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Sleepwalking Through The Mekong

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 13, 2009 10:33 am
Sleepwalking Through The Mekong is a film that documents American band Dengue Fever's visit to Cambodia. Dengue Fever originated when brothers Ethan and Zac Holtzman heard classic late '60 and early '70s Cambodian pop songs performed by two of the most popular Khmer psychedelic pop artists: writer/vocalist Sinn Sisamouth and chanteuse Ros Serey...
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Dengue Fever — Sleepwalking Through The Mekong

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 21, 2009 10:47 am
Los Angeles-based, Cambodian-inspired band Dengue Fever pulled a cultural first four years ago and became the first foreign band to perform in Cambodia in the country's native tongue, Khymer. The group's performance at the Bon Om Thook water festival and visit to Phnom Penh were captured on film. The related soundtrack is dominated by Dengue...
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Sasquatch 2008 Day One

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By Quinn Omori (CHARTattack) May 28, 2008 2:00 pm
For the first time in it's seven-year history, the Sasquatch Music Festival stretched over a full three days. Memorial Day might not sound like an appropriate excuse to party, but with nearly 100 artists and comedians sharing three stages, our American neighbours and hosts did a fine job of demonstrating how to properly celebrate a long weekend...
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Dengue Fever — Venus On Earth

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) January 29, 2008 3:06 pm
Not many bands would think it a good idea to name themselves after a dreadful illness, but L.A.'s Dengue Fever have never really been in-the-box thinkers. Three albums into their career, the self-described "Cambodian pop rock psychedelic dance party" have yet to eschew the influences of their native culture and it pays off as a sort of...
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Dengue Fever — Cannibal Courtship

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) April 28, 2011 1:00 pm
Over the first part of their recording career, Los Angeles southeast Asian fusion band Dengue Fever have been quite serious about their output. Their sound has borrowed heavily from the Cambodian pop sounds of the '60s and '70s, a sort of cultural renaissance later brutally destroyed by the rise of the Khmer Rouge in the mid-'70s. Since those...
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I Read The News Today... For April 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 27, 2011 2:29 pm
Seth from Dengue Fever explains what a Mastadong is. And no, it's not as dirty as it sounds (it actually isn't dirty at all): Tokyo Police Club keyboardist and funnyman Graham Wright will release his Shirts Vs. Skins debut solo album on June 28. Chilly Gonzales is going to release what he's calling the world's "first-ever all-orchestral...
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Pumping: Dengue Fever - Sleepwalking Through The Mekong (Original Soundtrack)

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) March 18, 2009 4:23 pm
Every time a Dengue Fever record comes into the office we're always like, "What the heck is this crazy, exotic awesomeness?" This time, as a bonus, there's a DVD, too. This is gonna be one mind-melting trip, maaaan. 
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Dengue Fever Spread More Cambodian Rock With Venus On Earth

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By Moya Dillon (CHARTattack) November 2, 2007 4:00 pm
Los Angeles band Dengue Fever caused a global sensation with their second album, Escape From Dragon House, and are set to do the same with Venus On Earth when it arrives in stores on Jan. 22 via M80 Music. Dengue Fever's unique combination of pop and world music, which they define as "a Cambodian pop rock psychedelic dance party,"...
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