it IS RAD!

http://www.hkharbourfest.com/News.htm
http://www.radmusic.com/rad/tour.html

"ASIA & AUSTRALIA

w/ PRINCE & the NPG

October/17 2003 HONG KONG

Hong Kong Harbour Fest"

[Interesting, who is this? -Ben]

I listened to a few of the samples she has on her site (I think the section is caled "sound bytes" or something similar) and she sounds quite funky indeed.

Is this the same one?

The following information I got from the All Music Guide

Rad
AKA born: Conrad Prince
Genres Rock
Styles Acid Jazz
See Also Main Entry

Appears on:
Lea Longo Confessions (2003) Guitar
Ozric Tentacles Become the Other (1995) Drums
Ozric Tentacles Erpland/Pungent Efulgent/Become... (2000) Drums
Ozric Tentacles Hidden Step (2000) Percussion, Drums
Ozric Tentacles Pyramidion (2002) Drums
Original Soundtrack Way We Are (1997) Performer
Various Artists This Is Acid Jazz: Back to Basics (1994) Performer
Various Artists Street Jazz, Vol. 1 [C&S] (1994) Performer
Various Artists Back to Basics, Vol. 2 (1995) Performer
Various Artists Bossa Brava! (1995) Performer
Various Artists This Is Acid Jazz: New Voices, Vol... (1995) Performer
Various Artists Best of Acid Jazz, Vol. 2 (1997) Keyboards, Vocals, Performer
Various Artists Sweet Emotions (1997) Performer

Songs appear on:
Johnny Neel & the Last Word Comin' Atcha...Live!
Nippon Musico

Ellemennopee said:[quote]Is this the same one?

The following information I got from the All Music Guide

Rad
AKA born: Conrad Prince
Genres Rock
Styles Acid Jazz
See Also Main Entry


No, if you follow the link to Rad's website above, you'll find out who she is.

"Rose Ann Dimalanta, a.k.a rad., grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and began playing piano at the age of 4. 1990 she completed her jazz studies at U.C. Berkeley. The West Coast music scene quickly got hip to rad.'s latin jazz chops and she was soon playing with legendary musicians like Pete Escovedo, Benny Velarde (Cal Tjader), Orestes Vilató (Santana), Ray Obiedo and David Garibaldi among others. Her move to Europe in 1991 marked the beginning of her solo career. With the encouragement of her husband and producer Michael Kirsch, rad. became Rose Ann's solo project, a funk show spiced with latin flavors.

The debut LP "radified" (1992) catapulted rad. into the spotlight. Its hit single "Wishy" featured on the now classic "Soulciety Funky Family Compilation I" took European dancefloor charts by storm and received "Album of the Month" awards in many prominent music publications throughout Europe. "Gotta Be" (1994), the second release, was praised by critics, DJ's and fans alike. It’s release in Japan put the track "Venus Drops" (featuring the Tower of Power Horns) into the Japanese Billboard Radio charts. Guest appearances on "Gotta Be" by Tower of Power, funk legend Roger Troutman (Zapp), England's Galliano posse, and respected Jazz heavies like Howard Johnson (Miles Davis, Carla Bley) broadened her musical acceptance beyond dance, r&b, and jazz audiences. Not long after, New York label Instinct Records released the track "Time to Change" from the first album, making it a local radio hit in the SF Bay Area, becoming the most requested song on KBLX for several weeks and also winning her fans throughout the East Coast and Canada. In 1997 rad. returned to the San Francisco Bay Area and commenced recording third CD entitled "Higher Plane", at the legendary Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, featuring an all-star cast including David Garibaldi on drums, Bobby Vega (Sly Stone) on bass, and Mark Russo (Yellowjackets) on saxophone. Her latest studio album, Make Every Second Count (2001) is a return to her rough funk sensibilties and features her current live band that includes Ray Obiedo, David Garibaldi, Marc van Wageningen. In 2002 a French team produced a concert film of rad. live in Paris for French television. A live CD of the same concert, "rad. - Live at the New Morning, Paris" is scheduled for release in November 2003.

Live: Known for delivering electrifying live performances with her band, rad. has repeatedly sold out London's Jazz Café and Paris' Hot Brass Club, and has shared the stage with such luminaries as Incognito, Maceo Parker, Carleen Anderson, Raw Stylus, and ex-James Brown's right hand man Bobby Byrd. In 1995, she performed in San Francisco for the United Nations 50th Anniversary Celebration-Festival and co-hosted the popular "Groove" show on Euro-VH1. In 2002 rad. played extensively with drummer Sheila E. including performances with Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Wendy & Lisa, Mick Fleetwood and grammy award winning gospel singer Yolanda Adams."

http://www.radmusic.com/r...aight.html

Cool!

Read in the newspaper this a.m.entitled "Purple Rain looms in Asia"--- that Prince has inked a deal with the Chinese government to headline a concert in Hong Kong aimed at boosting city's SARS battered image.

just received a confirmation from rad that she will be the second keyboardist in the NPG for the upcoming tour

-SWANG'sradtoo

SWANG said:

is that her real name?

where's kingsausage when we need him to make up fake names for the rest of the npg? haha.

p.s. rhonda has officially changed her full named to "like, totally awesome" (yes, with the comma.)

WHAT A RESUME! DAMN!

BLUE :SHOCKED:
[This message was edited Sun Sep 21 16:12:45 PDT 2003 by TheBluePrince]

suomynona said:

RAD = Rose Ann Dimalanta

and she's funky!!!

-SWANGthinkssuomynonashouldcheckherout

[Interesting, who is this? -Ben][/quote]


She looks like Prince's future squeeze.

fred said:

RAD first appeared on Soulciety Records - a label from Hamburg, Germany. Shows you that Hamburg rocks when it comes to the f-u-n-k.

Enjoy!

How Exciting!Love catchin developments like this.