Artist description The band's unique hybrid techno groove includes a variety of looped and freaked electric and acoustic instruments, syncopated rhythms, mutated guitars, public domain ear candy, and vocals! This electronic kaleidoscope has been described by fans and fellow artists as: "brilliant.", "true art." and "These tracks get high rotation!". See "Press Reviews" below.

Music Style Techno, Big Beat, Trip Hop, Jungle, and Funk.

Musical Influences Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, Outkast, Propellarheads, Tricky, Cold Cut, Kraftwerk, Air, DJ Shadow, Devo, Prodigy, James Brown, Nine Inch Nails, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, Mike Burn, PKP, Fresh Nelly, Fierce, T Rex, Fog Hat, Spinal Tap and so many more.

Similar Artists Fatboy Slim, Beastie Boys, Outkast, Propellarheads, Tricky, Cold Cut, Kraftwerk, Air, DJ Shadow, Devo, Prodigy, Daft Punk, DJ Shadow, Air and so many more.

Artist History Over the years Vegas has received the following awards and grants for composition: ****(1982) Grant for musical score, One Act Play Festival/Alberta Education, ****(1983) "The Touch" wins the Edmonton High School Battle of the Bands making a clean sweep of the 5 award categories as well as Best Band, ****(1987) Music Factor Grant, "Aardvark Safari" chart on Campus Radio with a two song single, ****(1992) Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grant, "Dangerous Farm Machinery", four song demo, ****(1995) success providing instrumental commercial music for various applications, ****(1998-Present) RhinoSorceress, infamous techno band receives rave reviews from mp3.com music lovers, ongoing commercial application of tracks including theatre productions and independent video/film use.

Group Members Sparky Vegas aka Snotty Sparky Boy Vegas: The reclusive main contributor to RhinoSorceress, Vegas began with the guitar when he was 12 years old and has been playing multiple instruments, writing and recording ever since. Colonel Karl Luigi Scamran Noyes: A visionary behind RhinoSorceress. The Colonel got the band rolling with his insistence that the source material he was collecting was worthy of musical applications. Contributing Lyricists: Shizzel, Jr. Ripple. Contributing Vocalist: Shizzel (Multi talented: singer-songwriter, vocalist, graphic artist...). Contributing Musician: Duke (Multi talented: keyboards, drums, percussion & bass). Assistant engineering by DJ WP aka Snotty Boy Penn.

Instruments Korg M1, EPS 16 Plus sampler, Roland Sound Canvas, Roland percussion pads, Mackie 1202 mixer, Alesis 3630 compressor, Roland SRV-330 (dimensional space reverb), Sound Blaster, Echo "Gina" sound card, DAT, Yamaha turntable and CD player, Voyetra DOP/CakeWalk/Master Tracks Pro sequencers, Sound Forge, Wave Lab, electric/acoustic stringed instruments and percussion.

Press Reviews Reviews, Rants and Email:--WELCOME TO FREAKDOM(song) "A bit like The Propellerheads/Shirley Bassey's 'History Repeating,' with MORE GRIT!" (Station:Weird.I Promise.) --LOOP LUSH "Put on your Aviators, grab your fro-pick and kick it to some funk-ass acid jazz" (Station: E-Town). --CJSR/FM College Radio "Shocking, hilarious, revolting and compelling". --BULLDOG BUTTERFLY "Funky rhythms starting right away. Very rhythmic panning, very enjoyable. Lot of different samples used. Well put together. Nice work. My recommendation to funky breakbeaters." Review by Riku Hämäläinen aka Deliciound. --"Got your album! Good stuff for sure." --"ADAVAN PAM has great poly-rhythms and solid vocals." --"I certainly like LOOK TO THE FUTURE and I got a real kick out of HELLO MOTHERF******!." --"I love the grooves you've got going in your stuff, I especially like the laid back groove in SHIVA." --"I liked you're sound and want more!" --"Excellent production, strong musical components and some over the top content!" --"A wild ride for sure." --"Love your music!" --"Frickin' kicks ass!" --"You sound pretty tight and I really like your music." --"Great stuff fellas! Yet another thing I like about Canada." -- "Mind Travel"... nice drum programming... have you done that yourself? Great little fills (I'm a real sucker for breaks & fills!)... all i got to say is - I LOVE IT! (seriously!). Ahhh! Break beat heaven!" Deconscious-- ADAVAN PAM "Damn I feel like getting up and breaking out a little dance in my room. I think these vocals really do hit the spot in the song, I couldn't really imagine any style of voice doing it better." Auradefect -- "Hi SV! Adavan Pam rocks in HiFi!! Got my first chance to download it and have a listen! Gruesomely groove vocals here! Is that u?" Fresh Nelly -- "Sweet Shiva is very funky!!! Everything was right indeed!I felt like dancing." K. P. -- "hi SV! Never heard 'And I'll Do Ya (TrySexual mix)' before...must've missed it...it's really cool! lofi isn't clear enough to catch ALL said, but got my interest lol!" F.N. "I'm listening to Mind Travel right now... The bass sounds great...The vocal editing is really competent and mixes well...You seem to have mastered the ability to make trance that is repetitive (as trance must be) yet interesting enough that I do not lose intrest. The jungle congas are a great addition. The song has a slightly middle eastern feel to it and I like that. A very enjoyable listen and it works overall as a song very well." M.P.

Additional Info Art Work by Shizzel, Tom Billings. Animated gifs by Shizzel. Other Images by S.Vegas.

Location Edmonton, Alberta - Canada

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