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VENUS 7

PRIMER can be purchased at www.cdbaby.com/venus7

About Me

How do you define sound? How do you defy sound? Ingrid and Dorothy ask themselves this question every time they create music. Not with words, but with the melodies, harmonies, and instrumentation that they make. They have both been trained in music in various different ways, but that training has left them with more ammunition to defy convention, rather than forcing them to subscribe to the ways of today's musical world. Venus7 is more concerned with being true to the moment than displaying a polished image. This results in live shows that brim with theatrics and humor, and recorded sound that captures the essence of each second. For this, they have often been labelled as "fresh", and they accept that--as did the hip-hop forefathers and mothers that came before. Venus 7's sound is enriched by their exploration of all genres of music. Their personal taste has allowed jazz, rock, hip hop, funk, and soul to merge. Their sound integrates the truthfully witty lyricism of folk music and the blues with the edginess of today’s urban (and suburban...and SUV) musical scenes. Comical, individual, trusting of each other's genius, their artistic innovation and versatility allows them to reach past the boundaries of music today and into their own new musical dimension. Welcome to their world... CDBABY LINK for VENUS 7: Primer --

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Member Since: 7/12/2005
Band Website: venuseven.com
Band Members: Dorothy V Bell and Ingrid Sibley
Influences: Everyboy fromyou (over there, yeah, left side of the screen) to you...yeah, there in the back...can you really see that far away from the monitor? From rock, gospel, hip hop, ambient, soul (classic), country, international, funk...to whatever else we left out...that's a smidgeon of what has influenced us.
Sounds Like: pixies wearing hotpants while sprinkling afrolicious dust
Record Label: indee music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

x roads

Part of the beauty of Venus7 has been the unabashed saying of truths, whether or not it was difficult. So in continuing in that vein, I'd like to finally formally inform you all that Venus7 had our la...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:47:00 PST

pic info

ok, so I tried uploading but it is on a different site...you can click on "gigi amour" on our friends page, and go to photos to see the ones that were uploaded of amsterdam. luv
Posted by VENUS 7 on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:13:00 PST

"Hamsterdam"

That's what my daughter calls it. The city is beautiful! A lot faster than I had edxpected and a loooot more bike riding. It is a wonderful testament though to the effect that we can have on simple...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:33:00 PST

DANK U WEL

Inumerable thanks to you all for all your support as we have been preparing to go to de Nederlands.  We are on our way tomorrow!  We will keep you up to date, and if we can get some good com...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:42:00 PST

whaaat!? that's right!!!!

Persbericht: Alliance Sociale invites "the A"Alliance Sociale invites "the A" Op 13 en 14 juli aanstaande organiseert Alliance Sociale eenakoestische showcase waarin 2 veelbelovende soul artiestengep...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:22:00 PST

PAY IT DOWN

Hey lovely people.  In our attempt to get over to Amsterdam in July for some shows that our already in line, we are asking for your assistance.  If you have any monetary donations you'd like...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 09:16:00 PST

on Amsterdam

hello beautiful people...so for those of you who are interested in helping Venus7 get to Amsterdam, here's the deal. We are going in July but need help on airfare costs here's some ways you could help...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:32:00 PST

SAVANNAH-ITES

    Venus 7 is coming to your town this weekend....we are so excited we absolutely love the coastal empire!!!! Chatham county, all day, everyday.  we will be headlining the Women's...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:45:00 PST

right from the AORTA...drama's drama

something that Dorothy sent to me on Friday, January 19, 2007 makes me think more about what I've been thinking of recently...police and hip-hop culture. DJ DRAMA /DON CANNON/ RIAA BS In the world...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:18:00 PST

Kkkramer on a Fork... (had to repost this)

Current mood: contemplative I thought this was  interesting. Considering that I couldn't email this to people, I took it a step futher and blogged it.  It is well worth the read- kid A, ha...
Posted by VENUS 7 on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:24:00 PST