PATTERNS AND TONES

Ventriloquest Ectoplasmold Xanaxax are a synthpop performance happening who create a textural backdrop to a world they create from scratch. Reigning from Oakland, California V.E.X. are fronted by Roxy Monoxide on vocals, guitar, Farfisa keyboard, drum machine, FX and Lulu Gamma Ray on vocals, Kurzweil keyboard, analog synth and sampler. They breath life into songs like the hypnotic and enchanting  Satan's Sister's Dance  and the watery, undulating HighWay, LowRoad  which contains some of my favorite guitar riffs I've heard in awhile. As an old Xmal Deutchland fan, I still have a soft spot in my heart for synth laden textures sprinkled with crunchy guitar leads with a dark cloud hanging overhead. In Telepathic Radio, the snap and unemotional resonance of their drum machine snuggles perfectly next to the warmer pitch of their Farfisa. Hauntingly crafted with wit and premonition, V.E.X. hint at an apocalyptic world which they stitch toge...