Vidavox was an instrumental rock band from Miami, Florida. Formed in 2002, "Vidavox drew from jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

, progressive rock

Progressive rock

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, jam band

Jam band

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, math rock

Math rock

Math rock is a rhythmically complex guitar-based style of experimental rock that emerged in the 1980s and that was very influenced by progressive rock like King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Henry Cow - and 20th century composers such as Steve Reich and John Cage...

, and elements of electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 to strike a balance between repetition and development" (CdBaby Reviewer 2005)

Their 2005 self titled release met with positive reviews from the Broward-Palm Beach New Times http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2005-10-06/music/subtropical-spin/, Decoymusic.com http://www.decoymusic.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8355, babyblaue-seiten.de (in German) http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de/index.php?content=review&left=genre&albumId=7115&genre=26, Winterlight (in Japanese) http://www.sutv.zaq.ne.jp/winterlight/review/march7.html

Vidavox has notably performed with Aloha

Aloha

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, Cex

Cex

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, and The Method and Result

They were posthumously awarded "Best Band to Break Up in the Past Year" http://bestof.miaminewtimes.com/bestof/award.php?award=120384&year=2006 by the Miami New Times

Miami New Times

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History

Guitarist Carlos Vega went to art school with guitarist Christian Salazar and drummer James Miller. They played music together in various unorganized forms before the arrival of bassist Arnaldo Gonzalez in Spring 2002, at which point the Vidavox lineup was finalized.

Pre-Vidavox

James Miller played drums with Lose the Rookie

Christian Salazar played guitar with Milkshed and currently performs electronic and experimental music under the name Datamouth.

Arnaldo Gonzalez played bass and programmed drums with Carnival Waste http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2001-04-26/music/no-cotton-ear-candy/;
Gonzalez also played drums and keyboards with Faller http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/2002-06-27/music/bachelor-fad/

Members

Carlos Vega - guitar

Guitar

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, keyboard

Keyboard instrument

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, bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

James Miller - drums

Drum kit

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Arnaldo Gonzalez - bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, keyboard

Keyboard instrument

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, shouts

Christian Salazar - guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

, noise

Noise

In common use, the word noise means any unwanted sound. In both analog and digital electronics, noise is random unwanted perturbation to a wanted signal; it is called noise as a generalisation of the acoustic noise heard when listening to a weak radio transmission with significant electrical noise...

Discography

ALBUMS

Vidavox (2005) http://cdbaby.com/cd/vidavox



COMPILATIONS

Street Miami 2004 Music Compilation (2004) -- [TRACK: blues and haiku(s)]

External links

• Vidavox Home
  Vidavox on Myspace
• Vidavox Show Review