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Stegosaurus Rex

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Undeniable (MP3) - $9.99 (CD Baby)

Undeniable - $9.98

Undeniable AND The Dino Soars CD Combo - $14.99
Older Releases:
Buy "The Dino Soars" on Amazon.com

Buy "Nowhere To Run" (Digital Release) on Amazon.com

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Undeniable

Awesome Steg Rex moving logo by Laura Mardon !

Nowhere To Run

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/5/2007
Band Members: Max Chen
Producer of electronic/hip-hop/rock music, and also the producer of the hip-hop group Model Minority as well as the metal project Mare In The Meadow .
Also a writer for the music review site No Eyed Bird
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EMAIL ME:
steg.rex(at)gmail.com
Submit your music for review! Email me:
max(at)noeyedbird.com

Influences: Everything.

Undeniable (MP3) - $9.99 (CD Baby)

Undeniable - $9.98

Undeniable AND The Dino Soars CD Combo - $14.99

THE DINO SOARS (ALBUM) AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

Nowhere To Run

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Sounds Like: Press:
"On The Dino Soars, Stegosaurus Rex presents an interesting collection of homemade electronica. Unlike most bedroom computer-made albums, The Dino Soars jumps across styles, touching on hip-hop and house beats, downbeat trip-hop, electro-pop, and even a bit of experimental, droney electronica.
Where the album really shines is with the more beat-oriented tracks. Opening song "East Bay Kickback" starts the album off strong with a great sample and a solid drum beat, making it the kind of song you would hear in your head while drinking a beer outside on a warm Oakland evening. Another standout track is "Six Sixteen." A great sample and solid hip-hop beat drive this track as it steadily moves through the opening string loop to a chopped-up vocal chorus and back again to the string loop as it is filtered out.
The album also features some great uptempo tracks. On tracks like "Polar" and "Fleeting Disco Do," Stegosaurus creates great disco-style house. Catchy samples that he cuts and rearranges as the song progresses, solid bass lines, and some good 'ol techno beats make these tracks dancefloor-worthy.
Where this album doesn't work as well is in the less beat-oriented and vocal tracks. These tracks especially lack in production value. The sounds are thin and dull compared to the earlier mentioned songs and have a hard time fitting in with the rest of the album sonically. A little more cohesiveness throughout the album and a step up in production level could put Stegosaurus Rex on the same level as a lot of the stuff on Ninja Tune Records." (-Glenn Jackson, NASCENT)Link
"The double-album-length debut by the Bay Area's Stegosaurus Rex is a sprawling wander through the last quarter-century of electronic pop music. Singer-songwriter-keyboardist Max Chen doesn't pledge allegiance to any particular subgenre, so these 18 songs skip merrily between Caribou-style indie pop ("Green"), mellow downtempo instrumentals (the soulful, slinky "East Bay Kickback"), hyper dancefloor fillers ("Polar"), hip-hop ("Sleep All Day"), experimental atmospheric soundscapes ("Blindness"), standard-issue electro-pop ("Frozen Promises") and any other idea that comes to mind. In lesser hands, this would come off as merely unfocused, and it's certainly true that many A&R representatives would have demanded this lengthy CD be broken up into several different EPs, perhaps under different project names for ease of niche marketing. But even aside from the bravery of refusing to limit himself to one particular musical persona, Chen reveals himself to be a talented producer and a fairly solid songwriter with a particular knack for cool, mellow grooves and low-key, jazz-tinged melodies. The Dino Soars is perhaps best heard in bits and pieces (or on shuffle play), but it's a fun listen that promises better still to come." (-Stewart Mason, allmusic) Link

Record Label: Unfun
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Steg Rex Show June 13 At Nickel City!

I'll be opening the show Saturday June 13 in Nickel City San Jose, so come by at 7:00 sharp (or you might miss me) and watch! And bring some nickels for the arcade games! saturday june 13th ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:09:00 GMT

New Artwork By David Nguyen

(Art by David Nguyen AKA AyDee) For the month of May, I've been working with artist David Nguyen AKA AyDee on Stegosaurus Rex stuff. This is in preparation for screenprinted shirts and hats, and ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 16:19:00 GMT

Green Tease: NEW PROJECT!

The past few months, I've been working with singer Natasha on a new project Green Tease. Check out the MySpace profile over at http://www.myspace.com/greenteasepop! The debut EP Desolate Pool (...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 16:18:00 GMT

Undeniable Orders

Order a copy of Undeniable NOW!Links:Undeniable - $9.98Undeniable AND The Dino Soars CD Combo - $14.99Much easier than emailing me ;)PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard accepted!
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:24:00 GMT

Undeniable Cassette And CD-R (Order Now!)

Happy Birthday to The Dino Soars! It was released exactly 1 year ago, April 8, 2008!And with that, I'm happy to announce that the Undeniable EP (actually about 1 solid hour of music :] ) is being prin...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:15:00 GMT

RPM Challenge 2009 (One Album Recorded In One Month!)

Check out my RPM album Can You Dig It?: http://stegrex.rpmchallenge.com/Sorry for the lack of updates in the past few weeks : / I've been pretty busy with a bunch of stuff.In February, I decided to ta...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Undeniable Music Video

The music video for Undeniable is now out! Directed, shot, and edited by Johnny Darko. Check it out now!Also, Undeniable is slated to be released end of March on digital and limited edit...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:17:00 GMT

The Dino Soars Contest (Final)

Congratulations to Andrew from Ohio for the final winner of The Dino Soars contest!Thanks to all who participated and watched my music video!With that, the contest is officially over, but tomorrow, an...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:24:00 GMT

The Dino Soars Contest (Week 2 And Week 3)

Congratulations to Jimmy from Santa Rosa, CA who won last week!And for this week, congratulations to Don from Oregon!This is the last week of the contest, so... if you want The Dino Soars and some tig...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:18:00 GMT

Win A Free Copy Of The Dino Soars! (Contest Week 2)

Congrats to Jimmy from Santa Rosa, CA, who won for week 2!And just in case you forgot, the contest is still running! If you want a copy of The Dino Soars, go to to YouTube (until the end of February) ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:56:00 GMT