Now, Hammondbeat is a site we have been admiring from the the get-go. So when they have got something to say, we tend to listen very carefully. Especially when it is about our new record. We couldn’t have been happier with their review:

“Soul-Jazz-Funk-Boogaloo-Groove: the 5 elements of the Hammond-odic table…The Rare Groove Orchestra (rgofunk.com) manage to squeeze all of this on paper, setting aural expectations high, high, high.  Only 32 minutes to break your resolve, they beautifully overstuff the disc with that old-school production that the cool kids demand. [...] …a very big “little” record.”

We are not the kind of band to emphasize our successes all the time, but our first album has been getting some damn good reviews, which we would like to share with you! Check the first batch of links & quotes on the Press Page, check the new (unfortunately just Dutch language) reviews online:

KindaMuzik review: “From the first to the last note, your adrenaline level will be maximized by tight beats, fuzzy licks and the fat sound of Hammond. [...] One of the best remedies against dark and depressing winter nights.”

File Under review: “A splashing groove-funk formation… [...]…screaming tracks, played with great balance. [...] Felix Faassen knows how to bring the house down with his screaming Hammond organ.”

Listen below to a (Dutch) radio interview Luca and Felix have had with Gerard van den IJssel (Haags Pop Podium) on Den Haag FM, Joomla is played as it is the one of the favorite tunes of the host.

95% of the photography you will ever see of the RGO, will be by photographer / band mate Eric van Nieuwland. This includes all promotional material. We are incredibly thankful to Eric, because he has the unique ability to make us look like cool, handsome & attractive young men on his pics.

If you are looking for a professional photographer who can bring out your inner most funky pose and really has the ability to make the most stunning pics, contact Eric via his professional website or his MySpace!

As of today, our album is available on the iTunes Plus music store (worldwide). DRM free as it should be. You can either buy the full album or your favorite tracks. Now go buy it, sync it with your favorite iPod, go outside and groove on! Oh, and before we forget: leave a review on the store. ;-)

Click here to go the iTunes music store.

As of today, we’ve added the mail order option to our store. This means you can get our album shipped straight to your home and put it where it belongs: in your stereo. Payment is done simple and secure through PayPal. Now, go get it!

Arno Dreef, the recording & mixing engineer of our album, is saying really nice stuff about the new RGO album on his blog (Dutch). Amongst other things, he says we’re the BEST band he has EVER HEARD!

Ok, maybe he didn’t say that. But he did give us some very big compliments, like “really nice Hammond grooves with a garage edge” and us having a “balanced sound”. Stuff like that. Check out his blog!