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  Stylofone - Hotstepper
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Max Heel (bass), Simon Benedict O�Connor (lead guitar), William Stone (drums), Jason Maartens Klauber (lead guitar, vocals)

The live Stylofone experience can be likened only to an eight year old�s exhilaration on Christmas morning: the audience in a crazed frenzy, unwrapping each song like a gift. Whereas most live acts tire out a crowd after a performance, Stylofone charges the room, allowing everyone to continue partying in the spirit of the music for the rest of the night.

In its short and glorious life, the Brooklyn band has casually accomplished what ordinary bands struggle to achieve throughout their entire careers: a superior command over that which makes music exciting. The self-titled, four-song EP released in early 2006 sounds the way the ten commandments read. Like giddy alchemists, the band ingeniously blurs lines between the simple and the complex, the high and low, the roaring and whispering. It�s definitely the only music that Bach and Slade would ever agree upon.

Stylofone has literally played millions of shows in New York City and beyond.

Music For Robots - "What a great fucking band." [music.for-robots.com, January, 2007]

Alternative Ulster (Ireland/UK) - "Theirs is a sound steeped in the tradition of quality seventies rock, but delivered with a distinctly modern panache" - [Incoming, February 2007]

The Fly (UK) - "A thrilling mix of heart and bohemian flair that makes them truly retro at its finest" - [Ones To Watch, February 2007]

Time Out London - "Your reinvented rockery rules, dudes!" - ["Nighttime" track review, 2/7/07]

SPIN.com - "Stylofone's Brooklyn bounce kept things moving...got the girls dancing." [Review of 1/4/07 show at The Khyber in Philadelphia with Diamond Nights]

Pitchfork - "Stylofone equate letting the good times roll with tweaking the beat and harmonizing every lead... Reproduction is creation. Just ask mom." [Sam Ubl's 4 out of 5 star track review for "Helen Keller", September, 2006]

The Village Voice - "Stylofone have one dynamite gimmick: doubled guitar leads on every hook, executed with joyous arena-rock everything-old-is-new. Go see them." [Robert Christgau's "Month on The Town" feature August, 2006]

The Fader - "It's rare to find the track that immediately struts in with such salacious verve that you might just take it to the beach instead. 'Hotstepper' is the summer anthem for too many beers and hot weather sweats... " [Alex Wagner's "Gen F" feature: "The Boys of Summer", issue #39, June 2006 ]

Pitchfork - "Stylofone succeed because they're gentle and dangerous at the same time, a tricky fusion...4 out of 5 stars." [Sam Ubl's 4 out of 5 star track review for "Hotstepper", June, 2006]

Nick Sylvester - "Really jarring to see a band where all four guys have chops; maybe I need to like better bands." [riffmarket.com, July 2006]

The Big Takeover - "Stylish, brave, brassy and keeps you on your toes." [Suzanne Baran, May, 2006]

Future Sounds - "This is music for summer nights, hot rod cars, and the backseat you know, some good ol' American rock n' roll for a change....it won't take long for everyone to be onto this awesome Brooklyn band." [futuresounds.blogspot.com/, May 2006]

Time Out NY - "A solid adrenaline rush for you closeted arena-rock loyalists."