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HenHouseStudios.com Ray of The Wine’s blend of Persian, Moroccan, African, Indian and Western music is at once earthy, mystical and seductive, as traditional rigor meets improvisational freedom and complex, passionate melodies couple with relentless grooves. Reza is a master of traditional Persian stringed instruments like the Tar, Sehtar and the bowed Tarmanche and Kamanche, as well as the bamboo flute known as the Ney and the Daf, a hand drum. The CD was produced by The Door’s drummer John Densmore, who also played drums, and features a stellar international ensemble of players. The group recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. * This singer, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist was born and raised in Iran but has lived in New York for more than two decades * He has collaborated with such artists as John Densmore of The Doors, Madonna, Branford Marsalis, poet-philosopher Robert Bly, author Deepak Chopra and choreographer Bill T. Jones, among many others * RAY OF THE WINE was produced by Densmore, who also played drums, and features a stellar international ensemble of players * A virtuoso of classical Persian music, Reza asked legendary “Doors” drummer John Densmore to arrange his music to span East and West, combining global and devotional styles with jazz, rock and other modern forms.Hen House Studios is a record label and documentary film company in Venice, California. First made famous by their unique concept to record musicians for free in …

www.HenHouseStudios.com We all know about Angelo from Fishbone… the man getting the Holy Ghost on stage every night through his mic and his saxophone. The man who spends as much time on top of the crowd as on stage. But where did Dr. Madd Vibe come from? Around 1995, Angelo began writing and performing poetry as Dr. Madd Vibe. He uses his experiences growing up as a “fly in the buttermilk” in the predominantly white suburbs of the San Fernando Valley of LA as inspiration. He talks about racism, social corrosion, family matters and the human condition in “a world gone mad”- basically, the politics of relationships in America today. In 1996 and ’97 Angelo put out the first Dr. Madd Vibe CD, book and video. The trio was called “The Missing link presents the Dr. Madd Vibe’s Comprehensive Linkology”. It’s like the annual county fair in the Twilight Zone with Angelo providing the background music being pumped in over invisible intercoms. You can get it at the shows or on his web site. In 1999, Dr. Madd Vibe started spreading the word across the states, hitting the Midwest, the East Coast and the South (that was interesting). Some reviews: From Denver – “It was a journey, A beautiful, terrifying, hilarious, amazing, magic journey. I didn’t know whether I wanted to keep my eyes closed and just follow him in my head, or not even blink for fear of missing something.” From Minneapolis – “The tone of the show shifted about halfway through the second poem, when Angelo looked out and …