Browse by Label: GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)

Artist:	HANGHOFER, LEROY
Title:	White Trash
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 024CD

The legendary Gomma-disco album made by Munk (originally released in 2001) and it still sounds super fresh: raw discoboogie crossed with some punk-funk, pop and Italo disco. Leroy Hanghofer's got his own special producing technique: he says he's sick of hearing all these "wannabe Dionne Warwick or whatever jazzy soul voices." Instead, he likes the charming sleaziness of talented but "innocent" dilettantes. So he finds himself some nice girls with sexy voices at the club, brings them to the studio, serves them beer etc., then he sends them into the toilet (which is the vocal cabin of Asamstüiberlstudio), and with the help of his friends from Munk, puts together a cool little tune from time to time. A Leroy track always sounds a little bit "out of everything," and has this certain flavor of its own -- it mixes new wave and electro pop aesthetics with boogie-beats and R&B flavors, now that he's got so many tracks -- it would be a shame not to bring these little excursions out on an album. So here it is: German new wave boogie.

Artist:	KAMERAKINO
Title:	Paradiso
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 036CD

"Now it's time again for another change: Kamerakino's debut album reminds us of the 20ies, the 50ies, or 60ies -- we associate cabaret, chansons, gipsies, dadaism, poetry, the balkan, mods and femmes fatales. You can imagine Berlin's subculture back in the 20ies, but still there is a touch of dirty garage rock, no wave, disco to it.

In 2000, seven musicians from various nations and cultural backgrounds (Turkish, Spanish, Russian, Scottish, German) got together in Munich. They decided to form not yet-another retro band, limited to one genre and performing for one scene, but to create a project that embraces musical diversity and a rather romantic view of grace, beauty and poetry. At this time, lots of people were already trying to come up with a punk remake band, so Kamerakino chose to develop something much more natural and diverse: they mix different cultures and let themselves be inspired not just for music but for many other things as well. Now the music is like a surrealistic film and the German lyrics range from absurd dadaistic improvisations to reflections about despair and anger in neo-liberal and imperialistic Europe, however, they always manage to stay humorous and nostalgic. Most of the time it sounds like the economical crisis and its ridiculousness. Kamerakino as a group might be new on the scene, but the members have been active in Munich's art/music underground for years, sharing roots with projects like Queen of Japan, Zombie Nation, Hellfire or Poets of Rhythm."

Artist:	VA
Title:	Gommagang Vol. 2
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 039CD

"The second part of the mixed Gommalabel compilation, mostly with rmxs that so far had only been released on vinyl, special singles, 'Gommahits' and 4 new tracks. All tracks were released in 2002 and 2003. Here you have the whole range of Gommasound over the last 2 years: Italo and Chicago influenced house/ electro Late 70s and 80s original (German) punkfunk as well as some psycho-rock and futuristic pop." Artists: Munk, Hiltmeyer Inc., Mocky, Leroy Hanghofer, Headman, Munk & Princess Superstar, Kamerakino, Carmen, Feyd, Exkurs, Starter, Poets Of Rhythm. Limited stock.

Artist:	MUNK & PRINCESS SUPERSTAR
Title:	Mein Schatzi
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 043EP

"Munich's Munk have been working on their own, new, anti-puristic sound for a little bit of time now. (They released 3 12"s as Munk and one album as Leroy Hanghofer: White Trash -- combining House and Electrodisco with No Wave, Rock and R&B influences). Through DJing abroad and throwing parties in Munich, they made a lot of friends with similar tastes, and sometimes this leads to a cooperation. This was the case when Munk got a visit by Princess Superstar in 2000 in Munich. She met the Munk guys through a common friend and both were working on their own, independent first releases. So in Munich they all had a session at Munk's studio and the result was Mein Schatzi, which came out on Gomma in 2003 as a 12" and was a big success with many DJs from the new scene." Remixers: Midnight Mike, Zongamin, Hiltmeyer Inc.

Artist:	RAMMELLZEE
Title:	The Bi-Conicals Of The Rammelzee
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	GOMMA 044CD

