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…I loved it straight out of the box. … there's an abundance of instant riches on offer here, ranging over a few styles from seventies singer / songwriter, folk, country, blues and even a poppy gem or two with 'Eyes' having radio hit written all over it. There's a mid album section of 'True Hearted Man', 'Missing You' and 'Always With You' which is almost faultless as every line and note seems to have passed through a stringent weights and measures examination to make sure that every single thing is exactly right. Remarkable…
original review at zeitgeist-scot.co.uk - Stuart A Hamilton, Zeitgeist
Alchemist Allene Rohrer spins gold as she tunefully ventures among genres, surprising us with the beauty of her discoveries. - Robert Randles, Former President, Society of Music Editors
Discography
Alchemy 2008
Synergism 2001
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Bio
Allene Rohrer does not sound like anyone in particular. Perhaps this is due to her early inundation of classical music, old folk songs and African folk and urban music. She was not exposed to popular music until she got her first radio and the ability to control what she listened to when she was 12 years old. While she readily embraced this new music, she never forgot her roots, which can be glimpsed in her beautiful melodic structures and eclectic rhythms. Being outside the box puts Allene in a unique position to appeal to a diverse cross-section of listeners.
She has performed in and contributed songs to San Francisco Bay Area bands The Mean Streaks, The Blue Bloods, Trench, Danger, Thread &The Biddy & Buddy Show. She has also lent her vocal abilities to many other local groups in performance and recordings. Her song writing style encompasses singer-songwriter, pop, folk, rock, country, jazz, and blues. Currently she is performing in Emulating Doris, with Ed Buchanan and Gennui Raffill, and working towards composing for other performers and for film and television.
Allene has two self-releases, Synergism (released November 2001) and Alchemy (released January 2008). She has had a song featured on the E television program Hollywood Nights about the popular Los Angeles nightclub Club Cherry. Her song Eyes (from Alchemy) is part of the soundtrack for the award winning independent short film Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves. Allene’s recent release, Alchemy, was rated number 1 in Zeitgeist’s hottest reviews of January 2008.
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