Product Details
- Artist: Dengue Fever
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0824247014121
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- Format: Enhanced
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- Label: M80
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- Manufacturer: M80
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: M80
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- Release Date: 2007-03-27
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- Studio: M80
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- Title: Escape from Dragon House
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- UPC: 824247014121
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: "If you can imagine a band where a Cambodian beauty queen shares the stage with Rasputin, Barry White, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Hutchence, and Brian Wilson, you'd have a pretty good idea of the group Dengue Fever." -- L.A. TIMES "Her voice is swathed in reverb, becoming instantly mythic." -- THE WIRE "The culture clash inherent to this band gives its debut a dynamic flair." -- TIME OUT NEW YORK "Dengue Fever is at the vanguard of an emerging global pop sensibility, making familiar yet eerily unique music." -- KEXP Fronted by Cambodian pop star Ch'hom Nimol, who sings in Khmer, Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever blends the rhythms of sixties Cambodian pop--heavily influenced by American surf, rock, and early psychedelic garage bands--with their own eclectic mix of American and international styles. Unlike the world music bands of the late eighties, Dengue Fever is more concerned with a universal groove and breaking down musical barriers than with notions of authenticity. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness, and girl-group angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is the band's own. On Escape from Dragon House, the sound is denser, thicker, and richer than on the group's 2003 self-titled debut. Escape from Dragon House is also darker, both musically and lyrically, with a fully realized style that melts all of the band's influences into one realized voice that is pure Dengue Fever.
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Customer Reviews
Unreal! The best kind of Dengue Fever to get!
I discovered Dengue Fever while listening to radioparadise.com. I'm sorry to say that I don't understand the khmer lyrics, but I find it fascinating all the same.
I love the musicianship on this CD. The keyboards nicely complement the sound. I now have all three of their CDs and am exploring music by other Cambodian artists.
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Better all the time.
Who knew surfer rock and 50's era Khmer lounge music would result in such an addictive union. "Dengue" is getting better all the time; I'd probably start with "Venus on Earth" rather than "Dragon House" but both are excellent.
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Still feverish....
I bought this because I was immensely impressed by their newest album, "Venus on Earth" and this one is just as great. The songs, by and large, are drenched in straight-up psychedelic pop and are so darn catchy that you'll have these tunes stuck in your head for hours...even if you can't understand the lyrics. But that's what's so great about this band: They transcend language and nationality and can be enjoyed by anyone who appreciates great music.
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so awsome
i had never heard this genre before the little samples seemed interesting, but the real thing blew me away. some of it is sixties-esk but the sound is done in an epic way, they don't hold back.
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Fun california band with a Cambodian lead singer
If you are looking for music to put on after hours with some candle light, cocktails, and some good people than this is it. Dengue Fever are funky, groovy, mysterious, romantic, and pyschedelic! The musicianship is top notch. The singing is all in Khmer, which is the main language of Cambodia? This is a sexy and catchy album. I was looking for music that had a retro/funk/surfer style, but with an edge. The edge is the singing in a different language. Don't worry about lyrics or that you can't understand it. Just relax. Fix a drink. Pur some loose clothing on and play this loud because this ain't for meditation. It's for people who want to be groovy baby.
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