He is late …with his Winter Mix – Mathias – our man from Munk… but he was really busy the last months.. producing the album for the German band Die Sterne, finishing his own new single La Musica (Release in May) and his Munk EP for sept..

Anyway. Here it is: the Munk Winter Mix. Including new Gomma house records from Golden Bug, Mustang, Cecile, lots of unreleased stuff by other friends, some old funky house goodies… and the upcoming Munk single La Musica..somewhere hidden in between..

Listen & Download:
Podcast #18: Munk Winter Mix

Release: 12 March 2010
Cat#: Gomma 139

There is not much left to say about The Phenomenal Handclap Band from NYC. Blogs, music mags, everybody raved about this new 8 members psychedelic funk future hippie combo. The NME described them as the “follow up to MGMT and Empire Of The Sun”.

Anyway: here is the new single. Remixes by: Blackstrobe from Paris–The pioneers of the Parisian House scene are coming back with their first remix since years. And they do a beautiful -one for the ladies- classic 90ies house tune. Rodion from Italy are in the perfect Italo disco mood and Daniel Haaksman -the dude behind Europe’s leading Baile Funk label Man Recordings comes up with heavy heavy percussion breaks. And Clock Opera aka Guy Connelly, after remixing Bloc Party and Peter, Bjorn & John, contributes a deep, rolling remix.

   “Blackstrobe did a great rmx!”   Josh Wink
   “Clock Opera & Rodion Rmx are really good!”   Stephen Aeroplane

Tracklist:
1) Black Strobe Remix
2) Daniel Haaksman Remix
3) Clock Opera Remix
4) Rodion Remix
5) Rodion Dub

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Check this out, friends: Mathias Modica – our man from MUNK – has produced and co-written the new album of German Indie Rock Superstars Die Sterne. The CD 24/7 has just been released on Materie records. Mathias had been asked to help to create a completely new and very disco-inspired sound for the band from Hamburg. A very special take on No Wave/Indie House with German lyrics. Currently there is a big press hype about this in Germany and the album has charted on #61 in Germany… Check the last video and the 3-track pre-release that we did on Gomma.

Die Sterne – Der Riss E.P. (12″) on Gomma
Die Sterne vs. Munk – Der Riss Dub Versions (EP) on Gomma

Listen to the album on Die Sterne Homepage and Myspace.

Yoyoyo…the Le Le CD and vinyl test pressings have arrived at Gomma headquarters…soooo fat. Gomma is happy! Le Le is the band of Parra (one of our favorite illustrators), Serge Fabergé and Rimer London. The three guys will release their album Le Classics on 30 April…the 5 track album samplers including the new single Number One Girl comes out a week before.

Check the video for the single Breakfast with amazing Parra animations.. out on Gomma end of March with remixes by Mercury and Kill The Noise — on a split with the new single Disco Monster.

Catch Golden Bug live in Australia at these dates:

March 4th / Byron Bay, La La Land
March 5th / Gold Coast, Never Land
March 6th / Brisbane, Empire
March 12th / Melbourne, Roxanna Parlour
March 13th / Newcastle, Poolhaus
March 14th / Sydney, Picnic Social w/ HORSE MEAT DISCO

Release: 26 February 2010
Cat#: Gomma DT012

He definitely has the sound of 2010. Antoine Harispuru aka Golden Bug. Man from Paris – living in Barcelona…making the world happy with his crazy dancefloor funk. He has been featured on Erol Alkan‘s playlist for weeks (with his LookLookLook track). His new song Flamingo is No 1 on Aeroplanes feb mix. He did big big remixes for Kitsune, Banggang and In Flagranti. And he plays everywhere with his infamous one man show: From Fabric London (with Aeroplane) to Modular parties in Sydney and Vice parties in Amsterdam. And he was on blogs everywhere with bis last Assassin EP.

Last week we put out the new EP “The Game Flamingo” and now here are the remixes for “Flamingo”, the leading track. Mixes by Pete Herbert, In Flagranti, Rove Dogs, and Herr Styler.

   “I love Goldenbug.”   Erol Alkan
   “Great EP! Flamingo is Amazing.”   Stephen Aeroplane
   “They sound great!”   Eric Duncan (Still Going)
   “I love the King of Kong”   Etienne de Crecy
   “Sounds really cool, remixes too, especially the In Flagranti one..”   Joakim

Tracklist:
1) Club Mix
2) Pete Herbert Remix
3) In Flagranti Remix
4) Rove Dogs Remix
5) Herr Styler Remix

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Here is a new DJ Mix by Golden Bug from Paris. His new The Game Flamingo EP will be released next week on Gomma including remixes by Pete Herbert and In Flagranti. His remixes for Kitsune, BangGang and Codek are everywhere… Let’s hear it for Golden Bug himself!

1) Golden Bug – All In Heaven (Intro)
2) White Label
3) The Phenomenal Hand Clap Band – 15 to 20 (Glimmers Remix)
4) White Label
5) DC La Rue – Edge Of The Night (The Revenge Remix)
6) In Flagranti – Exexex (Hercules/Andrew Butler Remix)
7) Chamboché – Feverish (The Revenge Remix)
8) Cassian – The Fuck Song
9) Cecile & Venice – Rimmel
10) Golden Bug – Flamingo (Pete Herbert Remix)
11) Cosmo Vitelli – Le Radiateur

Listen & Download:
Podcast #18: Golden Bug Flamingo Mixtape

Taken from the album “The Phenomenal Handclap Band” out on Gomma. Single with remixes by Blackstrobe, Daniel Haaksman, Clock Opera and Rodion will be released on March 12th. Here’s the video for the original track, directed by Stephen Agnew in New York half a year ago but not finished till now. A 3-minute blood, soul and slasher micro masterpiece.

If you don’t know the complete album yet you should listen…it’s the perfect soundtrack for cold winter nights. And if you haven’t seen them live yet: We are currently organizing an Europe tour in Spring, with the Handclaps playing at Gomma parties in Paris, Berlin, London and other cities around… check them out. And for now: get the video of New Yorks freshest psychadelic funksters.