Vostok Lake

Country of origin:

New Zealand

Type of music generally:

Moody electronic alternative pop

Status:

Most recent release, Small Group Psychosis (2009)

See also:

Vostok Lake's site

Vostok Lake's Facebook page

Vostok Lake's ReverbNation page

The Ectophiles' Guide's page for Daphne Lawless's previous work

Comparisons:

Laurie Anderson, Marianne Nowottny

Covers/own material:

Own, occasional covers

General comments:

Vostok Lake's music is fluid and impressively skewed. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)

Recommended first album:

Small Group Psychosis is Daphne Lawless's debut under this name

Recordings:

Small Group Psychosis (2009)

Small Group Psychosis

Release info:

2009—Random Static—RSM009001005

Availability:

See Vostok Lake's site

Ecto priority:

Recommended

Group members:

Daphne Lawless—vocals, Ensoniq MR-61, Korg DS-8, Kawai K1-11, Toshiba Satellite L300, Edirol audio interface, ASG vocal micophone

Produced by:

Daphne Lawless

Comments:

Daphne Lawless continues an impressively individual path with another record that's clearly as strange and rich as her previous ones. "Crowley in a previous life" is a typically skewed tale of a reincarnation of the English mystic. "Yonder lies the sea" is strangely quiet, but with a beguiling tune. The title track approaches an odd but satisfying sense of the epic with a tale told to a soft melody. The album ends with an old Leonard Cohen song rendered uniquely. It's a fitting finale. (stjarnell@yahoo.com)

Thanks to Anna Maria Stjärnell for work on this entry.