we are philosophic alt rock duo Red to Violet from the Amsterdam area, The Netherlands. our music received airplay on 500+ US college radios and won the JPFolks Alt Song Award (US) and the CN8 Viewers Choice Award (CN8 is the largest CableTV network in the US). our selfrecorded debut cd was mastered at legendary Abbey Road studios in London. our 2nd cd Surrender To The Unknown has been recorded at HeavenonEarth Studio & has been mastered at Xtreamaudio Studio, NY. after several houseboatsessions we are now recording our 3rd cd, release planned by autumn 2010.

about RtV's 2nd album STTU:
'strong vocals, interesting lyrics, great guitars, made me think of John Lennon's Imagine' (BVSreviews.com)
'Great tracks' (Jack Daley, NJ, bass player for Lenny Kravitz)
'Soulful, a true masterpiece' (radio DJ Tony Bates, 100.7 Highlands FM, Victoria, Australia)

Red to Violet are: EL - vocals, Onno - guitars

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Red to Violet are currently recording the new album, with 14 original songs with interesting sound flavours & in depth lyrics

'it feels like we're on a pilgrimage. with new insights around the corner, it feels like a privilege to be able to capture the beauty of the new songs... in our eyes, nobody is a rockstar, the songs are the true rockstars.'

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RED TO VIOLET ~ biography

RED TO VIOLET

Philosophic alt rock from below sealevel. Imagine female Coldplay meets Dandy Warhols vocals and Lenny Kravitz / Chili Peps soundscapes...

>>>who are they?
Red to Violet are singer EL Martens & guitarist Onno Lakeman. idealists, vegetarians, mind and soul searchers from the Amsterdam area... in previous bands they did 250+ gigs in Red to Violet they have found what they've been looking for... they write, record & produce the RtV CDs. sofar RtV won the Alt Song Award for JPFolks Independent Music Awards (US) and the Viewers Choice Award on Music Search (CN8 TV, US). their music sofar received airplay on 500+ US college radios.

>>>what did they say about STTU sofar?
* 'Soulful, deep, a true masterpiece'
(radio DJ Tony Bates, 100.7 Highland FM, Victoria, Australia)
* 'I would recommend this music to anyone that wants a fresh sound in their soundtrack to life'
(Bill 'Dark' Messick, New Artist Radio, newartistradio.net)
* 'Smooth beats and chill lyrics, we've added track 1, 4 and 7 to our regular rotation'
(Andrew McCown, programming manager UNC Student Radio, University of Northern Colorado, US)

STTU is recorded in HeavenOnEarth studio, produced by RtV & mastered by Anthony Casuccio for Xtreamaudio, NY

>>>xtra info...
released by independent label Commuse ~ promo to radios & press - national US 'on demand' distribution through Artist1Stop (Denver, CO, www.artist1stop.com) and worldwide 'on demand' distri through Super D (Irvine, CA, www.sdcd.com) - check redtoviolet.com site for ALL stores. contact: info@commuse.com >>> and... thanks for listening! www.redtoviolet.com