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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:17:47 -0800
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If you've ever dreamed of spending a night at Andy Warhol's Factory, you will
not want to miss�
"AMPED UP!" - The Orchid Highway's latest cocktail of sonic & visual stimulae.
Saturday Nov. 23 at The ANZA Club (3 West 8th) - Doors at 8:00 PM
Presented by Naughty Records, ("The Naughty Weekend", "The Late Night Poptart
Breakfast") Amped-Up! features The Orchid Highway, and guest
performances from Brundlefly, and Star Collector. DJ Todd Tomorrow
handles the groove between acts.
Everything unfolds in a maze of mind-altering colour & light cast by
Venus Eye Trap Visuals, and the evening is knit together by the
ironic chatter of MC Cass King. Relax in the GOOD TRIP ROOM - test
your inner strength in the BAD TRIP ROOM, or tear it up on the dance
floor to the West Coast's finest!
Watch the AMPED-UP VIDEO PREVIEW, and sponge up further info at:
http://www.orchidhighway.com/amped
GET AMPED-UP! Tix are $10 at the door, $8 in advance from Zulu Records
Only 200 will get in!
Tune into Shaw TV Thursday Nov. 21 to catch The Orchid Highway on Urban Rush!
Individual bio's follow:
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THE ORCHID HIGHWAY
A bomb-blast of Amped-Up Rock & Roll forged by two years in the UK
and five Canadian tours, The Orchids have a reputation as an
electrifying live act, with a history of producing stunning events
(including "The Late Night Pop Tart Breakfast" & "The Naughty
Weekend" - NMW 2001's Official After-Party). Opiate, an advance track
from their forthcoming CD produced by Steven Drake (Odds, Static in
Stereo, Tragically Hip) has now been released on Bongobeat Records'
"Driving In The Rain 3Am" compilation in Canada, the US and most
recently the UK where The Orchid Highway have received favorable
comparisons to The Zombies in the latest issue of the UK magazine
"Classic Rock".
BRUNDLEFLY
In 1998 Limblifter bassist Ian Somers left to focus on what had,
until then- been a side project. In the years since, Brundlefly has
released two albums and developed an audience on both sides of the
border. Influenced by UK melancholy and a "vulnerable but cool"
songwriting approach - in Brundlefly Somers has found himself the
ideal unit to showcase his writing and "quaky - shaky" vocals. Their
latest offering "By The Way" produced by Todd Simko (Pure, Jordy
Birch's Funmachine) and distribution through tonic, Page, and EMI -
and a video for "Revolution" has given them lots of ammunition for a
ground assault on Canadian and US targets.
STAR COLLECTOR
A hi-watt quartet inspired by vintage British modernists, Star
Collector have made regular stops on the underground for years. With
"Black-Eyed Soul", the band's second release co-produced & mixed by
Dean Maher (Mudvayne, Elton John, Sloan) mainstream radio stations
couldn't resist having some fun with their transmitters, and "So
Beautiful", their lead off single was playlisted on The Wolf in
Nanaimo for 13 weeks and peaked at #2. The album has also received
airplay on CFOX, XFM, CBC, Extreme (Victoria) and many campus &
community stations that continue to champion the band. Now as the
band records their 3rd effort, with Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath)
onboard as producer, and with a growing regional fanbase - these boys
may be ready to go over the top!
DJ TODD TOMORROW
One of this city's most recognizable DJ's, Todd Tomorrow is the
mastermind behind recent Bollywood and Retro Porn themed club nights.
His mixed bag of uptempo lounge, bossa nova, deep house, soul funk
and Japanese Pop has made Tomorrow a drug of choice at today's top
venues including Shine, Sonar and even the Fox Theatre, and has
established him as the soundtrack to many stylish after-hours events.
(That party you really wish you hadn't missed - Todd was spinning.)
Todd has been busy lately, recording his debut CD - but not so busy
that he hasn't helped launch SHOTGUN, Vancouver's Original Soul Club!
VENUS EYE TRAP
Venus Eye Trap visuals grew out of The Orchid Highway's ambition to
cause a stir, to make a scene - to trash the drumkit and play Rock &
Roll - LOUD! Never content with black backdrops and shoegazing, they
took inspiration from the pioneers of rock staging - and soon
collected a busload of movie, slide and overhead projectors, dozens
of screens - and built 7 foot video wall towers... With more work
than they could handle, The Orchids' contracted out. Enter Venus Eye
Trap - who will be showcasing their GOOD TRIP & BAD TRIP ROOMS this
Saturday at AMPED-UP!
CASS KING AS MC
Cass King is a raconteur: A singer of stories, a teller of songs. She
is a dancer, a musician, a producer of cabarets, a fool. Her book is
called "�berlesque: Cabaret Songs for the Fin Deux Millennium." Cass
King has performed at SXSW, Word On the Street, the Seattle Poetry
Festival, and the Du Maurier International Jazz Festival. She has
been featured on CBC TV, BRAVO, The Knowledge Network, Baton, BCTV,
and VTV. She is currently working on her debut CD, and performing
very naughty songs of an explicit nature with "The Wet Spots" (Cass
King & The Orchid Highway's John Woods).
