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Rollerball – In The Ballroom
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1) A band from Portland, Oregon. Fourteen albums in and fifteen years deep, Rollerball, bring their outward bound song structures laced with dark jazz and noise funk back to the US via Portland label, North Pole Records. A living / breathing recording ethic, five European tours, constant West Coast presence, and underground cred that can’t be beat, Rollerball, is an established institution influencing what bands sound like in Portland, Oregon and throughout the world. Two Feathers is Rollerball’s first domestic release since 2005’s Catholic Paws/Catholic Pause. The past two albums, Rollerball and Ahura were available only on avant super label, Wallace Records based in Italy, a country that has long championed Rollerball.
Hard to describe and impossible to pin down, Rollerball, has been praised throughout their storied career by The Wire, Pitchfork, Brainwashed, Blow Up, Fake Jazz, The Oregonian, Terrascope, Mercury, Stranger, etc., and played on radio stations around the world. They have released music on Roadcone, Cochon, Silber, Jalopy Grotto, Nillacat, Pacific Wonderland, and Felina y magia in the States and Bar la muerte, Wallace, and Hysm in Italy. Rollerball has been compared to Sun Ra, New Order, Cereberus Shoal, JOMF, Califone, and Can.
In 2012 they have released an album “Murwa Mbwa” under slightly new name - Rllrbll
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Albinoni
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Lost in Space
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SuperStructure
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Submarine
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lady_galadriel
What happened to the Italian metal band?! :(
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DiscoJer
Well, the only thing you can say about the other ones, is they are being beaten badly in the charts by an 8 year old song by Above & Beyond
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Speedor
I beg to differ
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Salt_The_Fries
Only Portland one matters.
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buszberlet
Albinoni (Above & Beyond Opera Remix) \o/
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artovkaos
albinioniiiiiiiiii aaaaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhh
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Deathriderdoom
the Italian Rollerball is absolutely stunning - and seriously emotive. check out the track 'Escape' and be blown away! Raw Power Metal
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Saint-Mauvais
Albinoni (Above and Beyond Opera Mix) ... Amazing
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RDLoehrke
Harsh language aside, let's all agree that Last.fm does the community it serves a great disservice by not supporting individual pages for bands sharing the same name. How hard can it be? Really?
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jokerrabit
someone pleas help me vote this stupid gay picture out of here!!!
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davencero
epic!!!!
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yeoldstinkeye
Check out this New Stoner Rock Group. http://www.last.fm/group/The+Best+Stoner+Albums+You%27ve+Never+Heard
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jokerrabit
because it some stupid jazz band with the same name, it apers that they have changed there name but still there fans haven't all realized it yet
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Anthemon
wtf?? Why does only some random jazzmusic appear when I try to listen to the band??
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jokerrabit
lets vot this green pic out of here
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qagoras3
love it!
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barewires
There are two different bands using the name Rollerball. The more popular one is an Australian hard rock band. The other is an experimental Folk/Free Jazz band from Portland, OR.
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