After dipping his toes into the waters of music production while working on his church's worship album, Austin, TX native Vicente Chung felt the urge to start making his own music. Under the name the Found and the Lost, Chung drafted his first album, a self-titled dance pop album that he found himself not quite satisfied with. x"-Mix is the result of retooling the album with better production and vocals. Listening to the albums side-by-side, there's quite a noticeable difference between the two. The instrumental tracks aren't drastically different (they sounded pretty good in the first place), but the other songs range from mildly to significantly improved. A couple of tracks were even slightly modulated, which I found interesting. Unfortunately, the vocals are entirely AI-produced, leaving the songs feeling empty and unnatural-sounding. The artificial vocals sound okay in some places, but are often shaky and occasionally flat, while sometimes forcing too many syllables into a melody, which ends up sounding awkward. Had the album featured real vocals, x"-Mix would have been a solid dance pop/worship album. That being said, if you're okay with AI-generated content and you like what you hear, x"-Mix does sound a lot better than the original version of the album, so you'll want to stick with this one.

- Review date: 3/27/25, written by Scott Fryberger of Jesusfreakhideout.com