Notes about Dasher by Mike Fass (Drummer Bear)
| Until recently they
were known as Electro-Z, certainly the most important rock band to emerge
from Lima - Peru in the late 1990s. They ignited the imaginations of
their fans by demonstrating that music, even pop music, perhaps especially
pop and rock, needn't be confined to any particular formula to justify
its presence in the marketplace for public consumption. By the time they were unleashed upon an unsuspecting North America at the turn of the millennium, they became an artistic wrecking crew, crashing through barriers that others used perhaps as an excuse to avoid exploration and the dirty work necessary to forge new pathways into uncharted musical territory. E-Z never showed fear of the unknown. The challenge seemed, in fact, the fuel for their inspiration. For few, if any, other trios in rock have exceeded their seeming limitations and surpassed the expectations of their public in ways that revealed how much more lies beyond our galaxy of musical experience as have E-Z. So now, just as we've come to expect the unexpected of them and rely upon Electro-Z to be the vessel of choice to carry us to new worlds of rock, it splits apart and is revealed to have been merely the booster rockets of an even more brightly blazing transport called Dasher. L.A.S.E. and Jenniffer Cornejo, are now surrounded by a new crew. Their quest for shattering boundaries prevails, only this time pumped up on steroids. Dasher's sound is bigger, their presence, both on record and on stage, bolder and their performance daring and confident. Jenniffer's seductively intimate lead vocals use their plaintive expressiveness to lure you into an almost erotic surrender before ensnaring you in the irresistible force of the band's driving rhythms. Luis' ardent lead voice is strident and bellowing; a full-throated war cry refined by the delicious phrasing that would make David Bowie proud. Each voice, however, unobtrusively supports, one might even say caresses, the other's respective lead. On stage, to which all who've witnessed can attest, they are commanding and riveting. On record, their sound is full-bodied and powerful, compelling you to increase the volume so you can lose yourself in Dasher's hard rocking adventure. This "premiere" album, "Panoramic Blast", is sure to get not only under your skin but into your mind. |