzy-beat and new wave guitar-driven number slathered with the 'VoX' stylings of Mach, guitarist Adam01 and TeA, whose icy pipes declare "a little strange will do you good." Mach's robotic vocal effects are only natural on the follow-up track, "AXion FriXion," which fondly recalls Thomas Dolby.
Things get a little darker farther into the disc. Samples and mechanical voices churn in the rapid, angry swirl of "Upsidedown." An industrial edge comes in with "The Subversives" and "Favourite Photo," which begins with the sound of what seems to be an orgasmic slot machine and evolves in a Gary Numan-inspired clash of guitar and drumbeats. French artist and former tour mate Severin24 puts a dreamy twist on a remix of the album's "Fast, Fallaway."
Camp and novelty are inevitable anytime humans put on the robot suit, but those things are fun and different and that's always a good thing.
Jenny Newgard RIFT magazine Issue 14
Mach FoX -Seltitled
Though he used to be a member of the consciously kitschy space-age electro-pop band Manplanet, local electronica ace Mach Fox has taken a darker turn on his latest set of synth-heavy electro-punk. His new self-titled CD embraces the goth-industrial ethic of Ministry and a boatload of '80s-era groups like Killing Joke and Bauhaus.
- the Onion (mpls.) - Volume 42 Issue 14 / April 6-12 2006
