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Member Since8/18/2007
Band MembersTom Reichert (fretless guitar, prepared guitars, bass guitar & percussion) Dominic Howes (tabla, and vocals)Stephen Goldstein(interactive electronic programming)
Influencesthe world and -- to a lesser extent -- america
Sounds LikeNorth India meets West Africa
Record LabelUnsigned


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   About Ragassa
Ragassa This is what happens when you mix a Jewish kid from Rochester NY with a Minnesota proverbial hockey head and a Zenned-out Californian then granulate their beings with ethno-fusion; traditional instruction in both North and South Indian percussion; jazz gigs; a pound of fatback drums; ADD and ADHD; top 40 showbands; and documentary film making. Loop this with three geetars from Mars; slice and diced skronk; dha dhin dhin dha - ta dhin gee na thom. Now cool this off in a town where cats iceskate on their waterbowls and the Coen Brothers were spot on. And you create Ragassa

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Dadmehr

Dadmehr



Sep 29 2009 1:22 PM

Thank you for your friendship.

Omid keh hamisheh hafeze resalate haghighi moosighi bashid.

Ba shadi
Antoine Salem

Antoine Salem



Jun 1 2009 3:37 AM

man your tracks sound great! here's a little sample souvenir of Tassilo's passage in LA a few weeks ago. Man he's got it. 'Live at a cool club "Bordello". Boomeranging' improvisations on an old tune of ours 'the druids':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_EB_5Q1RQ&feature=channel
Mongo Santamaria

Mongo Santamaria



Feb 5 2009 8:22 AM

~RIP~Mongo Santamaria~QDEP~
jessy bulbo

jessy bulbo
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Jan 29 2009 8:09 PM

hola Ragassa ! qué tal? yo aquí escribiendo todo el día este mismo saludo a todos mis friends. ya hasta las teclas que uso en este mismo estúpido e insípido recadito están como los jeans que usa mi papá para bañar al perro. ojalá tuviera algo más deinspiración. pero te aseguro que si llega la usaré para una canción, no para andar bombardeando myspace con saludos desnutridos.
ayós! besitos!
JUNKYARD EMPIRE

JUNKYARD EMPIRE



Jan 15 2009 8:09 PM

Cool, wish we could, but we're playing too! We need to share a bill though, it would be tons of fun.
Should we put you in for February 25th?
skeeter hawk records

skeeter hawk records



Jan 13 2009 4:32 AM

THANKS FOR THE ADD
Marc Liebeskind

Marc Liebeskind



Jan 7 2009 11:41 AM

Thanks for your nice comments, just spend a while in your musical world witch is in a way similar and in and other way very different of mine.
Would be a pleasure to come to Mineapolis...
If you plan to come to Switzerland, please, let me know.
I wish you all a lot of cretivity for 2009
Marc
I don't know about your
JUNKYARD EMPIRE

JUNKYARD EMPIRE



Jan 6 2009 6:31 PM

cool, sounds good!
Marc Liebeskind

Marc Liebeskind



Jan 6 2009 3:08 PM

Thanks for the frienship
JUNKYARD EMPIRE

JUNKYARD EMPIRE



Jan 6 2009 8:35 AM

Wow, this is badass stuff! Hey this is Graham from Junkyard Empire and we would love to have you guys down at the black dog for sure. How do either of the 2 last wednesdays in february look for you? And if not then, then soon thereafter...
Talk soon,
graham
jessy bulbo

jessy bulbo
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Nov 14 2008 9:14 AM

soooomos amigos de ustedes amigos amigos de verdaaaaad...por siempre amigos de ustedes amigos no vamos a cambiaaar

PD. Ya esta el nuevo disco:

Antoine Salem

Antoine Salem



Oct 30 2008 7:14 PM

sounds good Tom! hey man, I just found out Sonny Sharrock was born Aug 27th, like me!
dinesh

dinesh



Oct 7 2008 4:50 AM

just drop you peaceful sound from indian flute i hope some day we will meet.mahadev...dinesh
Linsey Wellman

Linsey Wellman



Sep 23 2008 7:01 PM

thanks for the lovely music
Joy Anandasivam

Joy Anandasivam



Sep 14 2008 2:06 AM

Thanks for the kind invite.
Cheers :)
Jay Epstein

Jay Epstein



Sep 3 2008 2:19 PM

You sounded wonderful Friday at the Dakota! Thanks for the music.
Jay
jeremy zmuda

jeremy zmuda



Apr 26 2008 6:41 AM

hey scumpy, how bout a shrimp or two, or a scallup for blue!!shrew shrew....
Stephen

Stephen



Apr 16 2008 9:25 AM

You guys are sounding great. I'm still getting a feel for the scene here, but things are improving. We must meet in China...
Antoine Salem

Antoine Salem



Apr 13 2008 6:08 PM

hey you know this guy? great stuff:

www. debashishbhattacharya. com
Antoine Salem

Antoine Salem



Mar 18 2008 4:12 PM

Tom! Prasanna is unbelieavable! I love it! Thanks for the discovery,

lets talk soon, do you have AIM or ichat yet, so we can talk live with a cam?
Berger Rond

Berger Rond



Mar 12 2008 5:30 AM

I enjoyed listening ! Thanks for reaching me.
Gaku

Gaku



Feb 26 2008 2:32 PM

Thank you, Ragassa.
Keep going for good music.

Gaku, from Tokyo.
Antoine Salem

Antoine Salem



Jan 14 2008 5:11 PM

thax bro.hmmm... march in colorado?
all depends on the gigs man, but i would love it. Blessings for the new year to you and S.
Stephen

Stephen



Jan 4 2008 5:24 AM

So Fultz is comin' to Hong Kong next month. When are you? Haaaa!
Christian Munthe

Christian Munthe



Jan 2 2008 9:38 PM

Truly beautiful this meeting of americana and the east. Thanks for finding me!
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