Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Dengue Fever/Inara George (The Bird and the Bee) digital single due in July

Dengue Fever – Sleepwalking Through The Mekong DVD+CD soundtrack
Mumiy Troll – Comrade Ambassador
The 88 – Not Only... But Also

Dengue Fever (www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic.com)
6/17 @ Pure Groove Record Store/Art Gallery, London, England
6/18 @ The Scala, London, England (W/ Don Letts!)
6/19 @ Ekko, Utrecht, The Netherlands
6/20 @ Festival Mundial, Tilburg, The Netherlands
6/23 @ Registraur, Munich, Germany
6/25 @ John Dee, Oslo, Norway
6/26 @ Peace and Love Festival, Borlang, Sweden
6/30 @ Apolo 2, Barcelona, Spain
7/01 @ Sala Sol, Madrid, Spain
7/03 @ Festival De La Cite, Lausanne, Switzerland
7/04 @ Me You Zik Festival, Luxembourg
7/18 @ Il Motore, Montreal, QC, Canada
7/19 @ Parc Jean-Drapeau, QC, Canada
7/24 @ Dfest, Tulsa, OK
7/26 @ Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA (w/ Grace Jones & Of Montreal)
8/29 @ Outside Lands Music and Art Festival, San Francisco, CA

The 88 (www.the88.net)
6/17 @ Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA (w/The B-52s)
6/19 @ Oregon Zoo Amphitheater, Portland, OR (w/The B-52s)
6/25 @ Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, CA (w/The B-52s)
6/27 @ Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley, CA (w/The B-52s)
6/30 @ The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA (w/The B-52s)
7/19 @ Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA (w/The B-52s)

FROM DISCO FEVER TO DENGUE FEVER: INARA GEORGE COLLABORATION TURNS UP THE HEAT THIS SUMMER

Cambodian Rock Band Announces Release of Digital-Only EP Radio Dance Floor July 14 Featuring Donna Summer Classic “I Feel Love”

LOS ANGELES, CA (Tuesday, June 9, 2009) – Los Angeles-based Cambodian rock band Dengue Fever (http://www.myspace.com/denguefevermusic) announced today the July 14 digital-only release of a four-track EP entitled Radio Dance Floor featuring a collaboration with the Bird and the Bee’s Inara George on lead vocals on the disco classic “I Feel Love” made famous by Donna Summer.

Radio Dance Floor transports Dengue Fever from their customary sound of psychedelic 60s Cambodia straight onto the late 70s New York Studio 54 dance floor, with the inclusion of the remix of “Clipped Wings” from Secret Circuit. Tracks to be released include:

”Inara George and I grew up together in Topanga Canyon, California and it's such a pleasure to finally get to collaborate together,” said Dengue Fever guitarist Zac Holtzman. “Recording a disco classic like Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” was the ideal situation to work with Inara and still keep the feel of Dengue Fever. There was absolutely no pressure, a ton of fun play something so iconic and we still were able to get our lead singer Chhom Nimol to sing backup, which made it even better.”

2009 just keeps getting busier and busier for Dengue Fever. Earlier this year, the band made their Australian and New Zealand debut at WOMADelade and WOMAD NZ, respectively. April saw the release of their long-awaited documentary Sleepwalking Through The Mekong on DVD and CD soundtrack from M80 Music. In May, they toured the Eastern US with Brooklyn-based psychedelic surf cumbia band Chicha Libre. A European festival tour is scheduled for June and runs into July. Then, upon their return from Europe, just two weeks after the release of Radio Dance Floor, Dengue Fever will be opening for disco icon Grace Jones at the venerable Hollywood Bowl.

In the spirit of honoring the more traditional ways of presenting music, Dengue Fever celebrated Record Store Day in April with a limited edition (1000 units) split 7-inch vinyl record of a previously unreleased track “Genjer Genjer”. In May, they debuted a live, full-length soundtrack to the 1925 silent film dinosaur classic The Lost World at the San Francisco Film Festival. Later this year, there are plans for another split 7-inch vinyl with the Los Angeles-based band The Holloys on Slapshot Records. Dengue Fever and Secret Circut will again contribute The Echodelic Shockblast Revision of their track “Ethanopium” for an extremely limited edition pressing of 500. Fans can purchase music from Dengue Fever at their online store: http://denguefevermusic.com/store.

ABOUT DENGUE FEVER

Dengue Fever is Chhom Nimol – who sang regularly for the King and Queen of Cambodia - Ethan Holtzman (keyboards), Zac Holtzman (guitar), David Ralicke (horns), Senon Williams (bass) and Paul Smith (drums). The band’s music has been featured in a number of film and television shows including City Of Ghosts, Must Love Dogs, Boken Flowers, HBO’s hit series True Blood and twice on Showtime’s, Weeds They have released three albums, Dengue Fever, Escape From Dragon House, Venus On Earth and released their DVD/CD soundtrack to the documentary Sleepwalking Through The Mekong in April.

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