Not only are Tortoise one of my favorite post-rock bands they provided one of the best remixes for our 2005 double CD for Return The Gift. I noticed on their web site that they have a CD/DVD set out called A Lazarus Taxon. Downloads are available for sale. Here’s the store.
Spanning three CDs and [...]
Matt from PBR drops off the beer…..
Last but not least here’s Fakin’ It (working title), a low-quality demo. Collect the set. Also I’m busy having my guys build a Gang of Four blog. Stay tuned.
Gang of Four - Fakin’ It (demo) [MP3]
The problem of leisure..Click to Play
After watching Sofia Coppola’s movie Marie Antoinette a few times now, and not just because Gang of Four’s ‘Natural’s Not In It’ is the title track, I’ve come to the conclusion that this movie was badly overlooked by the critics and the public alike. The New York Times movie critic [...]
The view from the stage at the New York Irving Plaza Gang of Four show first night, May 2005
Ok, song demo number 3 - American Man is the working title. In case you missed the update I’m posting MP3s of rough (at times very rough like this one!) ‘work-in-progress’ demos of new songs that we, [...]
Our friends abroad, i.e. those not living in the USA, may not understand the concept of the American tradition of Black Friday. Not unlike the famed exodus of the wildebeest in the Serengeti, where the animals risk life and limb to cross dangerous rivers, the day after Thanksgiving U.S. shoppers fling themselves through the doors [...]
Here’s another demo. The working title for this is Second Life. Feel free to comment. For those of you who’ve asked - to download these MP3s just right click and ’save as’. On a Mac control click and ’save as’.
Gang of Four - Second Life (rough demo) [MP3]
I posted the first iteration of a song, ‘Password’ a few days ago. This here’s an improved version with better sound quality. Moving forward. Next week I will post demos of 3 other tracks - Second Life, Faking It and American Man.
Gang of Four - Password (Demo) [MP3]
Andy’s studio, where the damage is done
To prove that we are actually working and not just sitting around debating Situationism or the collapse of the recording industry, I have posted below a very rough recording (culled from video footage I shot) of a new song that I will call Password (you can be certain that [...]