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IS back in the studio recording a few songs with new drummer
Brian Keats - Rayon
has just finished playing some shows with: Ian hunter at
the Galaxy, Jason Falkner at Spaceland,
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last
updated April - 2005
Home Grown | 103.1
June 13th | 103.1
June 27th | EP Release
| Under The Radar
| John Avila Mixing the Record|
The Movie" The Job"
| Keith Morris |
The Movie "Hollow"
| "The
Job" Screening | In the
studio
| RAYON
NEWS AND REVIEWS |
Latest Review Rocknworld.com
Rayon- Blow Away
By David Demarest |
With
six songs already featured in two motion pictures released
in 2004 (“The Job” and “The Hollow”),
Rayon is proving itself to be the perfect fit for such
a medium, where their suggestive textures can be used
to enhance the cinematic experience.
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Campus Circle
March 10th April 5 2005 issue
Local Underground
March 10th @ the Galaxy Theatre
-Ann
Sowers
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IT’S RARE TO SHOW UP TO A GIG
with more than one band on the bill
and not be bored to tears by the first
act. Once or twice, in my hundreds of
shows attended, an opening band has
actually horrified me. The potential
to be totally blown away by the
opener is infinitely smaller, but on
March 10 at the Galaxy in Santa Ana,
Rayon accomplished just that.
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Los Angeles Times
March
10th 2005
Buzz Bands
The lush sound of Rayon.
2005
-Kevin Bronson
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Wrapped
in Rayon
Rayon
can thank Echo and the Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant
for its name. After opening for the British band a couple
of years ago, Walter Ensign expressed bewilderment about
the band's name. " 'Why don't you call your band
Rayon?' " Ensign remembers Sergeant telling him.
" 'It's one word, and it sounds British.' "
And it stuck.
Though
the name suggests Ensign's trio sounds synthetic, Rayon
is anything but. With the frontman's flanged vocals
poking through lush guitars, Rayon's music seems as
organic as an ocean swell. "We're still trying
to define" the sound, Ensign says, "but I
love layers, even if it's just to experiment. Layers
of strings, layers of guitars ... I like doing trippy
things."
Rayon's
self-released EP doesn't reflect the energy of a live
set, which offers some neck-snapping surges. It figures
to get even stronger with the addition of drummer Brian
Keats to a lineup that includes peripatetic bassist
Mimi Star. Rayon opens for Ian Hunter tonight at the
Galaxy in Santa.
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| Las
Vegas Review Journal |
"The
excellent band Rayon plays the Cooler Lounge. The Los
Angeles psychedelic band's ambient rock music has etchings
from the pop-melody past in it (ELO, George Harrison).
But it does have a contemporary, almost trip hop sound."
-- Las Vegas Review Journal - |
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| Pasadena
weekly |
Listening
to the indie-Rockers of RAYON, It's hard not to think
of timetravel:
They roll from heavily textured 80s rock a la New order
into melodically sweeping,
jingle-jangling 60s psychedelic
Pasadena
weekly
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| The
Daily Online Californian |
"Rayon’s
first EP is an impressive debut, and if it’s any
indication of future productions, Rayon will be a band
to watch." The Daily Online Californian" |
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| NEWS |
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Rayon
played on 103.1
Local Artist Show "Check one...Two" Sundays
@ 10PM Hosted by indie 103.1 Music Director. Mark Sovel
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Sunday, April 24th, 2005 -- "Don't Worry"- TOP |
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Rayon
played on 103.1
Local Artist Show "Check one...Two" Sundays
@ 10PM Hosted by indie 103.1 Music Director. Mark Sovel
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Sunday, Feb Febuary 27th, 2005 - -- "It's Ok"-
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OCTOBER 2004 - FOUR RAYON SONGS IN THE MOVIE "THE
HOLLOW" - ON ABC FAMILY CHANNEL. |
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OCTOBER: 2004
RAYON
HAS FOUR SONGS IN THE MOVIE THE "HOLLOW" THAT
APPEARED ON ABC FAMILY CHANNEL -
SONGS
IN THE HOLLOW:
KILLING IN STYLE
MONEY GRACE
PUT DOWN
MAKE YOU SEE
The Hollow
starring Kaley Cuoco, Nick Carter, and Kevin Zegers
will make its world premiere on ABC Family Channel on
Sunday, October 24 at 8 PM with an encore at 10 PM --
just in time for Halloween!
Encores again: Saturday, October 30 at 8 & 10PM.
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July 7th, 2004-103.1 |
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Rayon
played on 103.1
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Hosted by indie 103.1 Music Director. Mark Sovel !
