Release: 16 October 2009
Cat#: Gomma 132 CD

Finally! It’s out today! On Gomma…Yeah! The debut album of the hottest band from New York City right now!

The Phenomenal Handclap Band. Featuring guest appearances by members of TV On The Radio, the Amy Winehouse band, Mary J Blidge‘s band and Jon Spencer (from the Blues Explosion). The PHCB plays superhot psychedelic funk from outta space…and yes: this is the perfect answer to the Neo Psychedelic Rock of MGMT and Empire Of The Sun and the consistent development of the current Disco and Rock revival. Magazines and blogs all around the world are getting crazy right now for the 8 girls and guys from the Lower East Side. And we are proud to release their album…check the new video “15 to 20″.

Tracklist:
1) The Journey to Serra da Estrela
2) All Of The Above
3) Testimony
4) Give It A Rest
5) You’ll Disappear
6) 15 To 20
7) Dim The Lights
8) I Been Born Again
9) The Martyr
10) Tears
11) Baby
12) The Circle Is Broken

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Late September saw the passing away of one of the most prominent musical figures of Munich, Georg Bär. Georg Bär was a Disco DJ and record collector who used to play in Munich Clubs since the early 80ies. A guy who always was searching for the new, hot unknown stuff. He introduced us to obscure and cool music from all kinds and corners of the world and has always been a big inspiration. Georg never wanted to make edits, blogs, mixtapes or productions–it was hard to convince him to release this 2-track single back in 2007, co-produced by Ben Mono and Albert Pöschl, which we are now putting up for free download in his honor.

Free Download: GB’s – Lucky in Vichy
Free Download: GB’s – Magic Touch

And here’s also a mixtape called “My favorite things”, a very rare document of his eclectic taste and his skills, available here for the first time:

Listen & Download: Georg Bär “My Favorite Things” mixtape

Rest in Peace Schorsch

Remix taken from the single “You’ll Disappear” released in September on Gomma. Album out later this week!

Luxury Wafers invited The Phenomenal Handclap band for an exclusive studio session and here’s the video of it. Check out the whole article for some more MP3 downloads from the session.

External Link: Exclusive: The Phenomenal Handclap Band, Live@Chessvolt Studios with Video and mp3

In August we released a Gomma Dance Tracks E.P. which featured a track by Capablanca & T. Keeler, “La Konk Fiesta”. Now we’re happy to present an unreleased rework of the track by the great TRONIK YOUTH as a free download gift to all fans!

Download: Capablanca & T. Keeler – La Konk Fiesta (Tronik Youth Rework)

Second single of The Phenomenal Handclap Band’s debut album which we will put out on 16 October 2009. Video directed by Moh Azima. The single will be out on 23 October with remixes by Glimmers, Telonius, David E. Sugar, Anthony Mansfield. Meanwhile, check the first single “You’ll Disappear” which is already out!

New video for the single “Deine Pläne” by Hamburg band Die Sterne, co-produced by Mathias MUNK Modica. Video directed by Denny Baarz; single is available on the E.P. “Der Riss”, out on Gomma 2 October 2009.

Release: 2 October 2009
Cat#: Gomma 133 I

The instrumental versions of the Sterne songs from the E.P. “Der Riss” we recently released.

Tracklist:
1) Nach Fest kommt lose (instrumental)
2) Deine Pläne (instrumental)
3) Neblige Lichter (instrumental)

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