SLOWCOASTER CD RELEASE: Saturday, Nov.27 w/JOMOMMA

[Jay Funk Dawg]

Cabe Breton's SLOWCOASTER CD RELEASE www.houseofrock.ca/sloco.php

w/JOMOMMA

www.jomomma.ca

Saturday, Nov.27, 2004

El Mocambo Upstairs

www.elmocambo.ca

464 Spadina @ College

http://www.houseofrock.ca/sloco.php

Coming from the island of Cape Breton, Slowcoaster offers something different from the traditional Celtic tunes for which the area has become so well known - something which reflects another side of the island's music scene.

This mish-mash of influence and style has produced irresistibly catchy songs which are both honestly written and undeniably danceable. The music is a fusion of funk and reggae, with hints of rock, jazz, hip-hop and even afro-Cuban rythyms forming a distinctively original sound.

Slowcoaster started to take shape in November 1999 when singing, song-writing, guitarist Steven MacDougall and drummer Devon Strang returned home to Cape Breton Island from Vancouver, British Columbia and hooked up with Mike LeLievre, a well-traveled local guitar player who took to playing bass guitar like it was his birthright. MacDougall brought with him a lifetime of tales which came to life in his songs. LeLievre and Strang provided a solid and innovative rhythm section when driving MacDougall's epic guitar and vocal melodies, sometimes taking center stage during sparse ballads, hip-hop influenced funk, or the nearing-the-edge-of-insanity of some nonsensical scrum song. Lelievre's innovative grooves blend with MacDougall's guitar work and vocals weaving complex counterpoint melodies that are the fruits of inspiration, intuition and a whole lot of attention. In the Summer of 2002, percussionist Darren Gallop joined Strang and set into motion another interweaving duo, both offsetting and supporting the strings. Congas accentuate syncopated funk-leaning songs and add a well-considered fullness to an already rich sound.

Slowcoaster has performed hundreds of shows in their hometown of Sydney, NS and throughout the Atlantic Provinces, building a fan-base by touring constantly and selling self-produced recordings from the stage. During the summer of 2002, a compilation of songs from their first album Jody's Garden and their second album Volume II replaced those recordings and became known as Leaves, as in "the one with the leaves on the cover". The band is currently working on their debut full-length recording which they expect to be ready by Spring 2004. Recently the band has been nominated for two East Coast Music Awards: "Best New Group" and "Alternative Recording of the Year" and singer Steven MacDougall will represent the Maritime Provinces in the 16th Annual National Songwriting Competition after winning the Regional portion of the contest for his song "Spanish Bay"!

[Jay Funk Dawg]

this is going to be a good show... lots of talk about this band on the East Coast.... They are the biggest "jamband" in Nova Scotia behind GTB and JSB.

they have this irresistible punk/funk and latin sound that is bound to have you dancin'