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Gang Gang Dance is a music group based in New York City, signed to the the 4AD record label. Members were previously seen in Washington DC’s The Cranium, NYC’s Angel Blood, Actress, and Ssab Songs (with Harmony Korine). The group has become well known within the New York experimental/art scene for its distinctive sound that draws equally from African rhythms, Middle eastern dance music, industrial, noise, grime and other genres.
While Gang Gang Dance is generally associated with fellow space cases (Animal Collective, Black Dice), their sound is wholly unique. While their earlier sound was much more chaotic and sprawling, the latest material is a combination of skewed pop music with the unpredictability of experimental/noise performances. The eerie female vocals are reminiscent at times of an airy Kate Bush, trapped in a deep well with no one to sing to. The band belts out Arabian synth lines mixed with delayed out shimmer guitar, over dark poly-rhythms. Their beat heavy weird tribal-noise appeals to fans of all flavors of marginal and/or left centered pop music. And yes, you can dance to it.
While Gang Gang Dance is generally associated with fellow space cases (Animal Collective, Black Dice), their sound is wholly unique. While their earlier sound was much more chaotic and sprawling, the latest material is a combination of skewed pop music with the unpredictability of experimental/noise performances. The eerie female vocals are reminiscent at times of an airy Kate Bush, trapped in a deep well with no one to sing to. The band belts out Arabian synth lines mixed with delayed out shimmer guitar, over dark poly-rhythms. Their beat heavy weird tribal-noise appeals to fans of all flavors of marginal and/or left centered pop music. And yes, you can dance to it.
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Revival Of The Shittest
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optimistic_tour wrote:
why check out the group most obviously copying GGD when we can have the real article?
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TheMukeyMu wrote:
romance layers is funky
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AmorEnfermo wrote:
if you love these guys as much as me you all should checkout 'Rainbow Arabia".
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dikiz wrote:
Who wants sex?
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andover wrote:
Found God's Money in the $5 bin. This made my day.
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Riot183 wrote:
божествено
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Messir_PU wrote:
Eye Contact is such an experience
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darkwindfish wrote:
LIVE FOREVER
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optimistic_tour wrote:
the top similar artist list changes for ggd more than any other band i've noticed
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FUCKLUCK wrote:
similar artists: the knife!
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bloodmaw wrote:
meh, whatever, let's get back on talking about how awesome GGD are, and how Eye Contact has some amazing bass work that i wish tabs existed for.
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crackityjones92 wrote:
I never said those albums are better than SD or EC...anyway just enjoy Gang Gang Dance music,there's no need to fight over such trivial things and sorry if i offended you.
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lynxeyedlykos wrote:
I finally gave these guys a listen last night (Eye Contact), but I was drunk. That sure made things interesting. I had no idea where the music was going, but I loved it.
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optimistic_tour wrote:
lol self titled is great and all but they definitely hit their breakthrough with God's Money and got better with Saint Dymphna. you're just being stupid to imply the earlier stuff is better.
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bloodmaw wrote:
eh? i've listened to all of them? fuck you
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crackityjones92 wrote:
"i liked Eye Contact but Saint Dymphna is still their masterpiece by far" Did you actually listen Gang Gang Dance,Revival of the Shittest & God's Money?no?then shut up.
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planetShhhh wrote:
Albums Of 2011 http://malkovichmalkovichmalkovich.blogspot.com/2011/12/albums-of-year-2011.html
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FUCKLUCK wrote:
THRU AND THRU
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bloodmaw wrote:
i liked Eye Contact but Saint Dymphna is still their masterpiece by far
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astroholiday wrote:
AOTAY
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'Kamakura' Now Available on Southern Records!
29 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/ganggangdance
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brett2me, aaaliciaaa and Zmruzuszy added Gang Gang Dance to their libraries. yesterday evening
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t-wojciech wrote about Gang Gang Dance in Best albums of 2011. Wednesday evening
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bloodmaw wrote about Gang Gang Dance in Show 1. Tuesday morning
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