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		ESCAPE FROM DRAGON HOUSE Dengue Fever RRP: ~~$24.95 AUD~~ Now: $15.00 AUD Customers outside Australia don't pay GST

Dengue Fever is in the vanguard of an emerging global pop sensibility, making music that's both familiar, yet eerily unique. Fronted by Cambodian pop star Ch'hom Nimol. who sings in Khmer, the Los Angeles sextet blends the rhythms of '60s Cambodian pop - heavily influenced by American surf, rock and early psychedelic garage bands - with their own eclectic mix of American and international styles.

Unlike the world music bands of the late '80s, Dengue Fever is more concerned with a universal groove and breaking down musical barriers than with notions of authenticity. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness and girl group angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is all their own.

The Los Angeles Times describes the band as, ""If you can imagine a band where a Cambodian beauty queen shares the stage with Rasputin, Barry White, Allen Ginsberg, Michael Hutchence, and Brian Wilson, you'd have a pretty good idea of the group Dengue Fever."

Escape From Dragon House was given a 4/5 star rating by Mojo magazine and described as "a nugget of Cambodian-Californian psychedelia." It was also named #1 International release by Internet retail giant Amazon.com and was named to Mojo's Top 5 international of the year.