Music makes us roll in herds….
There is quite some irony that I’m in London this week during the EMI Records media firestorm. After all, Gang of Four and the much-touted Radiohead were both on EMI Records and are both now beyond contracts with the label. This week EMI’s new owner, Guy Hands, decided to let [...]

Pic: The Grumpies via Mad Decent
So that’s where Gang of Four royalties went…..as I sit in my hotel room in London at dawn after a great day and night of recording I think to myself, what should we do with these new songs…? More later.
The Economist reports on the recording industry’s problems.
“The smallest major labels, [...]

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]

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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]

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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]

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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 [...]