LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ It's Alive Media) DENGUE FEVER (www.denguefevermusic.com), whose exotic blend of Cambodian rock, Afro grooves, surf, and garage psych announced today that they have confirmed tours of both South East Asia and
Europe this Summer. The band will be touring in support of a new EP, the first new music from DENGUE FEVER since 2011, which will be announced shortly.
Known for their genre bending sounds, high-energy live shows and unique music pollination of American and Far East cultures, DENGUE FEVER are no strangers to international touring. In fact, this is Dengue Fever's fourth tour of South East Asia and their first trip to
Europe since December 2010. Live dates will be a mix of the exotic (a festival in Ulan-Ude) to the exclusive (a private show in paris at
David Lynch's, Phillip Stark Designed Paris club Silencio). Additional shows will be announced shortly but confirmed dates are:
May 31 @ FCC, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
June 01 @ FCC Siem Reap, CAMBODIA
June 05 @ Memory International Film Heritage Festival, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
June 06 @ Bophana Center, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA (Film screening of documentary SLEEPWALKING THROUGH THE MEKONG only)
June 07 @
Cargo Bar at Q4, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
July 03 @ Apolo, Barcelona SPAIN
July 05 @ Alhondigabilbao, Bilbao, SPAIN
July 07 @ Pildammsteatern, Malmo, SWEDEN
July 09 @ La Maroquinerie, Paris, FRANCE
July 10 @ Silencio, Paris, FRANCE (Private Show)
July 12 @ Pahoda Festival, Trencin, SLOVAKIA
July 14 @ Voice of Nomads Int. Festival, Ulan-Ude, BURYATIA
July 16 @ Feierwerk Kranhalle, Munich, GERMANY
July 19 @ Haus der Kulturen der Welt/Water
Music Festival, Berlin, GERMANY
DENGUE FEVER recently launched their own record label, TUK TUK Records (https://denguefevermusic.com/tuktuk.cfm), in November 2012. Since that time, the band has reissued their first two albums with bonus tracks, a 'lost' album that was never commercially available and have new material coming in support of these Summer tour dates. What's more, the band has been busy playing live shows in the United States and working on new projects. These include recording new music for the documentary Girl Rising (https://10x10act.org/girl-rising/) and taking part in TOMS shoes and Eyewear One For One Giving Trip in Cambodia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb7P7b4FYQo).
Since their inception in 2002, DENGUE FEVER's unique take on '60s Cambodian pop and American surf rock has garnered praise and attention from fans and critics alike. True Blood named an entire episode after one of their songs and featured the band's music throughout the show. Recently the bands music has appeared on CBS' CSI: Las Vegas, The Hangover 2 and numerous documentaries. Spin highlighted the band in their 'Breaking Out' section, and profiles on the group have appeared in the New York Times, Mojo, Magnet, Wired, and NPR's "Fresh Air" and
Radio Australia. Ray Davies from the Kinks called them "a cross between
Led Zeppelin and Blondie."
ABOUT DENGUE FEVER
DENGUE FEVER is Cambodian songstress Chhom Nimol, Zac Holtzman (guitar/vocals), Ethan Holtzman (keyboards), Senon Williams (bass), Paul Smith (drums) and
David Ralicke (horns). They have released five albums, Dengue Fever, Escape From Dragon House, Venus On Earth, Cannibal Courtship, In The Ley Lines and the DVD/CD soundtrack to the band's documentary, Sleepwalking Through The Mekong, in addition to a collection of lost Cambodian classics, Dengue Fever Presents: Electric Cambodia. They are based in Los Angeles.
