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This Thursday, January 23rd on SuicideGirls Radio, hosts Nicole Powers and Juturna Suicide will be joined in studio by members of Dengue Fever. Chhom Nimol (vocals), Paul Smith (percussion), Senon Williams (bass), and Zac Holtzman (guitar) will be treating us to an acoustic set and will be playing songs from their new EP, “Girl From The North.” The Los Angeles based band, who offer a unique psychedelic spin on Cambodian pop sounds of the ’60s, are in the midst of recording their first new full length since 2011 and will be performing live at Largo in LA on Friday, January 24th and at Asia Society in Houston on the January 31st.
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About Dengue Fever
At the close of 2012, Dengue Fever, a band widely recognized for its trademark blend of ‘60s Cambodian pop and psychedelic rock, proudly announced the launch of its homegrown label, Tuk Tuk Records. The band’s newly established independence marks yet another chapter in the continual evolution of a group unlike many in the Los Angeles music scene.
Currently in the studio recording tracks for their next release, Dengue Fever launched Tuk Tuk as an outlet for their back catalog, and potential solo projects and previously released but long out-of-print music related to each band member. The first two releases included their long out-of-print eponymous debut (2003) and its critically acclaimed sophomore follow-up, Escape from Dragon House (2005). Amazon.com named Dragon House the #1 int’l release for 2005, and Mojo magazine named it in their Top 10 World Music releases of 2006. Each album has been expanded into digital deluxe editions with rare and unreleased bonus tracks from the band’s archives.
Eminent musicians from around the world took notice of the band’s rise over their first half-decade. In 2008, Real World Records Founder and musician, Peter Gabriel, licensed their third release, Venus on Earth, for the world and noted, “They’re California-based but have taken ’60s Cambodian pop as their main source of inspiration and it’s done with style. Its spirited, impassioned.”
More kudos came from Metallica’s Kirk Hammett who handpicked the band’s song “One Thousand Tears of A Tarantula” from Dragon House for his Rolling Stone magazine ‘Best Music Of The Decade’ ballot – as the second best song of the entire decade.
International touring transpired quickly after the release of Venus, including an inspired two-song set on the BBC’s Later with Jools Holland show (2009) followed by on-air praise from Ray Davies of the Kinks. Davies likened them to “….a cross between Led Zeppelin and Blondie. And I should know, I toured with both of them.”
Dengue Fever’s latest release, Cannibal Courtship (Fantasy Records/Concord Music Group), was released in April 2011. Their latest record moved the needle yet again with the band performing live for the first time ever, in France, Mexico and Brazil. Today, only two continents (Africa and Antarctica) have yet to host a Dengue Fever performance.
For more on Dengue Fever visit their website and follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
*UPDATE*
ICYMI: Our show featuring special guests Tita and Fabrizia Suicide – plus an amazing live set from Dengue Fever can be viewed here or via the player below.
And if you enjoy the music you hear on the show, please consider contributing to Dengue Fever’s Pledge Music campaign to help fund the recording of their new album.
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