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If you've ever dreamed of spending a night at Andy Warhol's Factory,
you will
not want to miss=8A
<italic>"AMPED UP!"</italic> - The Orchid Highway's latest cocktail of
sonic & visual stimulae.
Saturday Nov. 23 at The ANZA Club (3 West 8th) - Doors at 8:00 PM
Presented by <underline>Naughty Records</underline><italic>, ("The
Naughty Weekend", "The Late Night Poptart
Breakfast") </italic>Amped-Up! features The Orchid Highway, and guest
performances from Brundlefly, and Star Collector. DJ Todd Tomorrow
handles the groove between acts.
Everything unfolds in a maze of mind-altering colour & light cast by
Venus Eye Trap Visuals, and the evening is knit together by the ironic
chatter of MC Cass King. Relax in the GOOD TRIP ROOM - test your inner
strength in the BAD TRIP ROOM, or tear it up on the dance floor to the
West Coast's finest!
Watch the AMPED-UP VIDEO PREVIEW, and sponge up further info at:
http://www.orchidhighway.com/amped
GET AMPED-UP! Tix are $10 at the door, $8 in advance from Zulu Records
Only 200 will get in!
Tune into Shaw TV Thursday Nov. 21 to catch The Orchid Highway on Urban
Rush!
Individual bio's follow:
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THE ORCHID HIGHWAY
A bomb-blast of Amped-Up Rock & Roll forged by two years in the UK and
five Canadian tours, The Orchids have a reputation as an electrifying
live act, with a history of producing stunning events (including "The
Late Night Pop Tart Breakfast" & "The Naughty Weekend" - NMW 2001's
Official After-Party). Opiate, an advance track from their forthcoming
CD produced by Steven Drake (Odds, Static in Stereo, Tragically Hip)
has now been released on Bongobeat Records' "Driving In The Rain 3Am"
compilation in Canada, the US and most recently the UK where The Orchid
Highway have received favorable comparisons to The Zombies in the
latest issue of the UK magazine "Classic Rock".
=20
BRUNDLEFLY
In 1998 Limblifter bassist Ian Somers left to focus on what had, until
then- been a side project. In the years since, Brundlefly has released
two albums and developed an audience on both sides of the border.
Influenced by UK melancholy and a "vulnerable but cool" songwriting
approach - in Brundlefly Somers has found himself the ideal unit to
showcase his writing and "quaky - shaky" vocals. Their latest offering
"By The Way" produced by Todd Simko (Pure, Jordy Birch's Funmachine)
and distribution through tonic, Page, and EMI - and a video for
"Revolution" has given them lots of ammunition for a ground assault on
Canadian and US targets.
=20
STAR COLLECTOR
A hi-watt quartet inspired by vintage British modernists, Star
Collector have made regular stops on the underground for years. With
"Black-Eyed Soul", the band's second release co-produced & mixed by
Dean Maher (Mudvayne, Elton John, Sloan) mainstream radio stations
couldn't resist having some fun with their transmitters, and "So
Beautiful", their lead off single was playlisted on The Wolf in Nanaimo
for 13 weeks and peaked at #2. The album has also received airplay on
CFOX, XFM, CBC, Extreme (Victoria) and many campus & community stations
that continue to champion the band. Now as the band records their 3rd
effort, with Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath) onboard as producer, and with
a growing regional fanbase - these boys may be ready to go over the
top!
=20
DJ TODD TOMORROW
One of this city's most recognizable DJ's, Todd Tomorrow is the
mastermind behind recent Bollywood and Retro Porn themed club nights.
His mixed bag of uptempo lounge, bossa nova, deep house, soul funk and
Japanese Pop has made Tomorrow a drug of choice at today's top venues
including Shine, Sonar and even the Fox Theatre, and has established
him as the soundtrack to many stylish after-hours events. (That party
you really wish you hadn't missed - Todd was spinning.) Todd has been
busy lately, recording his debut CD - but not so busy that he hasn't
helped launch SHOTGUN, Vancouver's Original Soul Club!
=20
VENUS EYE TRAP
Venus Eye Trap visuals grew out of The Orchid Highway's ambition to
cause a stir, to make a scene - to trash the drumkit and play Rock &
Roll - LOUD! Never content with black backdrops and shoegazing, they
took inspiration from the pioneers of rock staging - and soon collected
a busload of movie, slide and overhead projectors, dozens of screens -
and built 7 foot video wall towers... With more work than they could
handle, The Orchids' contracted out. Enter Venus Eye Trap - who will be
showcasing their GOOD TRIP & BAD TRIP ROOMS this Saturday at AMPED-UP!
=20
CASS KING AS MC
Cass King is a raconteur: A singer of stories, a teller of songs. She
is a dancer, a musician, a producer of cabarets, a fool. Her book is
called "=DCberlesque: Cabaret Songs for the Fin Deux Millennium." Cass
King has performed at SXSW, Word On the Street, the Seattle Poetry
=46estival, and the Du Maurier International Jazz Festival. She has been
featured on CBC TV, BRAVO, The Knowledge Network, Baton, BCTV, and VTV.
She is currently working on her debut CD, and performing very naughty
songs of an explicit nature with "The Wet Spots" (Cass King & The
Orchid Highway's John Woods).=20
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