Sunday, June 13, 2004 - - Rayon - Don't Worry- TOP |
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HomeGrown - July 8th |
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 Amoeba
Music has chosen Rayon for their "Homegrown Music"
series, so look for our "Blow Away" EP
at Amoeba music store See Ad in this wks La weekly or
Campus Circle. TOP |
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Rayon
played on 103.1
Local Artist Show "Check one...Two" Sundays @ 10PM
Hosted by indie 103.1 Music Director. Mark Sovel !
Sunday, June 27, 2004 - - Rayon - Don't Worry- TOP |
cdbaby.com
| Towerrecords.com
| Amoeba music - Hollywood
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- * Virgin Mega Store - Hollywood - rayon listening station
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June 13, 2004-103.1 |
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Rayon |
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Rayon
played on 103.1
Local Artist Show "Check one...Two" Sundays @ 10PM
Hosted by indie 103.1 Music Director. Mark Sovel !
Sunday, June 13, 2004 - - Rayon - Don't Worry- TOP |
cdbaby.com
| Towerrecords.com
| Amoeba music - Hollywood
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- * Virgin Mega Store - Hollywood - rayon listening station
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| May
21st -Under the Radar |
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Rayon
interview with Under The radar magazine.
see page 30!!
You can get to know more about Rayon by reading
their recent interviews. Check out Under The Radar Magazine:
Issue 06 TOP |
| March
2004 - the hollow |
Rayon
in the movies |
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Rayon has four songs featured in the movie "The Hollow"
CAST:
Nick Carter, Kaley Cuoco. TOP |
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May -2004 Road Show |
R O A
D S H O W
DUE
OUT: JULY 20th. |
DUE OUT: JULY
20th.
Mimi Star during a photo shoot with an Japanese Magazine called
"The
"Road Show" out here from
Japan to interview Mimi Star |
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< to >Rich Reckley,
Brad Renfro
(from the band Fro Dad), Walter Ensign, Mimi Star ( from RAYON)
and Joe Reckley, musical supervisor.
TOP
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| March
2004 |
Rayon
Releases EP "Blow Away" |
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Walter
Ensign releases EP out of frustration of how long the recording
is taking in the studio. Ensign decides to release a selection
of songs from demos as an EP called "Blow Away"
Including the song "Don't Worry" with Brian Keats
Playing Drums. - Unfortunately Walter didn't have the opportunity
to go back and mixed the music before releasing the EP, most
of the session where missing and had to release the demos
as is.
Basically
the EP is a demo that was promoted to EP status and is a collection
of rough mixes that were recorded in rayon’s rehearsal
studio, downtown LA with just sm57 microphones and adats.
The Recordings are not studio quality recordings and the approach
on these recording was to just keep the first take and move
on, even if there was a mistake, we thought "its not
the Album, just a demo."
You will hear different layers in some of
the songs, during the work in progress process, "I like
experimenting with different sound and instruments and at
mix time weed out stuff that doesn't work on the final mix.”
All the sounds in there are all natural, real violins and
mandolins on “Don’t Worry” performed by
Stevie Black. -
"Blow
Away" EP is self released and due out soon.
TOP |
Rayon in the
movies
TOP
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2003 - In the studio |
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| Rayon
goes Into the Studio. |
Rayon
goes into the studio to record their debute record. They are
going to record the drums at the boat recording for 3 days.
Adam Moseley the boat's manager will be engineering the
session, along with Danny Kelp as the 2nd engineer. |
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NEXT SHOW: |
| Rayon
is working on their New EP |
| WHERE
TO BUY THE RAYON EP: |
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Rayon
is releasing a 5 song self-produced EP Called "Blow Away"
- Now Out at these locations
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| Music
Stores: |
| Amoeba
Music Store |
| 6400
Sunset Blvd, Hollywood - |
| Featured
in the "WE LIKE" end rack |
| Online
Stores: |
| cdbabay |
| Tower
records |
| Virgin
On Sunset |
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interviews |
You
can get to know more about Rayon by reading their recent interviews.
Check out Under The Radar Magazine: Issue 06, and a Japanese magazine
called The Road Show (which included a photo shoot with Brad Renfro
and Joe Reckely,
the
movie's musical
supervisor
of the Job and The Hollow.
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| IN
THE STUDIO |
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in
the studio
Keith Morris from Black Flag/Circle Jerks Singing Back up Vocals On
"Don't Worry" |
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RAYON
MUSIC FEATURED IN TWO MOVIES
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The
Job
CAST:
Daryl Hannah, Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain
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Two
Songs Featured
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The
Hollow
CAST:
Nick Carter, Kaley Cuoco |
Four
Songs Featured
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