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Calliope
featuring the single "Numb"
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Inspired by European dance sounds, seasoned with American rock, David walks the grey space inbetween.
Critical acclaim continues to grow for David's music -- simultaneously looking back fondly at '80s new wave and forward to modern electro. David's latest album, Calliope continues to gain momentum as it charges into 2003.
Ever since David released Chivalry, his first album in 1992, listeners have consistently been persuaded from skeptical doubters to admirers. His catchy melodies and intensely personal lyrics have won fans around the world.
David is presently in the studio, preparing to begin work on his newest album, Your Mileage May Vary. Watch for it in April of 2004.
David presently lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with his wife Ann, 3 1/2-year-old son Eric, and his three cats. By day, he teaches web development technologies for ITT Technical Institute. He has been on the Internet since 1988, plays fantasy baseball, once ran for the Oregon state legislature, and is a bit daft over the color purple.
Here's what the critics have been saying about David Vesel:
"....There are some really catchy, well-written pop tunes here. I particularly like the lyrical twists of 'Rip It Out', 'Love Is An Answer, But Love Is Not The Answer' and 'Actions Speak Louder Than Words' use irony in a wonderfully bitter twist in each chorus. 'Echoes' is a wonderfully slow, contemplative ballad that I find myself listening to again and again. 'Crush', 'The Coming Of The Dead' and 'Stained Glass' are all excellent songs as well. 'Crush' succeeds where 'Purple Is' fails, in that while it is a very rhythmically based song, it still is a very catchy and fun song. 'The Coming Of The Dead' is a song I don't totally understand, but still enjoy a lot. Especially the remix of the track at track 12, where the dance elements of the song are enhanced. 'Stained Glass' is almost as wonderful a ballad as 'Echoes', with some really pretty synth work anchoring the song...All in all, this is a good album...."
-- Jason Baker reviews Calliope for synthpop.net, 2/28/2003
"Look out Depeche Mode, look out Erasure, look out Soft Cell! Well, if they were still around this could actually fit in with the competition . . . This is very well made [synthpop] of the late 80’s. It may not be chart topper material in today’s market, but it is still of good quality and more than worth listening to." -- Loren McDonald reviews "Stained Glass" for Gods of Music, 7/9/2002
"David Vesel is doing some interesting things with modern Synth-Pop. Despite his lack of conventional vocal prowess, he draws compelling vocal portraits of our morbid existences here in ‘The Caves.’ The shadowy tones contained here are slightly disturbing, but those shadows do not obscure the obvious talent he’s secreted in his subterranean domicile . . . Although it recalls the '80s to a great degree, it’s not purely ‘retro.’ He’s taken it in a very post-'90s direction and mapped out a new segment of the catacombs his British, keyboard-wielding predecessors dared not trek into without an ample supply of torches and make-up." -- Gary Arthur Brown reviews "The Caves" for Gods of Music, 7/30/2002
"David Vesel has a good mind for synthpop...let me say that right away. He hears things with just the right quirkiness to write a solid synthpop tune....The instrumentation is good maybe even great. The lyrics are solidly written." -- Clint Gaige reviews "Numb" for Gods of Music, 9/7/2002
Visit David Vesel's official web site at Ampcast.
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| Lost opportunities, inner demons, shame and guilt that paralyze us. The B-side of the single "Stained Glass". Instruments: Alesis QS-6. Words and music by David Vesel. |
CD: Calliope (2002)
Label: Purple Note Records
Credits: words and music by D. Vesel (ASCAP) |
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| The third single from Calliope. A song about loving the real person you're with. Instruments: Alesis QS6. Words and music by David Vesel |
CD: Calliope (2002)
Label: Purple Note Records
Credits: words and music by D. Vesel (ASCAP) |
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| The second single from Calliope. A song about the coming of winter. Instruments: Alesis QS-6. Words and music by David Vesel. |
CD: Calliope (2002)
Label: Purple Note Records
Credits: words and music by D. Vesel (ASCAP) |
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