Artist description Heavily influenced from those laid back R&B and latin jazz sounds of the Oakland/San Francisco Bay Area. To download MP3's of rad.'s official album releases please go to: http://www.emusic.com/artists/10677

Music Style R&B and Latin Jazz flavours of the SAN FRANCISCO Bay Area

Musical Influences Funk, Soul, Jazz, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, etc.

Similar Artists Tania Maria, Tower of Power, Headhunters, Rad.

Artist History The keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter Rose Ann Dimalanta, aka rad. began her solo project and career on a lengthy stay in Europe in 1991.In 1992 her first solo album. "radified" took European dancefloor charts by storm. The track "Wishy" became an underground club hit in cities from London to Munich to Montpellier. Its successor "Gotta Be," with the jazzy track "Venus Drops" helped make rad. a repeatedly sold-out act at Paris' Hot Brass Club as well as London's Jazz Cafe. The third album "Higher Plane" marked her return to California.

Group Members Rose Ann Dimalanta, David Garibaldi, Ray Obiedo, Marc van Wageningen, Jacko Peake

Instruments Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Saxophone, Flutes

Albums Radified (1992), Gotta Be (1994), Higher Plane (1997)

Press Reviews To download MP3's of rad.'s official album releases please go to: http://www.emusic.com/artists/10677

Location Berkeley, CA - USA

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