Important info

Gomma currently is on holiday!
Since 2016 we stopped our activities and started 2 other labels: Toy Tonics & Kryptox.

Gomma history

Gomma was born in 2000.
Created, curated and directed by Mathias „Munk“ Modica and Jonas Imbery, who later left the label.
Art direction by Mirko Borsche & Thomas Kartsolis aka Smal & Paze.

Music:
We released indie disco, new wave funk, weird pop & experimental electronica by artists like
WhoMadeWho, Munk, Headman, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Moullinex, Mocky, Daniel Avery, Dimitri from Paris, Lele (aka Parra), Tomas „Tomboy“ Barfod, Box Codax (Franz Ferdinand side project) and others.

Munk/ Gomma also produced music for/ with
James Murphy, Asia Argento, The Rammellzee, Peaches, Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem)…
We curated compilations dedicated to New Wave Funk & Post Rock: ANTI NY (2001) and TEUTONIK DISASTER (2004)

Art & Graphics:
We made art and visual projects, published the graphic magazine Amore and curated exhibitions in galleries around the world.
Gomma retrospectives have taken place in Munich (Haus der Kunst), Stockholm (Beneath gallery), Berlin (Circle Culture), Tokio (with 032C magazine) and other cities.

Amore Mag contributions by:
P.A.M. , Daniel Josefsohn, Kostas Murkudis, Parra, Nevin Adadalg, Michael Sailsdorfer, Martin Fengel

Fashion:
We produced over 50 different limited editon design shirts.
Designed by Mirko Borsche, Thomas Kartsolis, P.A.M., Kostas Murkudis, Mathias Modica.

We made music for shows, events and campaigns of fashionbrands such as Margiela, Wood Wood, Surface to Air, Chanel and worked for Parisian fashion institution Colette.

Thanks for your attention. You can still contact us at gomma [at] gomma [.] de
Please follow our new adventures with
TOY TONICS & KRYPTOX.


Press quotes:
„Gomma is the freshest and most intersting German record label.“ (Dazed & Confused/ UK)
„Like a German DFA.“ (NME/ UK)
„Always ahead of it’s time, with an unique approch that make the imprint oustanding“ (The Wire)




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15.11.2013

GOMMA exhibition at HAUS DER KUNST München

Modern Art Museum Haus der Kunst in Munich invited us to be part of the Festival of Independents exhibition.
We will show posters, artworks and stuff by our graphists SMAL & PAZE. More Information here.

Haus der Kunst also printed a whole GOMMA POSTERMAGAZINE. 50 pages.
Send us a mail if u wanna know how to get one!

23.05.2013

New Gomma shirts!

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We have been lazy with our shirts. But we recived so many request that we felt we have to start our shirt biz again. You can find 5 new shirts here now: Gomma Shop

The shirts are designed by Paze, Mirko Borsche and our friend Micha from P.A.M.
Get them as long we have them.

10.02.2010

Gomma shirts! Get one now!

Here’s some new Gomma shirts! First up we have a new design by PAZE called “You’re not alone in the disco baby”. 100 pcs. Sizes S, M, L. Price 35 Euros.

Also we did a little edition of a new shirt that Manu Kim designed for us: The Bavarian Muppets shirt Gomma A.D. 2010. We have 100 shirts here. You can get it at shirts@gomma.de for 35,- (S / M / L + girls).

Also we have 50 of the shirts with the P.A.M. print that Micha Hollenbach did for our last AMORE magazine. Same price. Be fast…

13.11.2009

GOMMA SUPER SHOW No.2 – 14.11.2009

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To see all the Gomma people together is quite hard. Everybody is in a different place: The Phenomenal Handclap Band in NYC, Rodion in Rome, WhoMadeWho in Copenhagen, Diskokaine is hanging in Tokyo right now, Golden Bug between Paris and Barcelona, Munk living in Marseille, Telonius in Munich…….

So last spring we started doing big “one off” parties in Berlin… to bring all guys in one place…we do it now 2 times a year…to get all the GOMMA family together.
The GOMMA SUPER SHOWS.

The next one will be on 14th November in Munich. We got this crazy One-Off location: The Munich Old City Hall which is a medieval city building, never used for parties. Most of the current Gomma guys will perform there: WhoMadeWho , Telonius, new portuguese disco band Moullinex, Munk, Golden Bug and
our old friend SHIT ROBOT from DFA and JUNIOR BOYS will come. We also have a little exhibition with the latest visuals by our boys SMALPAZE and Lukasz Jaworski.

15.09.2008

The Art of Music exhibition Los Angeles

We were invited to take part at the big THE ART OF MUSIC exhibition in Los Angeles in September 2009. Besides artworks of SO_ME (Ed Banger), Steve Harrington there were many by our GOMMA art directors SMAL AND PAZE.

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Photos by Colin Young-Wolff

26.06.2008

MondoGomma Picture Show BERLIN 2008

BERLIN, Pool Gallery, Tucholskystrasse 26.6 – 7.7.2008

Featuring works by The SMALPAZE aka Borsche und Kartsolis and special guest MISHA HOLLENBACH from P.A.M.

Berlin’s POOL Gallery invited us to do a MONDOGOMMA exhibition in summer 2008. The POOL guys are specialized in these new things in new alternative art. Recently they did ARKITIP, MIKE MILLS and that kind of stuff. So it was nice to have this opportunity. Our illustrators SMAL and PAZE did a lot of obscure hight level enlightment shit. Big size prints, small size visual gimmicks. And we had a special guest illustrator: MISHA HOLLENBACH from P.A.M. from Melbourne contributed some big posters , too. We did a nice Vernissage there and afterward a big GOMMA Party at Cookies with MUNK, Telonius, Kaos…Yeah!

And yes: We released a new Amore Poster Magazine along the exhibition. (Including the P.A.M. stuff)

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06.06.2008

Amore No.4 – The PsychoMagic Issue

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The new “Psychomagic” issue of AMORE poster magazine will be released accompanying the MONDOGOMMA pICTUREsHOW exhibition in Berlin. It features illustrations by SMALPAZE and guest MICHA HOLLENBACH aka PERKS. The man behind the – so much talked about – Australian art & fashion collective PAM.

Open web version

01.06.2008

Gomma Psycho Magic Shirts 2008

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