TRANSCENDENCE bassist Houdaille put together new group, releases single

Written by theambassador on July 20, 2008 – 5:25 am -

Roger Houdaille has officially launched his new group Ex Norwegian, hot off the success of his “Ginger, Baby” album under the moniker Father Bloopy. The change of name was due to practical reasons and anticipated the release of their debut single “Something Unreal” on July 21st produced by Fernando Perdomo.

The two-and-half minute pop-rock song has been gaining radio play across the states, even Hawaii! The digital single also marked the first release of the new label formed by Ed Hale & Roger Houdaille, Dying Van Gogh.

Three of the four band members have studied under Miami Beach High Rock Ensemble director Doug Burris, the famed “prof of rock” who teaches music despite being paralyzed from the neck down. And those band members are Roger Houdaille on guitar/vocals, Carolina Souto on bass and Michelle Granados, also on vocals. The fourth member is Arturo Garcia, drummer and undergrad at the University of Miami.

“I’ve been compared to Ray Davies of the Kinks and David Bowie,” Houdaille said. “And now, as the music industry shifts toward a singles market again, we want to contribute to the great, two- to three-minute pop single that epitomized earlier eras.”

As the group’s simple, yet rich sound reaches more listeners, band members are confident America will hear and agree that this band is “Something Unreal.”

The single will be distributed by iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, Amazon MP3, Lala and Shockhound. More info, including song lyrics, can be found on the group’s official website at http://www.exnorwegian.com.


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Nothing Is Cohesive Released To Alt-Rock Radio

Written by news on July 1, 2006 – 11:46 pm -

The latest TRANSCENDENCE CD, NOTHING IS COHESIVE, has just started to hit alt-rock radio stations around the country this week. The new album was the best reviewed album the band put out yet. Increased radio airplay should help the band gain more exposure to new fans. Fueled by the album’s eclectic opening tracks SOMEBODY KILLED THE DJ and I WANNA KNOW YA, the CD is already receiving heavy rotation on many top taste-maker stations. Fans that want to catch the band on their favorite local rock station can check the schedules of the “specialty shows” in their hometowns from the list below. If you want to show the band some support or just request to hear your favorite song from the album on the radio, fans can call the stations. 2004’s heavier SLEEP WITH YOU album climbed up to #23 on the charts. Here’s to NOTHING IS COHESIVE doubling that effort and going all the way to the top. Good luck guys! KACV Amarillo, TX, “Under the Radar” KATT, Oklahoma City, OK, “Spy Radio” KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, “Brave New World” KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, “Morning Becomes Eclectic” KDHX, St Louis, MO, “Juxtaposition” KDLD/Indie 103.1, Los Angeles, CA, “Dead Air” KEXP, Seattle, WA KFMA, Tucson, AZ, “Test Dept” KIWR, Omaha, NE, “New Day Rising” KKUP, San Francisco, CA, “No Pigeonholes” KLLP, Pocatello, ID, “Off the Record” KMBY, Monterrey, CA, “Buzz Cutz” KNRK, Portland, OR, “Bottom Forty” KPFT, Houston, TX “Sound Awake” KPNT, St. Louis, MO, “New Music Sunday” KROQ, Los Angeles, CA “Rodney on the Roq” KS95, Atlantic, IA, “Dirt Road Radio” KSPI, Stillwater, OK, “Rock & Roll Adventure” KTCL, Denver, CO, “Adventure University” KTCZ, Minneapolis, MN, “Freedom Rock” KTEG, Albuquerque, NM, “Underplayed” KUCI, Irvine, CA, “Play It As It Lays” KUPD, Phoenix, AZ, “The Lopsided World of L” KUSF, San Francisco, CA, “Menace’s Attic” KUSF, San Francisco, CA, “Just Another Menace Sunday” KVGS, Las Vegas, NV KXRK, Salt Lake City, UT, “Xposed”/ “O’Brien Public Radio” The Local Show Live Radioio.com, Worldwide RichmondIndieRadio, Worldwide 3wk.com, Worldwide Undiscovered/Clear Channel WRN, Syndicated, “Out of the Box” WARQ, Columbia, SC, “The Eleven O’Clock News” WAVF, Charleston, SC, “The Cutting Edge” WAVF, Charleston, SC, “Critic’s Choice” WBER, Rochester, NY, “First Impressions” WCYY, Portland, ME, “Spinout” WDYL, Richmond, VA, “Under Exposed” WFNX, Boston, MA, “First Contact” WFRD, Hanover, NH, “Uplink” WHRL, Albany, NY, “That New Music Smell” WHTG, Neptune, NJ, “The Underground” WKGB, Binghamton, NY, “Incoming” WKQX, Chicago, IL, “Crash Test Radio” WKZE, Sharon, CT, “Off the Beat-n-Path” WKZQ, Myrtle Beach, SC, “The Flight Test” WLZX, Northampton, MA, “Operation New Noise” Worldspace Satellite Radio, “Aural Fixation” WOXY.com, Worldwide WPGU, Champaign, IL, “Shrink Wrap” WPGU, Champaign, IL, “Off the Record” WPLA, Jacksonville, FL, “Forbidden Planet” WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI, “Left of the Dial” WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI, “Under the Radar” WQKL, Ann Arbor, MI, “Fine Tuning” WQXA, York, PA, “Sunday News” WRZX, Indianapolis, IN, “Hangover Cafe” WSFM, Wilmington, NC, “The Other Side” WXDX, Pittsburgh, PA, “Edge of the X” XM, Satellite Radio, “Radio Unsigned RADAR Report” Yahoo! Music, Worldwide


