Blues Control was an American experimental music duo from

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. Blues Control's members were Russ Waterhouse (guitar, electronics) and Lea Cho (keyboards). The group released music on a variety of formats, including vinyl, cassette, and

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. In 2012, their release ''Valley Tangents'' reached #5 on the Billboard Top New Age Albums chart. In 2019, the group announced they were on an indefinite extended hiatus.

Discography

*''Blues Control'' cassette ( Palsy Records, 2006) *''Blues Control'' (

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, 2007) *''A Full Tank'' ( Managing Expectations Records, 2007) *''Puff'' (

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, 2007) *''Local Flavor'' (

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, 2009) *''FRKYWS, Vol. 8'' with

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( RVNG Intl., 2011) *''Riverboat Styx'' ( Not Not Fun, 2011) *''Valley Tangents'' ( Drag City, 2012)

References

American musical duos Musical groups from New York (state) Ambient music groups American experimental musical groups New-age music groups Siltbreeze Records artists Drag City (record label) artists {{US-experimental-band-stub