Press Kit
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Praise for the RGO Album

• BBC Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show, 2007: “These are seriously heavy tunes!”

• Hammondbeat, 2007: “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.”

• KindaMuzik, 2007: “From the first to the last tone, 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, 2007: “A splashing groove-funk formation… [...]…screaming tracks, played with great balance. Felix Faassen knows how to bring the house down with his screaming Hammond.”

• Charlie Bethel (Captain’s Crate), 2007: “The music sounds great! Raw & funky goodness.”

• MusicFromNL, 2007: “We were captivated by by the fat, juicy James Brown groove from the get-go. The fat Fender bass sound, the tight rhythms, the fast and funky guitar and the swirling Hammond sound bring us back to the heydays of The Meters. One thing is sure: you just have to dance to this music!”

• Rundfunk, 2007: “The RGO has reinvented itself into a fierce funk band. [...]. With this album they have proven to be funkin’ with the best of them.”

• PlayPaper, 2007: “Screaming guitars, sweaty drums and that great Hammond sound. [...] Raw and pure funk, the kind of stuff we would like to hear much more the coming years.“

• Funk-a-Flex, 2007: “Raw, as we like it. [...] Great funk, with some room for boogaloo and stompin’ R&B.”

Praise for the RGO

• Ongekendtalent.nl, Talent Of The Week, 2006: “RGO plays honest and direct. [...] Very contagious and dancable funk music.”

• VPRO 3VOOR12, The Hague, 2005: “RGO aims for the happy people.”

• Stork on Air Magazine, 2005: “Keep an eye on the quartet that is named ‘Rare Groove Orchestra’. Those cats have a promising future.”