Monday, February 16, 2009
There's No Need To Fear...
No, Underdog is not here... : - ) When I e-mailed this week's song, 'House Jam,' I abbreviated its creators, delightful and highly respected indie artists Gang Gang Dance, as 'GGD,' - I didn't want to scare my casual fan with images of pounding club music, which Gang Gang Dance most certainly isn't. With it's odd melody-driven midtempo ambient groove, this is certainly music for listening to... The group, oddly, calls their sweet, swaying sound 'neo-tribal' or 'neo-primitivist,' and some of the chanting and instrumentation elsewhere on the album do add a touch of those elements...You must watch this clip from Tokyo of the Gang delivering an awesome live performance of 'Jam'... it's smooth as East Asian silk...
We don't know much about GGD, except that they're Manhattan-based, record on The Social Registry records and tapes, and have played well-received warm-up shows to celebrated avant garde and electronica artists such as TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, and Architecture in Helsinki...I discovered them when I surveyed music critics' best-of-2008 lists over Xmas break...
Here's a little 3-minute modern dance performance art that GGD soundtracked...
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