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Dengue Fever is a six-member band from Los Angeles who combine
Cambodian pop music and lyrics with psychedelic rock. They were
formed in 2001 by Ethan Holtzman and his brother Zac after Ethan
was inspired by a trip to Cambodia. As Ethan and Zac were searching
for a vocalist to sing in Khmer, lead Singer Chhom Nimol was
discovered in a nightclub in Little Phnom Penh area of Long Beach.
She was already a well-known karaoke singer from Cambodia, but
decided to move to US after visiting her sister, and thought it was a
good chance to make more money to send to her family back home.
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Dengue Fever is a six-member band from Los Angeles who combine
Cambodian pop music and lyrics with psychedelic rock. They were
formed in 2001 by Ethan Holtzman and his brother Zac after Ethan
was inspired by a trip to Cambodia. As Ethan and Zac were searching
for a vocalist to sing in Khmer, lead Singer Chhom Nimol was
discovered in a nightclub in Little Phnom Penh area of Long Beach.
She was already a well-known karaoke singer from Cambodia, but
decided to move to US after visiting her sister, and thought it was a
good chance to make more money to send to her family back home.
[1] Zac performs vocals and guitar, while Ethan plays the Farfisa
organ. Rounding out the band are bassist Senon Williams (who also
plays in Radar Bros), drummer Paul Smith, and David Ralicke on
brass.
Their self-titled debut album was released in 2003. All lyrics on the
earlier albums are sung in Khmer, whilst the third album introduces
some songs in English. Many of the songs are covers of 1960s
Cambodian rock tunes by such artists as Sinn Sisamouth and Ros
Sereysothea, but some are originals, first written in English by the
Holtzmans before being translated.
In 2005, the band toured in Cambodia, and were acclaimed.[2.
Also in 2005, their second album, Escape from Dragon House, was
released, and contained more original songs. It was re-released on
limited edition colored vinyl on August 26th, 2008. Escape from
Dragon House was one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of
2005.
In June 2008, Real World Records released “Venus On Earth” in all
territories outside of the U.S. and Canada. [3] Peter Gabriel founder
of Real World Records said this of the deal: « hide |
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