ALLSET creates passionately improvised psychoactive music, featuring electric / MIDI violin, that is ideal for trancing and dancing.
ALLSET played their first national tour in summer of '99.
Their sound has been described as 'liquid' or 'oozing.'
The band has 2 CD's:
Baker's Dozen
Gelatin in Vermont (limited ep)
ALLSET is featured in the new 1999 Boston Band Collectors Cards.
The band receives national college airplay as well as global airplay in places as diverse as Russia and Brazil.
Everythings about energy and geometry.
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Here's a review of a show in Omaha, NE taken from from Jambands.com
ALLSET arrived in Omaha a day early to
crash on our floor. Fresh(?) off the road from the rest of their
Spreading the Gel tour (renamed the Sleep Deprivation Tour on the
last leg) and a hassle from some Iowa law enforcement that had it in
for them. They decided to come to Omaha to drink Coors, play Jet
Moto 2 and JAM. These guys have the right idea. They’re just out
having fun, playing good music and keeping it on the road looking
for a kind scene.
cont...
ALLSET came on to a crowd that was filtering in, sorta late as usual
on Thursday night, and tore into it right off the bat. With the kit
and bass already set, and no vocals to worry about, it didn’t take long
to lock them in. I’ve noticed that our Creek crowd will sit and
applaud when they are 'just' listening. Appreciative, yet tentative.
Then, if they like what’s happening-if they don’t, they leave-the
sitting turns into dancing and the applauding turns into screaming.
Exactly what happened about the third song or so. ALLSET’s brand
of jam is different than what I’ve heard. These guys definitely have
something going on. Chris said that people either 'get it or they
don’t.' The Creek definitely got it, and the boys treated the crowd to
a great show-debuting at least three jams. I’ve heard electrified
fiddle before, but never this way. Brad Slate has some definite talent
and a different perspective on the sound, and the rest of the band is
able to capture that and complement it-spinning, trancing, grooving
and tripping.
- Paul 'Pro' Pearson
http://www.jambands.com/
aug99/levels.html