Name: Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)
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Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)

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Album: Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Lost in Laos	More Info...
2)	I'm Sixteen	More Info...
3)	22 Nights	More Info...
4)	Hold My Hips	More Info...
5)	Flowers	More Info...
6)	Thanks-A-Lot	More Info...
7)	New Year's Eve	More Info...
8)	Ethanopium	More Info...
9)	Glass of Wine	More Info...
10)	Shave Your Beard	More Info...
11)	Pow Pow	More Info...
12)	Connect Four	More Info...
13)	A Go Go (Mastered Remix)	More Info...
14)	Doo Wop (Live at Rickshaw Stop 2005)	More Info...
15)	Hold My Hips (Paul Dreux Smith Remix 2004)	More Info...
16)	Lost in Laos (Tom Chasteen Remix)	More Info...
17)	Thanks A Lot (Live at Spaceland)	More Info...

Album: Dengue Fever (Deluxe Edition)
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Lost in Laos	More Info...
2)	I'm Sixteen	More Info...
3)	22 Nights	More Info...
4)	Hold My Hips	More Info...
5)	Flowers	More Info...
6)	Thanks-A-Lot	More Info...
7)	New Year's Eve	More Info...
8)	Ethanopium	More Info...
9)	Glass of Wine	More Info...
10)	Shave Your Beard	More Info...
11)	Pow Pow	More Info...
12)	Connect Four	More Info...
13)	A Go Go (Mastered Remix)	More Info...
14)	Doo Wop (Live at Rickshaw Stop 2005)	More Info...
15)	Hold My Hips (Paul Dreux Smith Remix 2004)	More Info...
16)	Lost in Laos (Tom Chasteen Remix)	More Info...
17)	Thanks A Lot (Live at Spaceland)	More Info...

Performer Notes

Dengue Fever: Chhom Nimol (vocals); Zac Holtzman (guitar); Ethan Holtzman (Farfisa organ); Seenon Williams (bass); David Ralicke (horns); Paul Smith (drums).
Personnel: Zac Holtzman (vocals, guitar); Chhom Nimol (vocals); Trey Spruance (guitar, keyboards); David Ralicke (flute, saxophone); Ethan Holtzman (electric organ); Paul Smith (drums).
Audio Mixers: Paul Smith ; Trey Spruance.
Liner Note Author: Steve Hochman.
Recording information: The Igloo (2002-2003).
Despite its rough edges, the debut album by Dengue Fever is an indicator of where pop music is headed, particularly in areas of multicultural urban sprawl. Though Cambodian ?migr? Chhom Nimol's sinuous vocals dominate each song, Zachary Holtzman (guitar, vocals) plays an equally essential role in defining the band's direction. Retro surf guitar, the throwback psychedelic tone of the Farfisa organ, rhythms on songs like "Pow Pow" that conjure visions of James Bond dancing the Swim in a Hong Kong nightclub, as well as the absence of any post-punk or disco residue, create a sense of time displacement; this music could just as easily have been heard decades ago, long before American demographics had absorbed Asian pop influences. As a result, Dengue Fever also projects a feeling of being heard in another place, through the Asian modalities of its singsong melodies, the reverb that drenches Nimol's tracks and, above all, the fact that every vocal part, including those of the American-bred musicians, is in Khymer. This album matters, though, because of its relevance to a growing audience in the U.S. At long last, years after America tossed the seeds of its pop culture out into the world, the results are blowing back, taking root, and raising fascinating possibilities for what's to come in this newer New World. ~ Robert L. Doerschuk