"The Rammelzee is a NYC Icon. Known as one of the originators of Graffiti, underground art, street culture and Electro/ Hip Hop (his 'Beat Bop' single with Jean Michel Basquiat and K Rob is one of the most important original rap tracks ever reissued this year on MoWax and Soul Jazz). He was featured in all important Hip Hop films of the 80ies (Wildstyle...) and worked with people like Fab 5 Freddie, Michael Holman, Futura 2000, Phase 2 and was (with his partner Basquiat) one of the first graffiti artists accepted by the international art world. Over the last few years he got quite a heavy reputation -- especially in Japan and in the US street art scene -- for developing his own special universe (Gothic Futurism). It consists of big human size fantasy muppets (walk-ins), the Letterracers(figurative skateboards) and also the original collage paintings he had invented back in the late seventies. After the 2003 No Wave/ Punkfunk/ NYC -- revival (ESG, Radio 4, Liars, Ze, Hell, Rapture etc) -- wich Gomma preceeded with it's 2000 Anti NY compilation -- the Rammellzee's album could be a next level. A futuristic development of the original No Wave and Proto electronic attitude and the angry, superenergetic NYC rawness versus an international new school of clubrock producers... We feel it fits perfect into 2004. The Rammellzee was looking for some fresh musicians who could help him to record an soundtrack for his Gothic futurism universe. He met the Munich based Munk guys in 99 when they licensed a track from him for Anti NY and were introduced by common friend Stuart Argabright (aka the Dominatrix aka Death Comet Crew). Together they decided to realize this project on Gomma including fresh producers from different parts of the world. The eleven tracks have been made in 2002 and 2003 in NYC, Munich, Tokyo, San Francisco and Berlin. Rammellzee took them as a basis for his speachees. It's Gothic Futurism. He has a lot to say. "Rammelzee was there and he threw me by saying: Entertain me! Show me why you're great! And I froze up. He had long, long eyelashes..." -- Andi Warhol in The Andy Warhol diaries. The Rammelzee has been doing lots of new stuff recently including styling NYC's Supreme skate/ fashion company's shops worldwide in 2003, doing new exibitions and performing several concerts in Japan with (Japan's Nr. 1 Hip Hop) DJ Kensei and NYC's Death Comet Crew. Japanese leading mag Relex and UK's Dazed & Confused recently came out with some big cover storys about him."

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:	HILTMEYER INC.
Title:	Sendling 70
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 055CD

2004 release. Hiltmeyer Inc delivers some wicked electronic disco. Situated somewhere between Cosmic music, proto-techno and Italian porn movie soundtracks. Hiltmeyer is a 27-year-old guy who comes from a family of US soldiers who preferred to stay in Germany and marry into a genuine Munich bunch: Hiltmeyer's grandma (who raised him) had been working as a waitress at the famous Hofbräuhaus and the Oktoberfest for 20 years. Hiltmeyer is well known in the Munich club scene for being an excellent DJ. He was raised in a part of Munich where a lot of Munich's techno producers like Zombie Nation, Richard Bartz or the Disko B/Chicks on Speed people pass their time: Sendling.

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:	BOX CODAX
Title:	Hellabuster
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	GOMMA 151CD

This is the second album from Box Codax, the follow-up to 2006's Only An Orchard Away. "Last time round we didn't even mix our recordings," says Nick McCarthy, "I had absolutely nothing but my computer and a little synth I borrowed from Alex" (Kapranos, his bandmate in Franz Ferdinand). All the vocals were done on the sort of clip-on mic that TV presenters wear on their collars. "It was," McCarthy admits, "pretty extreme." Few who heard their first record would have expected this loose outfit that convenes in the ultra-rare and highly irregular gaps between Franz Ferdinand's activities to outgrow the limited ambitions of a side project, let alone to create such a glittering ball of sheer pop invention as their second album Hellabuster. The title track switches time signatures like a werewolf going through mood swings, there's the glamorous Moroder disco-beach romance "Seven Silvers," the eerie falsetto harmonies of "Radical Plains," the soundtrack to a chemically-enhanced kids' party that is "Choco Pudding," the crime mystery in a wrinkly raincoat "Pour Moi," the giddy games arcade hysteria of "I Won't Come Back," followed by "Charade," which is all pent-up desire in a self-catering holiday apartment. "Nothing More Than Anything" with its Spanish guitars and drunken waltzes collides with "Sandy Moffat," a punk song seemingly accompanied by the Church of Jonathan Richman School Choir, "Inanimate Inamorato" is a lament for a "timid inanimate friend," there is the cinematic solipsism of "My Room" and the android-on-half-empty-batteries reggae-disco of "No Trains," and finally "Dawning," the wistful sibling to "Seven Silvers." Large chunks of Hellabuster were produced in Nick and Manuela's former hometown Glasgow, where the many talents of Pabs Debussy aka Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson were in easy reach. Pabs provided beats and programming on four tracks. More recording was done at Joseph Mount of Metronomy's home studio and Jonas Imbery and Mathias Modica from Gomma Records had their hands in two more tracks. For the songs that required an extra dose of rock, none other than AC/DC's long-serving engineer Mike Fraser took control of the mixing desk.

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.

Artist:	ESPERANZA
Title:	Esperanza
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	GOMMA 160CD

The Esperanza boys combine huge musical talent, fantasy and knowledge of music history with a great technical ability and skills. All three guys have been learning classical instruments but have also been experimenting with electronics. Esperanza's Carlo Dall'Amico, also known as CECILE, has already released on Gomma (his remix for Vampire Weekend stirred quite a buzz in the UK). On their debut album, the guys create their very own different sound. Atmospheres range from late-San Francisco psychedelic to tropical or Icelandic vibes, Düsseldorf electronics, mid-'90s Detroit techno mixed with a pure "Anima Latina" -- the universe of Italian melodics and harmonics. Or think about Brian Eno having a friendly jam session with Global Communication, Turzi and Air in an open-air amphitheater. The album features recording artist Banjo Or Freakout on vocals, and future remixes come from Luke Abbott, Broke One and Walls.