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Nothing Is Cohesive now playing on college radio in a town near you

Written by news on May 4, 2005 – 1:29 am -

Released four weeks ago, the band’s newest disc and third release, NOTHING IS COHESIVE (TMG), hit college radio with a bang, coming in the top twenty most ADDS to rotation for the week of March 28th.

Currently in rotation on over 200 stations and charting on over 35 stations nationwide, big love is coming in from WTCC (#7), WTNU (#10), KSDB (#14), KSVR (#17), WVCW (#14), WRHU (#27) and many more. Highest chart position in the early stage is from M3 Radio in New York (debuted at #2!!! this week)

Thank you M3 radio listeners! Early song favorites are Somebody killed the DJ, I wanna know ya, and Caetano. Thank you to all the stations who are showing early support for the new CD! We know Transcendence has a different sound and we appreciate all the love! Keep on spinning!


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Sleep with you tops 100 stations and counting!

Written by news on November 25, 2003 – 2:19 am -

It was announced today that the new CD Sleep with you (official release set for December 2nd to stores) has just crossed the 100 stations threshold on college radio. It is now in regular rotation on 115 college radio stations across the country and climbing! It is also gaining more and more airplay on many commercial rock stations as well, especially on what is known as “specialty shows” or “new music hours.” Top Cities so far include KQAL in Winona, Minnesota where the album is coming in at #9, and KRTQ in Tulsa, Oklahoma—sub-modern rock DJ Buddy Wiley says he LOVES IT and “cannot stop playing the hell out of that CD!” Thanks guys!!!! To see all stations playing tracks from Sleep with you, click here: on the radio page. And keep those calls coming in to your local stations!


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Ed Hale and the Transcendence on WVCG!

Written by news on November 7, 2003 – 2:23 am -

Ed Hale and the Transcendence is being interviewed on a radio show entitled Inside the Music Business: The Weekly Radio Show this Sunday (November 9). They will play tracks from the new CD Sleep with you. The show which broadcasts live 2 – 4pm ET from Miami (1080 am WVCG) also streams live (courtesy of myrealtalent.com) and is archived on www.InsideTheMusicBusiness.com.


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Ed Hale interviewed on the radio at NOVA University

Written by news on July 25, 2002 – 2:43 am -

On Thursday, July 25th, Ed Hale was interviewed by DJ Jason from WNSU Radio (NOVA University, Fort Lauderdale).


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