Cat#: Gomma 205
Release: 17 April 2015

Pop Futuro is a compilation featuring new songs & remixes made exclusively for Gomma by DANIEL AVERY, MOULLINEX, METRONOMY, JUNIOR & BAUMON, WHOMADEWHO, HOT CHIP, MERCURY, BOX CODAX (The solo project of Nick McCarthy of FRANZ FERDINAND). The compilation shows new ways of electronic pop music. But not in a retro 90ies aesthetic, but with a heavy futuristic edge.

Pop Futuro shows weird, strange, unheard music. Not the type of Deep House music that has become mainstream in 2014 – instead Gomma wants to show new aspects in electronic music with vocals. This makes sense as Gomma always has been searching for new artists who are different. Musicians that combine electronic music with song writing skills and organic elements and an arty approach.

POP FUTURO is full of music by people who have been connected to Gomma since years. DANIEL AVERY who has released his first works on Gomma before he was signed to Erol Alkan’s Phantasy label. WHOMADEWHO – who did two albums on Gomma before they were discovered by Kompakt. Newcomers JUNIOR & BAUMON. MERCURY who started on Gomma and now are famous for their Sirens of Lesbos project on Exploited records. And Italian band ESPERANZA – who did their debut album on Gomma in 2012 and now have been signed by LIFE & DEATH records (where they will release under their new name Dead Heat).

The POP FUTURO compilation comes out along with a GOMMA MAGAZINE. 40 pages designed by Gomma friends like BORSCHE & KARTSOLIS, PAM, FENGEL and others.

Get it on Beatport:
https://pro.beatport.com/release/munk-presents-pop-futuro/1498060

The KDMS did a great podcast for a french music magazine. We think everybody should hear it…. Including their fabulous remixes for WhoMadeWho, Madonna and some other special disco gimmicks. Check it out…

Tracklist:
1) Summer Camp – Loosing My Mind (The KDMS Remix)
2) Who Made Who – Keep Me In My Plane (The KDMS Remix)
3) secret one
4) secret one
5) The KDMS – Wonderman (Instrumental)
6) secret one
7) secret one
8) Madonna – Give Me All Your Luvin (The KDMS Cover)
9) Box Codax – Seven Silvers (The KDMS Remix)
10) The KDMS – Sugar Me (Instrumental)
11) The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Baby (The KDMS Remix)

After Martin Creed’s beautiful video for Dawning – now Jan Baumann did a new video for them! For the song “It’s Brilliant”, a bonus track to their album “Hellabuster”. But what a video! Post it!

Head over to the page of Shiraz Ksaiba for some more photos of the secret Box Codax gig at Phonica Records last week.

British first league artist Martin Creed directed the new video for Box Codax, the solo project of Franz Ferdinand’s guitarist Nick McCarthy on Gomma.

“Dawning” was taken from the current Box Codax album “Hellabuster” and chosen by Creed, who is best known for his 2001 Turner Prize winning installation Work #227: The Lights Going On and Off.

“Dawning” will be released also on a limited edition split single, now available from The Vinyl Factory.

Along with the recently released remixes for the new Box Codax single Seven Silvers we also have a video (the 8th video for the Box Codax album “Hellabuster”). Video made by Jaygo Bloom, UK-based visual artist, VJ and visualist for seminal Techno act Planetary Assault Systems.

Cat#: Gomma 158
Release: 10 June 2011

Here comes Box Codax again. The album is getting massive response right now.. and we are quite happy about that, as it is a really special release. With all that weird but melancholic, strange but beautiful indie rock pop masterpieces on it.
Initially there were no remexis planned for that album.. but for the single “Seven Silvers” some people insisted to do dance versions.. so here we serve you remixes by Den Haan, The KDMS, and Rodion and an instrumental edit by Telonius.

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Here comes video number 7 from the 13 videos of the new Box Codax album Hellabuster.
This time it’s for the beautiful ballad “My Room”. The video was directed by Rory Middleton, an Edinburgh-based artist who has exhibited all across Europe and North America.