Artist:	KDMS, THE
Title:	Kinky Dramas And Magic Stories
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	GOMMA 165CD

This is the debut album from The KDMS, who have lately been described as the "indie-disco answer to Adele." Then a German journalist wrote: "The KDMS could be for the new underground disco scene what Moloko were for the late '90s downbeat phenomena. A key band that connects current club music with great songwriting and the unique voice of a great soul diva." Three singles out in two years have seen a prominent fan base growing rapidly, creating a good buzz in the electronic music world. Tensnake, Jaymo and Hot Chip are fans. Hot Chip even got involved in the album: Felix Martin did a remix for "Tonight," and Alexis Taylor and Justus Köhncke are guests on the album and made a bonus track: a hypnotic alternative version of "Wonderman." The KDMS are London's electro soul diva Kathy Diamond and the super-talented young producer Max Skiba. On stage, they get support from three side musicians. Kathy and Max met a few years ago and immediately felt that there was a connection. Max had done a few things for labels like Under The Shade, Skylax and Record Makers. Kathy had worked with Maurice Fulton, Aeroplane and Toby Tobias. But since their first session it was clear that this cooperation could grow. There was a kind of magic in the air. When they make music together, a special energy emerges. They have soul. They are sophisticated. Sometimes melancholic. But then there is this dirty funk. The blogs love them. It seems that somehow they created the blueprint for a new, modern touch on electronic pop music. The indie disco-house movement is growing -- mainstream pop music is bored and is searching for new inspirations in the dance world. The KDMS emerges using state-of-the-art underground electronic styles, evolving them into a new, deep, dirty but glamorous pop sound. Slow, nasty, futuristic disco. A new genre-crossing style connecting different musical angles.

Artist:	MOULLINEX
Title:	Flora
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	GOMMA 175CD

This is the debut album from Portuguese disco aficionado Luis Clara Gomes aka Moullinex, featuring an array of vocal excellence from Moullinex himself as well as guests Peaches, Iwona Skwarek and Da Chick. Now Gomma looks to one of its existing artists, the highly-talented Moullinex for its next album. Moullinex hails from Portugal but resides part of the year in Munich, Germany. He is a multi-instrumentalist, writer, producer and vocalist and Flora is an insight into his musical world, featuring an uplifting array of sun-drenched melodies and his own heartfelt vocals alongside those of female vocalists Iwona Skwarek (of Rebeka) and Da Chick. Essentially Flora is a disco album, but it is neither a retro pastiche nor a cold, modern imitation of the sound; rather, Gomes has delivered a wonderfully-crafted selection of songs that marry timeless melodies with a deft production touch to create a music work that brims with positivity. From the beautiful opener "Sunflare," which lifts off the LP with a smile, the whole album has a life-affirming tact to it. Tracks like "Let Your Feet (Do the Work)" and the electro disco killer title-track bring a ray of light to the dancefloor and even the melancholically-titled "Take My Pain Away" and "Darkest Night" can do nothing but have you reaching for the sky. The album closes with a superb bonus track, a cover of "Maniac" from the '80s film Flashdance, this time featuring vocals from Peaches. Moullinex's debut has clear influences from Moroder on show, and there are elements of Daft Punk in a number of places, but throughout the album, Gomes very much carves his own sound, creating a musical soundscape that brings together the best of disco, funk, soul and electronica from the last four decades with a defiant look towards the future.

Artist:	HILTMEYER INC./PARKER FRISBY
Title:	Final Ahh/Weil Ich In Einer Stadt...
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 064EP

"Two new heavy Gomma club tracks on wax. Hiltmeyer Inc. -- 'Final Ahh' (Nicky Rmx): Fenderbass, disco-drums, hypno-synths, sleazy vocals... just brilliant cosmic dancefloor funk, made in Munich. Parker Frisby -- 'Weil ich in einer Stadt...': Jazz funk meets trance! Made by Berlin based old Gomma friend Parker Frisby (better known as Oliver Koletzki and his über-track 'Mückenschwarm' on Sven Väth's Cocoon label."

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Artist:	WHOMADEWHO
Title:	Who Made Who
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 060CD

Artist:	TOMBOY
Title:	3
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 063EP

Artist:	HEADMAN
Title:	Moisture Remixes
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 079EP

Artist:	CAPABLANCA & T. KEELER
Title:	No Hay Ritmo
Label:	GOMMA RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	GOMMA 157EP