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EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE

The Siren and the Spectre & NEW EP this October!

About Me

El Radio Fantastique washed up on the shores of San Francisco in the fall of '05- brought with the flood from New Orleans, where the group was first raised from the swamps. Inspired by a bizarre family tale of a sinister radio that possessed it's listeners, principal songwriters, singers, bandleaders Giovanni and June DiMorente approach their music like one would turn a dial on an antique radio; tuning in to a broad and wide-ranging spectrum of musical styles, places, and times to create a sound that is at once haunting and eerily familiar. El Radio Fantastique’s own blend of musical theater will move you to magical and mysterious places you’ve heard whispers of in your half sleep, seen in your dreams, and feared in dim light. Utilizing a splendid array of instruments, old stuff and a droll merry misery, singer Giovanni DiMorente takes you on a semi-autobiographical, intimate midnight ride. With wistful melodies and echoes of somber beauty, our wonder tonic of a miniature symphony will gently light your path.
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My Interests

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Member Since: 5/29/2006
Band Website: elradiofantastique.com
Band Members: GIVANNI DIMORENTE Song writer/vocals/theremin/guitar/harmonica/flute.JUNE DIMORENTE Song writer/vocals/piano/guitar.El Radio Fantastique has been blessed with the talents of many wonderful musicians and background vocalists. The current live line-up includes:COLIN SCHLITT Acoustic Upright Bass.JEFF SMILER Tenor Saxophone and Guitar.GENE FISHER Drums.SHARRON DRAKE Violin and PercussionJASPER BLUNK Accordion, Piano, Percussion
Influences: Morganna King, Whispering Jack smith, Nino Rota, Kurt Weil, Henry Mancini, Lawrence Welk, Lionel Bart, Stephen Sondheim, Nina Simone, John Barry, Ennio Morricone, Lerner & Lowe, Leiber & Stoller, Martin & Lewis, Louis & Bebe Barron, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Stan Kenton, Herb Jeffries, Baby Rose Marie, Helen Kane, Gerry Anderson (fireball XL5), The Diver Dan Show, Ladislaw Starewicz, Tropicalia, Fellini, Bergman, Hitchcock, Jean Cocteau, nosferatu, noir, the world way before now...
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My Blog

*THE SIREN AND THE SPECTRE* (A Farewell to the Uninvited) performed by EL Radio Fantastique

The Siren and the Spectre- A Farewell to the UninvitedEl Radio Fantastique is glad to announce the first run of our NEW show!What are you in for? Mermaids and mediums, verse and vernacular, somnombuli...
Posted by EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:21:00 PST

Michael Garlington Artist/photographer www.michaelgarlington.com

If we can work with him for the rest of our lives we will....That's allSincerely, Giovanni & June*EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE*See his work at www.michaelgarlington.com
Posted by EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:20:00 PST