Artist description the novox project is David Forbus and James Reyna.

Music Style instrumental mood music

Musical Influences anywhere from Depeche Mode to Front 242 to Ministry

Artist History David and James met on an old BBS chat system called Houston Chat Channel. David having experience producing and engineering and who had put together a home studio was interested in self-producing an album using all keyboards... possibly a Ce Tu Ja Vu type sound. David (using the handle <b>soundman</b>) met James (using the handle <b>synthdog</b>) and they started talking. Eventually, they got together and made a few attempts at some songs... and the vocals weren't coming out to be what they had hoped. They trashed that idea and came up with the idea of putting together an instrumental album. It was originally intended to be an industrial dance type album, but I suppose that wasn't the musical influence that took charge of the two writers. The result was an 11 song album: David contributed two of his creations and James contributed the other nine.

Group Members David Forbus and James Reyna

Instruments Korg M1, Ensoniq EPS 16+, various noise sources.

Albums Negative Silence

Press Reviews There was a press review in the Public News: NOVOX is a vocal-free (hence their name, which means "no voice") synth duo, James Reyna and David Forbus, apparently well-versed in the art of manipulating electronics to highly stylized ends. Their disc 'Negative Silence' is an exciting journey through microchipped melodies that range from bass-tasty, smooth synth-sprinkled dance floor wallops ("Freedom of the Machine," "E.T.A.," "New World") to factory-issue erector set industrializations ("China 2000," "Hypnosis") to introspective, high-tech burps and tiptoeing rhythms ("Meet Your Maker"). All this is painted on a completely digital soundscape facilitating the pristine, nerve-pinching rendering of every sound here. It works for me. --Elliot V. Meacham, Public News, Houston's Alternative Newsweekly, October 9, 1991, Issue #492

Additional Info ©1991 Negative Silence, ASCAP

Location Houston, TX - USA

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