This week our Phenomenal Handclap Band reach number one on French iTunes Alternative chart! Yeah…congratulations guys. “15 to 20″, the single from their last album on Gomma is placed above Muse and Coldplay.. PHB’s gonna rule the world..!

This week’s Gomma Podcast comes from – as we think – Germany’s House producer No 1. As early as the 1990ies Ian Pooley was around like no one else. People like Deee-Lite, The Cardigans, Daft Punk, Carl Cox and Bob Sinclar where asking him for remixes. He was playing something like 200 gigs every year. Now he is back. With a fabulous remix for Telonius’ Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and this nice little mixtape.

Tracklist:
1) Pepe Bradock – Deep Burnt
2) Rick Wade – Creeper
3) James Teej – Seven Day Mend (Pooley Edit)
4) David Squillace – What About The Vice
5) Pezzner – What Have I done (Pooley Mix 2)
6) Vincenzo – The Clearing
7) Ian Pooley – Know What’s Up
8) Mark Reeve – Breakfast Bar
9) S.Parker & I.Pooley – Kinderteller (Zander VT Edit)
10) Phil & Dan – Regulate
11) Gichy Dan – On a Day Like This (Todd Terje Edit)
12) D.Serano & H.Couto – Do Do Dooooo
13) Art of Tones – The Argument

Download: Podcast #38: Ian Pooley Mixtape

Release: 7 January 2011
Cat#: Gomma DT 024

Sunset Boogie? Beach House? Mocassin Funk? Prog Disco ? We have been hearing many funny names for the new Moullinex sound. Whatever you call it: One thing is clear: you can hear very well where this music has been made: 5 minutes from the beach. It’s sweet, it’s beautiful, it’s romantic – but it is still super danceable and effective on the dance floor. Luis Gomes lives and works in Portugal. And he dj’s all around the world. He knows how to bring together the sun and the moon. The beach and the dancefloor. A great next step after his successful previous Superman EP.

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Happy new year an all the best for 2011 from the Gomma crew! Here we give you a nice little podcast by Alan1. Our new Gomma buddy from Rome.His debut EP has been released last week and is getting nice attention right now from blogs and DJs. Normally he performes only live with his synths and machines – but for our blog he did this cool mixtape. Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1) WhoMadeWho – Keep Me In My Plane
2) Cornelius – Breezin’
3) Herbert – Jamie Lidell remix
4) The Soft Pink Truth – Promofunk
5) Metro Area – Square Pattern Area
6) Rebolledo – Fresh
7) James Pants – Murder
8) Comtron – The Joke Is On You
9) The Soft Pink Truth – Coat Check
10) Mr. Oizo – Jo
11) Jimmy Edgar – One Twenti Detail
12) Actress – Machine
13) Luke Vibert – I Love Acid
14) Egyptian Lover – I Need A Freak (Andrew Weatherall remix)
15) Air – Dont’ Be Light (Mr. Oizo Remix)
16) Alan1 – Sniff Them

Download: Podcast #37: Alan1 Podcast

Slow Congo taken from the Alan1 EP…. video by unknown fan.

Cat#: GOMMA DT025
Release date: 27 December 2010

We are happy to release the first Gomma E.P. of 24 year old electronic funk talent Alan1 from Rome. Concertmate includes 3 new tunes + a remix by Bobermann (from Bloody Beatroots). Included also is Sniff Them: A heavy functional clubtune that already was released on an limited vinyl edition by Final Frontier Records. The track can cause big damage on the dancefloor…but only a few people could get hold of it till now..so Gomma decided to release it again.

But the real special thing are the other tracks: Alan1 makes music that is some times serious, then ironic, melodic but still groove oriented. Analogue synths and digital post-production… electro-funk, Chicago, electronica, jazzdisco, acid-house… Whatever you call it.. it is simply sexy Italian dancefloor music… it sounds new and it sounds nice.

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Robert Owens: “Great tracks!”
Matt Walsh: “He has a very distinct sound and is fast becoming my favorite artist on Gomma.”
Bottin: “Good stuff”
Tape To Tape: “Love the Alan1 release, great mix of jacking disco funk.”

Gomma’s very best psychedelic funk crew The Phenomenal Handclap Band from New York recently performed a great gig at the Transmusicales in Rennes, France’s most important festival. We received this little film…you might like it. You might like also the Phenomenal Handclap Remix album that was released recently featuring remixes by Stallions, Fujiya & Miyagi, Clock Opera, Munk, Telonius, etc.

You might have seen that at GOMMA we are currently busy busy busy.. a lot of new acts on board: Cécile, Mustang and also the wonderful Swiss boys of Mercury are part of the Gommagang now. You might remember the awesome remix they did for Parra’s band Le Le. (Breakfast on Gomma 2010).

Now finally they came up with their first own EP. Deep, funky new school house music. The 5 track EP God d’Azur is just out including remixes by Tom Trago and Round Table Knights. Enjoy this house mixtape they made exclusively for the Gomma Podcast:

Tracklist:
1. Robert Owens – Bring Down The Walls
2. Motor City Drum Ensemble – There’s A Truth feat. Steve Downes
3. Storm Queen – Look Right Through
4. Mercury – Spiritual (Tom Trago Remix)
5. Spoon, Tong – Muchness (Kink Mix)
6. Michel Steinbach, Todd Terry, Warren Fellow – Got A Soul
7. Paul Johnson – Music’s In Me
8. The MD X-Spress – God Made Me Phunky
9. Kerri Chandler – Bar A Thym
10. Arto Mwambe – One Lonely Knight
11. Lupe – Shake
12. Tonny Lionni – Round & Round

Download: Podcast #36: Planet Mercury Mix