A musical reverse migration. Swampadelica starts with the current sounds of rock and hip-hop, travels to the Gulf states with funk and early American blues, to the Caribbean with Haitian Kreyol, reggae and ska and ends up back in Africa via Nadine LaFond'

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ROCK: Roots Rock, WORLD: African

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Entitled in Haitian Kreyol, âS'AC PASSÉ?â is a greeting meaning âWhat's going on?â to which the traditional response is âN'ap Boule!â, or, our fire is burning.

As the title may suggest S'AC PASSÉ? finds the band blending lead vocalist's Nadïne LaFond's Haitian Kreyol with English and mixing instrumentation such as the American jazz & rock staples of Hammond B3 & electric guitar, with various world instruments.

Guitarist/co-songwriter Brian Herkert notes âThis album represents a sort of a musical reverse migration. It starts with the current sounds of rock and hip-hop, travels to the Gulf states with funk and early American blues, from there moves to the Caribbean with Haitian Kreyol and the rhythms of reggae and ska and finally ends up back in Africa via Nadine's African vocal styles and the use of instrumentation such as the hindehoo, udu and kalimba.â S'AC PASSÉ? is produced by Swampadelica and J. Kahrs and recorded at Trey Anastasioâs Vermont based studio, âThe Barnâ as well as the band members' home studios.

Good things are happening all around for the band at the time of this release. Nadïne LaFond is currently singing in the studio with Phish bassist Mike Gordon. Nadïne sang on moe.âs new album, âSticks & Stonesâ, and recently sang with the band on tour (including an appearance on Mountain Stage with moe. and Ani DiFranco). With guests such as the legendary Bernie Worrell (P-Funk, Talking Heads keyboardist) and Railroad Earthâs Andy Goessling showing up and sitting in with Swampadelica at their live shows, it is evident that Swampadelicaâs fire is burning.

Founding member Damian Calcagne surfaced from the Northwestern NJ scene that spawned Railroad Earth. Damian toured as keyboardist with RRE frontman Todd Sheaffer in RRE's predecessor From Good Homes. Damian, Nadïne, Brian Herkert and bassist Paul Kuzik form the song writing team that has created Swampadelicaâs signature style that is showcased on S'AC PASSÉ?. These four friends have developed a dialogue that is the center of Swampadelicaâs musical voice. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place with the recent addition of its newest member, Bill Rust, on drums, percussion and electronics. Rust is best known for his percussion & sound design work with Curt Smith of Tears for Fears, Saturday Night Live, Brian Transeau (B.T.), & UK Trance DJ Sasha.

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