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Artist:	MUNK
Title:	Aperitivo
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 050CD

2004 release. Munk didn't wanted Aperitivo to be one of those straight-forward, dance CDs with one beat and one mood. Their intention was to make an album that includes various atmospheres and musical influences. Like a Bavarian - French - Italian - American - British mixtape. The sound ranges somewhere between club and listening, connecting live band and samplers, inspired by disco, house and hip hop culture. Infected by psychedelic rock, no wave and punkfunk. The first single "Kick Out The Chairs" was recorded with vocals by long time Gomma fan James Murphy of New York's DFA (producer for The Rapture, Radio 4, LCD Soundsystem). More features come from French DJ Chloe (from Paris' Pulp Club), London-based Midnight Mike, guitar player JAW (who lives in Munich but usually produces for DJ Shadow's label Quannum), Princess Superstar and Bobby Conn.

Artist:	MUNK
Title:	Gommagang 3
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 070CD

2006 release. Gommagang 3 is the third compilation of Germany's Gomma label. Club hits, remixes & unreleased tracks from the last two years. Previously released on vinyl only. Including stuff by Headman, WhoMadeWho, Midnight Mike and Munk plus (vocal & remix) contributions by guest artists like The Rapture, Francisco, DJ Chloe, Midnight Mike and James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem). The CD is mixed by MUNK. Gomma has consequently been developing his own, fresh, personal style in the past years. Organic, fresh disco-inspired music -- with elements both from raw psychedelic rock to German minimal electronics. It's time to bring this special vibe and some of the greater current club hits on one CD. GG 3 represents the current state of the label. It's a lot more than "Brilliant punkfunk and modern disco."

Artist:	MUNK
Title:	Live Fast! Die Old! Remixes Part 2
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 111EP

2008 single from the album Cloudbuster, featuring Asia Argento. The first ever Ed Banger All Stars remix and it's, well, banging. The flipside features a deep space techno extravaganza by Danish disco-grungers WhoMadeWho, and it's a genre-hopping master piece. Starting with a minimal beat, developing into a 6/8 shuffle-techno and ending up as intense techno disco. The third remix is a baile funk remix by Rio de Janeiro's underground DJ number one: The Amazing Clay.

Artist:	MUNK
Title:	The Bird And The Beat
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	GOMMA 152CD

This is the new album from DJ, keyboarder, producer and Gomma Records co- founder Mathias "Munk" Modica. Fourteen electronic funk, futuristic house and indie pop songs that Modica recorded with 12 female vocalists from all around the world. The new album is the logical next step after Munk's previous collaborations with DJ Chloe, Asia Argento, Micky Moonlight or James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem. The album was mixed by Etienne de Crecy, Alex Gopher and Jan Driver (Boys Noize). The album starts off like a classic '90s house record, but quickly develops into a colorful trip into unexpected shades of music. Sometimes deep and Krauty, then again influenced by '90s Italo pop and Eurodance. There is '70s street funk, sweet, Frenchy chanson and Brazilian punk-house. English is mixed with six other languages. Electronics meets the funk of Sly Stone, the humor of Frank Zappa, the pop of Trevor Horn and the romanticism of Italians such as Goblin or Morricone. The album is a modern variation of the "girl vs. producer" thing, like Serge Gainsbourg and Burt Bacharach did some years ago. All music -- piano, synths, xylophones, bass, guitars, drum machines, and Asian percussion -- is played by Modica. The vocalists include Lou Hayter from New Young Pony Club, Clara Cometti of upcoming French bands Koko Von Napoo and The Teenagers, Mia von Matt who used to do background vocals for Peaches, Sarah Ze, a disco princess from Malaysia, Man Recording artist/DJ Joyze Muniz, Russia's Pollyester, actress Missy Chariot, Amandine Morin, a singer from Marseille, and previous Munk collaborator Francy Goertz from Berlin.

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