RARE GROOVE ORCHESTRA

Last Friday was party time in Supermarkt, The Hague

dick — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:01:38 +0000

What a thrill to play in our hometown! This was a unique opportunity
for our friends and family to experience the RGO Soul Funk & Hammond
show live on stage. And, boy, did we party!!

Shout out to the staff of the venue ”Supermarkt“: Great job guys! No
kidding, it was well organised. A dressing room with Chesterfield
couch and cold drinks, a top notch sound technician and friendly bar
staff. A great place to gig!

Pics will be available soon! Stay tuned.

Giggin in Istanbul

dick — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:39:39 +0000

What a blast! RGO was asked to come and play at The Ghetto, a fantastic club in Istanbul. We were booked for october 25th. The venue has an interior decoration which makes you wonder weather you’re in a super high tech club, or on a film set of Rome (the series). Ceilings that look like Michelangelo’s life work at the Vatican combined with laser beams and a super sound system.

Anyway, we had a great time. many thanks to Sahuran Batur. He writes:

“High quality funk, amazing stage show and very cool attitude.. RGO is definitely an exceptional band. It is impossible not to be impressed by their energy on stage!”

And we agree!!

The pic above is a not the RGO… It’s the New Cool Collective. They visited The Ghetto in 2008.

Rare Groove Orchestra on Vinyl

dick — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:08 +0000

Last Saturday, RGO performed an the Celluloid Guru’s Film festival. The groovy founders of the Celluloid Guru’s celebrated their 10 year existence with a lot of live music, but also with the production of a vinyl record “Vollanalog”.

Rare Groove Orchestra is proud to be featured on the record. With the opening song! The albums are produced in a limited amount of copies and we have a few of those in stock.
Send us an e-mail to see if we can hook you up with a true vinyl album.

And the show goes on

dick — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:47:21 +0000

Since our last post, an incredible number of good things have happened to the RGO. Of course, our new Hammond king, Dr. Rob, made our show as good as it could ever be. The crowds love him and the past shows have all been great. But when Rob’s busy agenda takes him elsewhere, another incredible Hammond player takes his place: the OrganGrinder himself. Yes, we have been lucky to also work with Govert vd Kolm on different occasions.
The Hague Jazz, Jazz-a-Palooza, North Sea Jazz, Saint Paul Soul Jazz Festval, and all the other gigs lifted our, and our audiences souls. Thanks for all the positiveness!!

Now we are getting ready for a new bookings season, with a number of shows coming up. Check out www.myspace.com/raregrooveorchestra for new dates and videos.

Felix Faassen leaves the RGO, Rob Geboers to take his place

ivar — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:23:09 +0000

After a phase of self reflection, Hammond-player and founding member Felix Faassen has decided to leave the Rare Groove Orchestra. Rob Geboers will take his seat.

Felix (aka Mr. Flixz, aka The Lion) has become infatuated with professional (deep sea) diving. After years of pursuing this as a recreational hobby on the side, he is now contemplating ways to turn this passion into a living. Felix has decided that he can’t combine these activities with the full on commitment that is required to play in The Rare Groove Orchestra. We feel very sad that Felix has come to this decision. We have come a long way since starting the RGO over six years ago and this would not have been possible without the special talents, personality and friendship of Felix. Nevertheless, we feel happy for Felix that he has found a way to live his passion to the fullest extent.

Hammond-player Rob Geboers will replace Felix taking effect immediately. Rob brings a formidable amount of experience to the RGO. He has toured extensively with some awe inspiring artists and we are happy to add our name to that list. With Rob, the RGO has found a Hammond-player that matches the RGO perfectly. He’s got the chops, he’s got the showmanship, he’s got the looks, he’s got it all! We are very happy that Rob has decided to join forces with us and we are looking into a bright and creative future for the Rare Groove Orchestra on stage and on record.

Rob’s website: www.robgeboers.nl
Felix’s website: www.flixz.org

Why bother making video clips when the cool stuff is already out there?

ivar — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:12:01 +0000

Credits TMWTDF

ivar — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:46:43 +0000

We would like to thank everyone who contributed to our 2nd CD. Please take note of these credits / fantastically talented and great people:

Produced, Recorded and mixed by Arno Dreef
Artwork by Bruno Thielleux
Sleeve & CD design by Dirk Bakkers
Photography by Eric van Nieuwland

A BIG thanks from the RGO!

CD’s TMWTDF now for sale

ivar — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:28:17 +0000

Cd’s, we got CD’s! If you dig the physical stuff, please buy The Man With the Dirty Finger CD from our site.

Introducing: The Man With the Dirty Finger

ivar — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:22:30 +0000

The actual CD’s are being pressed as we speak, but all you hip iPod kids don’t want that stuff anyway. So, please go ahead and download our new baby on iTunes!

Listen to the new tracks on MySpace!

Mixing DONE!

ivar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:07:55 +0000

Just a small update on our production efforts. The mixing of our album is a fact two minute things need to be done so we can create our master. The last work is also being completed on the artwork. The CD will be hitting iTunes this December. Fill your mind with funk, check this site and your ass will follow!