futuristic dream pop music
synthesized by three mortal humans
NYC-based dream pop synth-forward band Vox Cadre creates soundtracks to help you hang onto your heart and humanity in a depersonalized, monetized, hyper-connected world. Their music is an 80’s-influenced balm to cut through the noise of modernity with a message of fierce solidarity. Vox Cadre combines big melodies with even bigger emotions, powerful ballads, electrifying vocal harmonies, atmospheric sound design, and driving dance beats into a stacked array of sonic power. And as many synthesizers (digital and analog) they can throw into the mix.
Vox Cadre spent over five years developing the sound of No Strength in Numbers, their debut album, produced by Daniel Schlett (The War on Drugs, CHAI, Booker T, DIIV, Amen Dunes, Ghostface Killah). This 8-track album runs the gamut from dream pop to shoegaze to progressive rock and is heavily influenced by Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Brian Eno, James Blake and Genesis.
Steve is a software engineer who's been around music for most of his life. In college, he served as the local music director of WKNC 88.1FM, helping to launch the careers of bands such as Future Islands and Bon Iver. He’s a firm believer in the fact that magic doesn’t happen unless you actively seek it out. His life motto is based on increasing the presence of music, which increases the chance of magical encounters, and, after years of sitting behind a computer monitor, he can’t see that being a bad thing.
Michael is a singer-songwriter from a family of powerhouse musicians; his father and uncle formed a group The Melton Brothers, one of the most successful bands from Delaware in the 1970s. Michael has been writing songs and performing in bands for most of his life, drawing inspiration from artists like Muse, Prince, Hot Chip, and Ben Folds. Much of Vox Cadre's earliest material was derived directly from his substantial collection of solo work, and his love for big, theatrical, emotional music has very much set the tenor of the group.
Mike is a disciple of bands like Boston, Genesis, Nektar, Queen and Journey. Over the past two decades, he's created his own guitar style, informed as much by the avant garde as it is by the great shredders, legends like Tom Scholz, Steve Hackett and Roye Albrighton. When he joined Vox Cadre in January 2023, he gave the group the jolt of rock energy they were missing. Most of his life has been punctuated by some form of music and the study of what makes it tick.
The 3 current members of Vox Cadre (huge nod to Andrew Ferry, original founding member) have been musical partners in various formations since they were 14-15 years old and they developed their musical style and love of performance along similar lines. Together again in writing their full length album, No Strength in Numbers, all their experience (solo and as a group) collides in a proud cohesive musical statement.
With the anticipated release of their full album No Strength in Numbers, Vox Cadre bears a message of solidarity. “We’re in this together: let’s fight to keep our humanity alive.”