Green Lemon, Moving Matter and Terra Technic live at Dan Electros
Friday May 11
www.greenlemonband.com
www.movingmatter.com
www.myspace.com/ashsremixes
www.danelectrosguitarbar.com
Green Lemon has been named 2004 New Home Grown Band Of The Year by
the Home Grown Music Network, listed as one of the Top Bands To See
Live in 2005 by Jambase.com, featured in Relix Magazines On The Verge
column, where they were labeled A Band You Should Know About, and
more recently, Relix named Green Lemon One of the 10 Summer Star
Bands to Watch. The Lemons have also been awarded Independent Artist
of the Year by Hapi Skratch Entertainment, New Groove of the Month by
Jambands.com, and were presented as the winning headlining band at
this Years 2005 Jam Off in NYC, hosted by the CMJ Music Marathon and
Relix Magazine. Several publications such as Spin Magazine, Hittin
the Note Magazine, Kyndmusic.com, and Jambase.com have also picked up
on the buzz noting Green Lemons national popularity and recognition.
Green Lemons original tracks from their self-titled album and their
new hit single Shoestring can be heard regularly on radio stations
across the nation. Their music has been described as: euphoric;
trance-induced grooves; a hypnotic groove-based sound; tightly woven
sonic soundscapes that are rich in melody and texture; music that
surrealistically fuses island, jam, acid jazz, funk, and electronica;
and a blend of trance and huge jams. Jambands.com reviewed their
performance at the 2005 Wakarusa Music Festival stating Jambands
March New Groove of the Month Green Lemon was dually impressive.
Although Id heard plenty of their music beforehand, nothing on disc
compared to the energy of the Oklahoma natives live show. Green Lemon
revealed a high octane performance that from start to finish, never
let up. Merging pumping electronica beats with smooth reggae melodies
and some shredding guitar solos, they induced a more than sizeable
crowd into a steady fervor making many wonder just who this band was.
At its best, a Green Lemon show is a huge celebration.
The band started out in dive bars and tin shacks, but these days they
grace theatres and national festivals with their ethereal presence.
Their music swings from moody electronica to reggae with subtle humor
and little reverence for any musical forerunner. They are reminders
that old habits and genres are made to be broken as surely as New
Year's resolutions. As we sit and watch the boundaries of funk,
electronic music and poesy being redrawn by these witty
Midwesterners, you'll be hard pressed to find a band whose songs are
more rooted in the human experience. Maybe this is the cause of their
abundant accolades and the reason that the national buzz about this
band continues to grow.