Album Lounge: Venus On Earth
Venus On Earth
Released: 2008 11 tracksPosts about Dengue Fever > Venus On Earth
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On April 18th I caught up with Dengue Fever before their show at The Independent in San Francisco. Below is the first installment of my interview with them. Dengue fever are a psychedelic Cambodian rock band from Los Angeles. Fronted by the silky vocal styling of Chhom Nimol. Quite simply, their sound is dreamy and sexy.... MORE
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This Friday, I have an interview scheduled with Dengue Fever.
I'll be catching up with the Los Angeles based group prior to their performance at the Independent in San Francisco.
If you've never heard of Dengue Fever you should get around to it, they're a pretty far out and unique group. I'm rather excited to sit down with them and pick their collective brain.
Their sound combines Cambodian pop music and lyrics with good ol' fashioned psychedelic rock. T... MORE
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Note that you can download the Dengue Fever track I picked tonight from my website's blog. There's some stuff in this show that is new to pat radio ( Umbrella Men, Moon High), and I lean on some old favorites. Various linkages are below. I'm reasonably sure we will have an in-studio guest next week...
Stream: http://patradio.org/blix/wimpy.php
Download: http://patradio.org/blix/program_106_Assorted.mp3
(Right click or Cntrl + click and Save-As in order to do... MORE
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Notes of an Aboriginalien….. In the foreground of our mind, without even noticing, we seem to limit our way of interacting with other beings within terms we can explain to ourselves, with notable exceptions. When two humans interact and it is taken for the great depth it has to offer, it seems worlds collide! When we try to understand how we know this information and how we know what it means, we also attempt to take credit for this skillful act. But our brains ... MORE
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This is how I heard the music of Dengue Fever described once...and I couldn't have said it better. A wonderful blend of African,Middle Eastern,acid jazz, and R & B with elements of rock and pop mixed in for good measure...its nothing if not eclectic...and incredible.... MORE
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Today's two-person review is brought to you by Sage and Ethan.
Sage's Score: 7.0
Ethan's Score: 6.0 ST: So today we're reviewing Venus on Earth by Cambodian psychedelic pop-lounge rock band, Dengue Fever. EE: Seriously. I tried entering that into the genre category in iTunes. I had to settle with "religious." ST: Not "world"? EE: Nah. I don't have much "religious" ... figured I'd spread my genre list out a bit. Also, when I think of world musi... MORE
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Dengue Fever is the amazing L.A.-based alt-rock band featuring Cambodian-born singer Chhom Nimol. Their new album is Venus On Earth and here's a cool track off it.
They were written up in the New York Times recently:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/20/arts/music/20smit.html?ref=music
Dengue Fever are finally getting their due. Photo by Kevin Estrada.... MORE

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