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  • The group's latest mark of progress comes by way of "Eye Contact," an excellent album on which Gang Gang Dance plays with wily rhythms and finds an intriguing meeting point between rainsticks and lasers.

    Land of a Thousand Dances Andy Battaglia 2011

  • Faith & Disease was wonderful luscious swirly femvox and flutes with synth, delayed guitar, good bass guitar through some floormount synth/effects unit (maybe one of the Zooms, maybe the Roland GR-33 - it was about the right size for a GR-33 with the built-in expression pedal, but I wasn't sure the stmpbuttons were right) and drums played with huge soft boomy mallets, along with a variety of special fx pieces (rainsticks, shakers & such).

    Faith & Disease badger 2001

  • Spas, and the upscale hotels that house them, are always looking for interesting ways to help us relax and glow: warmed rainsticks rolled against tight calves, Russian caviar smoothed on brows, sugar and green tea rubbed between toes.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KARAN SMITH 2011

  • The massaging rainsticks at the Emerald Grande Resort in Destin, Fla.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Si Si Penaloza 2011

  • The rainstick massage begins with in-house specialist Melissa Smith showing off four, well-oiled rainsticks, kept toasty warm in heated blankets.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Si Si Penaloza 2011

  • The rainsticks are at their most effective as a therapy tool on my back thighs and calves - bits that get shortchanged in traditional Swedish massage.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Si Si Penaloza 2011

  • The rainsticks are at their most effective as a therapy tool on my back thighs and calves - bits that get shortchanged in traditional Swedish massage.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Si Si Penaloza 2011

  • The rainstick massage begins with in-house specialist Melissa Smith showing off four, well-oiled rainsticks, kept toasty warm in heated blankets.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Si Si Penaloza 2011

  • The massaging rainsticks at the Emerald Grande Resort in Destin, Fla.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Si Si Penaloza 2011

  • Some of the projects have included making homemade didgeridoos, rainsticks, masks and bowls.

    GJSentinel.com 2010

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