For every of the 13 songs from the new Box Codax album there is a video. Made by friends of Alex and Nick. Till now we have spread 5 of them. This is number 6 . Featuring for the first time the band members them self. But of course… like on the band photos: They are shy. They hide there faces… We are quite sure not because they are ashamed of the song. As it is one of the most beautiful melancholic ballads we ever had on Gomma and the video… watch yourself.

So this one is really the most daring mixtape we ever had at Gomma.
Nick and Alex from Box Codax connect Free jazz Icon Albert Ayler with Minimal music by Steve Reich. German composer Carl Orff with Neil Young and John Lennon with Billy Holiday. Haha .. how does that sound? Listen!

Tracklist:
1) Steve Reich – Six Marimbas
2) Margo Guryan – California Shake
3) Steve Reich – Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ
4) Mal Waldron – For Eric Satie
5) Richard Strauss – Salome, Ich Will Nicht Bleiben
6) Djaosch Macholi Orchestra – Ruby
7) Hank Schmitt-In-Der-Beek, Sebastian Kellig, Nick Mccarthy – Ulli/ Lunsenzyklus
8) Albert Ayler – Spirits
9) John Lennon – Dream
10) Neil Sedarka – Going Nowhere
11) Metronomy – She Wants
12) Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young – Ohio
13) Carl Orff – Gassenhauer
14) Billie Holiday – I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me
15) Eric Satie – Gnossienne
16) Ravel – Prelude
17) Everly Brothers – I Wonder If I Care As Much
18) Margo Guryan – Northbound Success Merry Go Round
19) Supremes – It’s Time To Break Down
20) Gregor Staub – Mega Memory
21) Glenn Gould – Goldberg Variation 1
22) Das Weisse Pferd – The I Love You Song
23) Neil Young – Are You Ready For The Country
24) Daniel Johnston – Some Things Last A Long Time
25) Angelo Badalamenti & Kinny Landrum – Dark Lolita

Cat#: Gomma 156
Release date: 13 May 2011

Today we release the new single by The KDMS. The new band of Maximilian Skiba & Kathy Diamond.

Skiba is the so much talked about 22 year old supertalent from Poland. Who last year worked with Bearfunk and Under The Shade and will release an solo album for Rekids in a few months. He formed this new group with Kathy Diamond. London’s Underground Disco Queen. (Releases on Permanent Vacation, Eskimo and Moodmusic.)

The KDMS will do a full album in 2012. For now check their last 2 singles on Gomma, too..

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Emperor Machine: “Nice work great production.”
Mylo: “Great thanks! Big fan of Skiba & Kathy Diamond”
C90s: “Loving this!! right up my street… is a STOMPER.”
Tronik Youth: “love it- will def play original out for sure. ”
Acid Washed: “This is brilliant”
Horse Meat Disco: “Box Codax remix is great …i really like..reflect”

Here is a little masterpiece of Box Codax, for their track “No Trains”. Taken from their Hellabuster album, just released on Gomma last week.
Video by Anna McCarthy.

Here it comes: Box Codax. The solo project of Nick McCarthy – man on the guitar in Franz Ferdinand. The NME and many others already raved about this new album that was also partly produced by Metronomy: One of the most extravagant and colorful Rock/Folk albums of these days. Imagine Zappa in the studio with Arcade Fire and Roy Orbison.

In fact Box Codax is a band consisting of 3 members: Nick McCarthy and his longtime friends: poet and singer Alex Ragnew and Nick’s wife Manuela Gernedel. It’s a family record. It starts with some raw rock’n rolly disco and ends in the most beatiful melancholic ballads you can imagine. Aditional mixing, drum programming and other things by legendary ACDC engineer Mike Fraser and Modica & Imbery from Gomma.

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The new solo project of Nick McCarthy (Franz Ferdinand) Box Codax is creating waves in UK right now. The NME just wrote a big piece about the new album that he did with Alex Ragnew for Gomma. Before we give you the new album you can fill your free time by wathing this new little video a friend of Nick did for the song “I Won’t Come Back”. Album out on Friday!