VOSTOK LAKE combines all the noise of a full band with a quirky, low budget, "do-it-yourself" ethic - we call it "melodramatic electroclash". VOSTOK LAKE mixes performance poetry with 80s-style synth-pop beats, in a live show full of dramatic intensity and deadpan comedy. A little bit gothic, a little bit prog, a lot like nothing you've heard of before.

Daphne Lawless, Vostok Lake's only human member, originally comes from Wellington, where she played keyboards in various indie bands. Discovering Depeche Mode's "Black Celebration" album led to a major breakthrough, as she adopted sequencers and struck out as a solo act. She signed with independent publishing house Random Static in 2001, and adopted the name of Vostok Lake for her musical project in 2007.