LISTEN TO THE NEW ALTAR and DJ SANTA FE REMIX OF GOOD MOOD http://www.myspace.com/djsantafe----------------------ELEPHO
NIC Portishead meets The Weekend Players with Elephonic, a four-piece group led by Anne Montone, whose sweet voice offers the whimsy of Rachel Foster and the subtle intensity of Bjork. Together with Eddie Barajas on turntables, Jennifer Cook on keyboards, and Joe Funkle on drums, Elephonic delivers an intimate show that is at once sexy and innocent, joyful, and sad. Often elusive, whether playing soulful downtempo, sexy trip-hop, or experimental broken beat, their intimate show leaves you pondering the meaning of life, love, and, yes, happiness - LA.Flavorpill.Net (AM)
Elephonic:
"......their creative partnership blossomed, but the girls felt their music was missing something...so they turned to Eddie, a mutual friend and DJ. "I set up my turntables on the floor and we would powwow around them, creating our own beats," Eddie recalls. "It started to come together." And right there - three friends huddled around the turntables, sharing ideas - Elephonic was born." Lisa Jenkins--------------------------------------
photos by photo by LaurenPierini http://www.myspace.com/femmephotalphotography
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Not to be confused with the latest joint by Thai Elephant
Orchestra (yes, exactly what the name suggests), Elephonic are four humans
from LA who provide some quirky, orchestral chillout music of their own.--------------------------------Elephonic's Good Mood is on the soundtrack Quinceaneara-a Richard Glatzer
Wash Westmoreland Film http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/quinceanera/
Check out what critics have to say:"As sweet and gentle as it is, Quinceañera is quite clear-eyed about human cruelty and indifference."
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"An untidy, vital slice of Latino life with a loving sense of place and a giddy, improvised feel."
Ella Taylor, Village Voice"A we're-down-with-the-locals indie kitchen-sink drama."
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly"A doubter's parable, the film's story is built on one ironic juxtaposition after another and told in a manner so devoid of irony, that one begins to wonder how the filmmakers could keep their balance in such a gale of metaphysics. But they do."
John Anderson, Newsday
"This is a fresh, spirited drama, charming and unpretentious."
David Rooney, Variety"Quinceañera, a portrait of a Mexican-American family in Los Angeles, is as smart and warmhearted an exploration of an upwardly mobile immigrant culture as American independent cinema has produced."
Stephen Holden, New York Times"A FUNNY AND TOUCHING TALE. LYRICAL AND EMOTIONALLY
RIGOROUS."
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A RICH HUMAN COMEDY. A FILM THAT IS SERIOUS, JOYFUL,
AND FILLED WITH HEART."
Roger Ebert, Chicago
Sun-Times"LUMINOUSLY PLAYED. THE THEMES OF FAMILY PRIDE AN
PREJUDICE PROVE TO BE UNIVERSAL."
Steven Farber,
Movieline"A WONDERFUL MOVIE. THE NICEST SURPRISE OF THE
SUMMER."
Leonard Maltin"A TERRIFIC FILM."
"CHARMING, MOVING AND DELIGHTFUL."
David Poland,
Movie City News
