Gang Gang Dance announce only UK show this year!
- Oct 06, 2008
To celebrate the release of their highly anticipated new album 'St. Dymphna', Gang Gang Dance will be doing a one off UK show, at ULU, London on the 11th of October. A party it will be, going on until 2am with a number of hot DJs and acts to be announced!
Named after the patron saint of outsiders, taboo subject matter and general disorder, Gang Gang Dance will release 'Saint Dymphna' on Warp on the 20th of October. Not only is it a stunning follow-up to the critically acclaimed 'God's Money', but it is quite possibly their greatest opus to date.
Without a doubt, the impending release of their new album will cement Gang Gang Dance's reputation of being the next hot band to come out of New York, spawning from the same creative pool that has bought the world Animal Collective and Battles.
With quotes praising the album such as 'One of the best albums we've heard all year... astonishing in it's breadth and quality' - FACT, or from TV On The Radio founding member and fellow New York-ite, Dave Sitek: 'Gang Gang Dance - their new album is absolutely enormous', this buzz is very much justified.
The current press campaign reflects this too with the cover of Plan B magazine forthcoming as well as huge spreads in all the style magazines, Dazed, i-D and more.
3 creative individuals with strong ties to the art community, they are all exhibiting artists in their own right. Their invitation to show at this year's Whitney Biennial is an offer rarely extended to musicians. With his upcoming exhibition at Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers, a leading art centre in the region, band member Brian DeGraw, alongside the rest of the band have consequently been able to take time out to do this London album launch party.
St. Dymphna can only be loosely described as an unpredictable melange of truly global dance styles overlaid with live instrumentation - guitar and drums and transcendent vocals. Including a vocal part supplied by Grime's ascending star Tinchy Stryder, and in a way you would never expect, it represents an album that surprises and delights on every listen.
And so with this in mind please come join Gang Gang Dance and the rest of the stellar line up forthcoming, in what will truly be one of the hottest shows this year!
BIG NEW TUNES - FREE DOWNLOADS
Gang Gang Dance - Princes (ft. Tinchy Stryder) (taken from forthcoming Saint Dymphna LP)
http://www.warprecords.com/ganggangdance/Gang_Gang_Dance-Princes_feat_Tinchy_Stryder.mp3
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (taken from forthcoming Saint Dymphna LP)
http://www.warprecords.com/ganggangdance/Gang_Gang_Dance-House_Jam.mp3
& if you haven't seen Gang Gang Dance on previous outings, you need these too!
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam (XXXchange Remix)
http://www.warprecords.com/ganggangdance/Gang_Gang_Dance-House_Jam_XXXchange%20remix.mp3
Gang Gang Dance - Nicoman (from Rawwr)
http://www.warprecords.com/ganggangdance/Gang_Gang_Dance-Nicoman.mp3
Gang Gang Dance album launch party (+ special guests)
Saturday 11th October 2008 til 2am
ULU, Manning Hall, Malet St, WC1E 7HY
Tickets £11.50 from www.seetickets.com
