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KELVYN BELL’S “CUBED ROOT CURE” EP IS NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THIRSTY RECORDS ANNOUNCES THE RELEASE OF KELVYN BELL’S “CUBED ROOT CURE

JANUARY 2, 2018 (NEW YORK, NY) – Thirsty Records is proud to announce the release of KELVYN BELL’S, “CUBED ROOT CURE” EP.

Master guitarist/composer Kelvyn Bell follows up on his 2015 solo release, “St. Louis Blu – Kelvyn Bell Plays Acoustic Guitar” with this return to audacity and electricity, “Cubed Root Cure”. Rhythmelodic talking jazz guitar, greasy rural funk, world music, psychedelia, and futuristic odd meter soundscapes mixed together in a liquid solution.

“Cubed Root Cure” is a collection of six original compositions recorded at Pappaw’s Porkchop Palace (Brooklyn, NY). All instruments were played by Kelvyn Bell (Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass), Sasha Forte (Organ, Synthesizer), and co-producer Lowball Jack (Bass, Guitar, Percussion). Kelvyn states, “This was about getting outside the comfort zone and straight into the experimental. I went for it with all the wildest stuff I could imagine.”

The opener, “Crocodile Smile”, is a straight up scorcher including a wicked break. “Cubed Root Cure”, the title track, is a slinky envelope filter masterpiece that counts out variables of time in nine, six and three. “I Say You Say” is an intense back and forth conversation over a rolling, swampy groove in seven. The loose, slightly dissonant “Spheric Monk” is a tribute to the idiosyncratic beauty of Thelonius Sphere Monk. The vibe for this tune arrived one night on the bandstand. Kelvyn jammed around on it all night long, and then recorded it the next day after no sleep. “Undulation” evokes the romance of old New York’s streets at dawn as distant muted horns hook up with the talking guitar down on the corner. The closer, “Desert Continuum”, feels at once old and new as ancient acoustic drone meets futuristic world electronica.

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CUBED ROOT CURE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE IN 2018

KELVYN BELL IN THE LAB WORKING ON “THE THIRSTY SESSIONS”

Here are some cool pics of KELVYN BELL in the studio at Pappaw’s Porkchop Palace in Brooklyn working on the ridiculously funky “THE THIRSTY SESSIONS“. Coming out this fall.

EGO ALIEN – UPCOMING SHOWS – NEW RELEASE AND LIVE CUTS

 

You can see EGO ALIEN live on Saturday, March 11, 2017 at CONNIE’S RIC RAC for the DELMONT (CD Release) with HARTLINE, EGO ALIEN and KEVIN MCCOVE show and can get your TICKETS HERE. You also can see EGO ALIEN live on Friday March 17, 2017 at CONNIE’S RIC RAC for the Drunken Irish Night In The Italian Market

 

 

Please go to EGO ALIEN SOUND CLOUD site to listen to recently uploaded cuts from the new EGO ALIEN album, “PROGRESS IS A GNARLY CLOWN” and live Recordings of performances by EGO ALIEN from the Ego Alien 2017 Album Release Show with John Faye, 4:44, Pravda at The Room at Harpers which occurred on 1/28/17. We’d love some feedback!

 

You can hear EGO ALIEN, THIRSTY RECORDS artists and other original regional artists on THIRSTY RECORDS ON GASHOUSE RADIO

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“PROGRESS IS A GNARLY CLOWN” IS AVAILABLE NOW AT:

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Is Santa Claus a PARTY APE?

Is Seven Up?

Happy Holidays from Thirsty Records!

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THE ERASE YOUR TAPES” EP IS AVAILABLE NOW AT:

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PARTY APE ORIGINS REVEALED WITH RELEASE OF MAGNUM OPUS… “SPACE MON”

PARTY APES reveal their mythological origins with the release of their magnum opus, “Space Mon

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PARTY APES DROP CLASSIC FUNK BOMB

Check out PARTY APES version of the Gap Band’s classic funk bomb, “You Dropped a Bomb On Me“.

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THE ERASE YOUR TAPES” EP IS AVAILABLE NOW AT:

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LEISURE APE MAGAZINE GIVES “ERASE YOUR TAPES” THE OPPOSABLE THUMBS UP

According to the Summer edition of Leisure Ape Magazine, “Party Apes ‘Erase Your Tapes’ is perhaps the finest Ape-Oriented Rock (AOR) record of 2014. They do indeed wear the tights, the capes. They sport the biggest grapes. Highly recommended.”

Addditionally, Thirsty would like to thank Leisure Ape Magazine for hooking us up with the newly christened and tastefully decorated, “PARTY APES SUITE” at the Vegas Monolith Hotel.

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PARTY APES’ DEBUT EP ERASE YOUR TAPES” IS AVAILABLE NOW AT:

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THE MAKING OF A L’IL PARTY APE (PART 3)

Ask yourself, what makes a L’IL PARTY APE?

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PARTY APES’ DEBUT EP ERASE YOUR TAPES” IS AVAILABLE NOW AT:

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