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D'Ante and the Revolutionaries named Kalistani Representatives to FOMAT V
R&B musicians voted to be right band for the Contest
Kaliburg, Ananto
February 12, 4801


D'Ante and the Revolutionaries won the January Listeners' Poll on KRTVN Radio 2 with 84% overall

Following Kalistan's defeat due to suspect judgement at FOMAT IV, Kalistani radio listeners have voted that the entry from Kalistan for FOMAT V shall be the R&B band D'Ante and the Revolutionaries, who will perform the song "You can't Leave Me" in Liore two summers from now.

More than 18,000 listeners took part in the radio poll which allowed them to vote for their favorite among more than 20 contestants.  The contest was originally intended to be a two round contest, with the top two vote getters competing against one another in a head to head match up.  But voters decided that D'Ante and the Revolutionaries were their favorite on the first ballot, giving their entry the vast majority of all votes.  D'Ante scored more than 84% of all votes, making the song the clear favorite among listeners.  "This is the right band for the contest in Liore," said one young listener from Kaliburg.

When D'Ante was informed of the news of his band's success, he was in Dulnerstaad.  "I was headed to the dispensary," said D'Ante, "and these people just came out of nowhere and told me that we had won.  I called Jean and (drummer) Adams up and let them know, and I think the band was way more excited about it that I was!"

D'Ante Edwards-Carrangus, 36, from Kaliburg, spoke about his song.  "We were really impressed by the, of course old sounds of Funk, but also we wanted to add some of that R&B that Monica K. MacPhearson was doing a few years ago. This is music that nobody else in the whole world is doing, and so we figured we could stand out and kinda make a name for ourselves with this album."  His band's debut record, "Subversive Messiah", released last year on ARC, featured a lot of funk, and a lot of R&B with some soul influences in the music. "It's an alternative album, first and foremost," said D'Ante.  "Our song construction is a lot more eclectic and unstructured, and we took a lot of chances with this record."  The first single from the Record, "You can't leave me" scored a minor hit last fall for the band, and has since built a fairly significant cult following.

"It's kind of odd that MacPhearson has been playing for 14 years, playing R&B," said D'Ante, "and doing all kind of stuff like mixing in hip-hop and soul and fun, and she's been pretty underground most of this time.  Hopefully, if we draw some attention to the genre, maybe we can draw attention to her music as well." 

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZoxdPGu_4E]
Here is the song that D'Ante and the Revolutionaries will be performing at the FOMAT V Contest in Liore.