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Nikka Costa: Everybody Got Their Something

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by Rob Evanoff
June 1, 2001

A far cry from being confused with a famous Nikki and his book of Dirt, Nikka Costa finally debuts stateside with her Virgin release and it’s a real dirty pleasure. Want a mental taste? Take the sexual vocal passion of earlyTina Turner, the delivery ofJanis Joplinand mix it with the modern day soul of Lauryn Hill ...

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Rinocerose: installation sonore

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by Rob Evanoff
April 1, 2001

O.K. so I just discovered Rinocerose this past week and I can’t stop listening to it. On the opening cut “la guitaristic house organization” Rinocerose fuses the power punch ofan INXS guitar riff with silky smooth French housebefore degenerating into an ambient pool of heady gravy. Then, just as quickly as it dissipated, it revs up ...

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State of Bengal: Visual Audio

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by Rob Evanoff
March 1, 2001

Finally! A project and CD whose name and title says it all. AState of Bengal(city in India) and it’s double entendre folklore is what your mind is about to enter when you listen to Visual Audio. The CD begins with a sample of an Indian man announcing “Your attention please. India Airlines announces the“Flight of 1C ...

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Banco de Gaia: Igizeh

by Rob Evanoff
March 1, 2001

At times, I’m quite calculated when it comes to turning people onto new music, though I do it in such a subtle way as to appear coincidental. Such is the case with this CD as an unsuspecting long time music enthusiast unknowingly was being set up to becomeBanco de Gaia’s newest devotee. People often ask what ...

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Down To The Bone: Spread The Word

by Rob Evanoff
March 1, 2001

Ever have a rump quaking groove reach down to the bone and move you? Literally! Well, either you have or you haven’t but you would definitely know if you had. I tell you what...check out Down to the Bone’s third album for even just a paltry 30 seconds and you’ll soon be willing to spread the ...

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DJ Doran: Electric Daisy Carnival

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by Rob Evanoff
February 1, 2001

On Saturday, June 24 2000, nearly 30,000 ravers gathered for the fifth annual Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Southern California. The event clocked in at 13 hours and showcased talent including DJ Dan, Dieselboy, Sandra Collins, Omar Santana, Christopher Lawrence and BT. The sweaty proceedings infiltrated tents that featured hardcore, house, techno and drum & bass, ...

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St Germain: Tourist

by Rob Evanoff
January 1, 2001

Picking a favorite album each year is an exhausting emotional process and always creates much controversy within my mind and this year was no exception. Picking a favorite album is not based on just artistic merit but also how that album integrates itself into my life. 2000 represented a transition in my life, a journey of ...

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Frogwings: Croakin' at Toad's

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by Rob Evanoff
October 1, 2000

All jamband imitators step aside, for the first supergroup has arrived!FROGWINGS. Frogwings, originally put together byButch Trucks(legendary drummer and founder of theAllman Brothers Band) in May of ’97 as a side project, played a handful of Northeast shows this past year and the result is Croakin' at Toad’s releasing October 3rd on Flying Frog Records. Trucks, ...

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Michael Wolff: Impure Thoughts

by Rob Evanoff
October 1, 2000

What say you? You have come before us with impure thoughts of what a jamband should be! You know better than that. Close your eyes and open your mind for many bands that truly jam were doing so decades before the term was coined. Michael Wolff has closed his and the result is heard in the ...

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David Andrews: Get Me Out Of This Place

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by Rob Evanoff
October 1, 2000

A universal thought that has surely been echoed by each and every one of us at some point in our lives; “Get me out of THIS place” ! Whether it’s a physical place or a career or a bad blind date, just the phrase alone allows one to envision that time you couldn’t wait for the ...