skinny wolves
Well-Known Member
THE MAHJONGG PARTY IS BACK IN TOWN!!!
For those who experienced MAHJONGG back in October, they can tell you, that this is not to be missed!!!!
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Skinny Wolves Presents:
MAHJONGG (USA, K Records)
w/ SARSPARILLA
Monday 8th June
Whelans (Upstairs), Wexford St, Dublin
Doors: 8pm / Adm: TBC
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MAHJONGG:
http://www.myspace.com/machinegong
"Mahjongg makes densely repetitive, experimental rock that draws from various facets of world music, including contemporary Congolese—check out their slow-building track, “Pontiac,” and compare to the distorted mbira (“thumb-piano”) stylings of Konono No.1. Their sound also recalls the seminal David Byrne/Brian Eno work, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which placed North African rhythms and melodies in the context of electronic music. Whereas Vampire Weekend threads bright, uptempo, guitar lines through breezy pop songs, Mahjongg requires a more concerted listen: songs add and shed layers at their own languid pace, repeating rhythms to trance-like effect. The organic spirit of African music is fed through a synthesizer, reborn on a drum machine.
Their latest release, Kontpab, samples from eclectic sources. “Problems” adds synth-pop to the mix; “Those Birds Are Bats” squeals into lo-fi punk. Elsewhere, they share a tendency toward droning tribalism with Drum’s Not Dead-era Liars. More than many of their compatriots, Mahjongg have chewed up their influences, spitting back a sinister musical polyglot that will reward the curious and infuriate the impatient.
PRESS QUOTES
“High energy genre-melders.”
-Pitchfork Media
“Mahjongg proves its ability to deliver a dance jam that builds, carries and diffuses energy effortlessly, even artfully.”
-Bust Magazine
“These guys can battle [anyone] for punky, spiky, dance rock supremacy any day.”
-DIW Magazine
“It gets in your head like time-release groove music – like someone gave Guy Picciotto a bullhorn and told him to gather the dancers.”
-Detour Magazine
“This Chicago combo’s update of No Wave is nervous and jittery but junky and danceable.” Chosen as one of the “10 Bands to Watch in 2008”
-Playboy Magazine
“Kontpab once again showcases Mahjongg’s innate ability to nab bits of greatness and incorporate them into its vast sonic palette.”
-Paste Magazine
a unique blend of live percussion, keyboards and synth-based melodies – [Kontpab] is excellent.”
-Impose Magazine
“Mahjongg’s blend of new wave revivalism and afro-beat reconstruction is really a blast [and] deeply intriguing.”
-All Music Guide
“There’s grit here, a griminess rarely associated with music so electronic, beat-centered and tensely arranged. Rare is the aesthetic that speaks so clearly to the efficacy of location and origins.”
-Cokemachineglow.com
“For a dance band, they don't let the hooks come easy; they provoke, they poke, they jab, they surround and taunt. Their music creates an itch within the listener, one that spreads and infects and causes one's limbs to shake and writhe. It's nervous dancing, but it's dancing all the same.”
-Treble Zine
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SARSPARILLA
http://www.myspace.com/sarsparillamusic
Sarsparilla was raised in a small synth community in the green mountains of Wicklow. He soon found their small town ways oppressive and formed an escape plan with his then mentor, John Carpenter. These men promptly escaped into the Dublin underground, soon master Carpenter moved to the US, but Sarsparilla stayed in Ireland to forge his own distinctive synthesized soundscapes. Utilizing the techniques master Carpenter had taught him and building upon them, he has crafted his own sound that is nothing short of extraordinary!
For those who experienced MAHJONGG back in October, they can tell you, that this is not to be missed!!!!
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Skinny Wolves Presents:
MAHJONGG (USA, K Records)
w/ SARSPARILLA
Monday 8th June
Whelans (Upstairs), Wexford St, Dublin
Doors: 8pm / Adm: TBC
++++++++++++++++++++++++
MAHJONGG:
http://www.myspace.com/machinegong
"Mahjongg makes densely repetitive, experimental rock that draws from various facets of world music, including contemporary Congolese—check out their slow-building track, “Pontiac,” and compare to the distorted mbira (“thumb-piano”) stylings of Konono No.1. Their sound also recalls the seminal David Byrne/Brian Eno work, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, which placed North African rhythms and melodies in the context of electronic music. Whereas Vampire Weekend threads bright, uptempo, guitar lines through breezy pop songs, Mahjongg requires a more concerted listen: songs add and shed layers at their own languid pace, repeating rhythms to trance-like effect. The organic spirit of African music is fed through a synthesizer, reborn on a drum machine.
Their latest release, Kontpab, samples from eclectic sources. “Problems” adds synth-pop to the mix; “Those Birds Are Bats” squeals into lo-fi punk. Elsewhere, they share a tendency toward droning tribalism with Drum’s Not Dead-era Liars. More than many of their compatriots, Mahjongg have chewed up their influences, spitting back a sinister musical polyglot that will reward the curious and infuriate the impatient.
PRESS QUOTES
“High energy genre-melders.”
-Pitchfork Media
“Mahjongg proves its ability to deliver a dance jam that builds, carries and diffuses energy effortlessly, even artfully.”
-Bust Magazine
“These guys can battle [anyone] for punky, spiky, dance rock supremacy any day.”
-DIW Magazine
“It gets in your head like time-release groove music – like someone gave Guy Picciotto a bullhorn and told him to gather the dancers.”
-Detour Magazine
“This Chicago combo’s update of No Wave is nervous and jittery but junky and danceable.” Chosen as one of the “10 Bands to Watch in 2008”
-Playboy Magazine
“Kontpab once again showcases Mahjongg’s innate ability to nab bits of greatness and incorporate them into its vast sonic palette.”
-Paste Magazine
a unique blend of live percussion, keyboards and synth-based melodies – [Kontpab] is excellent.”
-Impose Magazine
“Mahjongg’s blend of new wave revivalism and afro-beat reconstruction is really a blast [and] deeply intriguing.”
-All Music Guide
“There’s grit here, a griminess rarely associated with music so electronic, beat-centered and tensely arranged. Rare is the aesthetic that speaks so clearly to the efficacy of location and origins.”
-Cokemachineglow.com
“For a dance band, they don't let the hooks come easy; they provoke, they poke, they jab, they surround and taunt. Their music creates an itch within the listener, one that spreads and infects and causes one's limbs to shake and writhe. It's nervous dancing, but it's dancing all the same.”
-Treble Zine
++++++++++++++++++++++++
SARSPARILLA
http://www.myspace.com/sarsparillamusic
Sarsparilla was raised in a small synth community in the green mountains of Wicklow. He soon found their small town ways oppressive and formed an escape plan with his then mentor, John Carpenter. These men promptly escaped into the Dublin underground, soon master Carpenter moved to the US, but Sarsparilla stayed in Ireland to forge his own distinctive synthesized soundscapes. Utilizing the techniques master Carpenter had taught him and building upon them, he has crafted his own sound that is nothing short of extraordinary!
