Artist description Smoothly blending elements of trip-hop, rock and world-beat, The Rotating Leslies occupy a pocket of sonic space that is driven by 70's funk-inflected basslines, tribal rhythms, and iced with ethereal mid-eastern edged guitar, and smooth, atmospheric male/female co-vocals.

Music Style ethereal groove? ambient funk?

Musical Influences (not in any order) dead can dance, cocteau twins, massive attack, radiohead, sky cries mary, parliment, james brown, prince, chic

Artist History Please check out the official Rotating Leslies Website for more info on the band, photos, shows, mailing list, etc.

Group Members JEFF DOOD- bass, vocals CLAIRE MITTLESTET - vocals DAVID INGRAM - guitar MEHMET VURKAC - drums VARIOUS GUESTS - percussion

Instruments bass, 6 and 12 string guitars, voice, drums, dumbek, zils, congas, other misc. percussion

Albums Equipoise - available at CDbaby.com!

Press Reviews Silky, sinewy bass lines and shimmering electronics drape a hypnotic infrastructure of at least two percussionists, with some lovely vocal harmonics floating around weightlessly on top.   The Rotating Leslies seem to evenly straddle the worlds of "normal" pop music and rave-tinged world beat, though they clearly strive to avoid arty pretension." - THE ROCKET …blends an exquisite  balance of poetic lyrics, characteristic percussion, and exotic sounds… Balance. Equilibrium. Symmetry. I think The Rotating Leslies found a wonderful balance with the CD Equipoise." - IN MUSIC WE TRUST (ONLINE ZINE) "a fully realized, professional sound reiniscent of Dead Can Dance or U2 at their most experimental, the darker side of world music" - WILLAMETTE WEEK "The end result is a beautifully surreal album that incorporates the best of the Leslies' extremely groovy sensibilities while opening up new vistas of the band's sound to their fans" - STATESMAN JOURNAL

Location portland, or - USA

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