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Sounds Like
Voice box sounds like an amped up Velvet Underground pitted against the Who, peppered with the lyrical twists and turns into the shadows of the Doors, cut with the blade of early Genesis...they sound like nothing you've ever heard before... mixed with songs you know by heart.
BONE DADDY LIVE @ the PUPPET BIKE LOFT
WHIR OF THE CITY LIVE @ THE ASHBARY
AL & PACO LIVE @ O'MALLEY'S
Voice box has a core, and revolving doors. The music is derivative of your dreams. The good dreams you don’t remember. They lean towards the cinematic and the light of the dark. They share the same mission statement as Dante Alighieri in his Comedy. Voice box began performing in Chicago in early 2003 as a sextet featuring: Bruce Fournier-words, music, percussion; Valerie Dillon- lead voice; JD Kostyk- guitars; John Chavers- bass guitar; Paul Sigurdson- drums; Jesse Scinto- saxophone, in support of their first disc, Instant Gratification. From the original recording’s ambient, cyber-beatnik vibe, the songs, in the able hands of the band, open up a new dynamic improvisation and kinetic energy. The Din Room CD was recorded in 2005 as Voice box morphed into a four piece. The Lyrics are androgynous, literary, unbridled to the hilt; the music heavy and atmospheric. John and Paul, come to the fore. Bruce smacks of and eclipses Valerie. JD takes to soaring. The results in tracks like Al and Paco, Injection, and Paradia give witness to the power surge. This mélange of melody, sound, and drive was recorded and mixed in two days time. And so to the core and revolving doors. The latest incarnation of Voice box is currently creating it’s third release: At the Speed of Ten Machines, while performing songs from the Din Room and their newer material at various venues throughout the Chicago area. Bruce and JD have joined with Bob Berg on Drums and Brent Mix on Bass. The band is more intricate, textural, funky, and vocal savvy, and mixes more aggression with mellow melodics. Landscapes, and the people who inhabit them. Sublime and desolate songs which you desperately need to hear. This is Voice box.
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