Here it comes: Box Codax. The solo project of Nick McCarthy – man on the guitar in Franz Ferdinand. The NME and many others already raved about this new album that was also partly produced by Metronomy: One of the most extravagant and colorful Rock/Folk albums of these days. Imagine Zappa in the studio with Arcade Fire and Roy Orbison.

In fact Box Codax is a band consisting of 3 members: Nick McCarthy and his longtime friends: poet and singer Alex Ragnew and Nick’s wife Manuela Gernedel. It’s a family record. It starts with some raw rock’n rolly disco and ends in the most beatiful melancholic ballads you can imagine. Aditional mixing, drum programming and other things by legendary ACDC engineer Mike Fraser and Modica & Imbery from Gomma.

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Golden Bug is demand right now: A-Trak is a huge fan and asked him for a remix recently. Bang Gang and Kitsune also just wanted remixes of him. Golden Bug – man from Paris. Living in Barcelona – has a unique sound. Hot, catchy Partytools. Somewhere between the funk of Mr. Oizo. The Sunburst rock of Tale Impala and some Ethnovibes of forgotten asian LSD Hippies.

Finally he finished a new EP: Magia Potagia feat. Dakar from Berlin.

This EP rocks. And: Check also the videos: Made by a guy who owns the rights for a couple of completely weird Spanish B-movies from the 70ies. Horror, vampire, science fiction. He edited this totally absurd stuff and created a couple of videos for the new Golden Bug tracks that are…. maaaaaad.

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Release: 15 April 2011
Cat#: Gomma 154

Today is the day! Legendary Dimitri from Paris is back with an own E.P. Not disco, not house, but a late 80ies/ early 90ies inspired sound that combines boogie, hip house and NY dance pop. Featuring another legend on the mic: Italohouse crooner Fred Ventura.

Dimitri is the man who pioneered house music in France, who influenced all the big names of the French scene from the 90ies and from today. From Daft Punk to Justice. He is the man who released crazy compilations on BBE, Defected etc. The man who always has been ahead of it’s time. He teamed up with Italian producer DJ Rocca and created an E.P. for Gomma. A record that shows how the sound of 2012 could be. . This EP is released today on Gomma on Vinyl and digitally. And has a huge buzz already.

Danny Krivit: “I like it”
Tommie Sunshine: “Your Gomma release is bananas!!!”
Soul Clap: “This is amazing, total 90’s revival.. Can’t wait to play”
Mike Monday: “LOVE THIS!!!! Red hot…”

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Release: 1 April 2011
Cat#: Gomma DT 029

This week we release the new Munk single Rue de Rome.
It comes with remixes by Mickey Moonlight (Ed Banger), Cécile (Gomma), Black Strobe & upcoming french Techno kids Nasser.
The song has also an amazing sex & crime video by french directors Doublezero. (Part of Partyzan Crew from Paris – the production company of Michel Gondry, Mr.Oizo and Gaspar Noé). Video out on Monday.

By the way: Munk’s “The Bird & The Beat” album is getting amazing reactions right now. Rolling Stone magazine called it “a masterpiece!” England most important electronic mag DJ magazine just made a 4 page story and URB mag/USA called it “a perfect sunny summer teaser… irresistible. An early contender to album of the year!”

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Release: 11 March 2011
Cat#: Gomma 153

As you might know we always have been big Franz Ferdinand fans here at Gomma. So you can imagine how happy we were when Nick McCarthy, mastermind and guitar man in FF asked us if we wanna release his solo project: Box Codax. We know him, because he already released the album of his early days’ band Kamerakino on our label 8 years ago.

So now after FF years it’s time for Box Codax, his band with his oldest friend Alex Ragnew and his wife Manuela Gernedel. And this is, sorry: an amazing album. It’s like a piece of theater. A Happening. 13 songs with 13 videos by English and German film artists. Here is the first single Hellabuster/Choco Pudding, co-produced by Metronomy.

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Release: 25 February 2011
Cat#: Gomma 152 CD

Mathias Modica‘s new album is a futuristic collection of songs based on House Music, but with influences from Eurodance, Italian Pop, French Chansons, Brasil Funk and even German dadaism. Featuring ten girls from different countries: Lou from New Young Pony Club / London. Clara Cometti from Kitsune / Paris. Pollyester from Munich. Joyce Muniz from Brasil….

A German magazin described it as “…sounds like Feist jamming with Caribou produced by a new house geek like Tensnake..”… haha.. we like this description. Second single and video Keep My Secret out now.

First single La Musica just has been released also on compilations of Kitsune, Bugged Out, Busy P‘s Tsugi Mix CD and used in the Chanel & Surface To Air – campaigns.

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Release: 11 February 2011
Cat#: Gomma DT 022

Yeah! Today the new Munk single will be released. “Keep My Secret” feat. Miss Pollyester (from Permanent Vacation) on the mic. Described by a journalist as sounding like “Feist meeting up with Caribou produced by some New York house legends like Masters at Work” – this is a teaser for the new Munk album “The Bird and the Beat” (to be released last week of February).

This sweety little song comes up with remixes by Welcome Stranger (Thomas from Rub n Tug), Jacques Renault from New York’s Runaway and Rory Phillips. We mailed out the tune a few days ago to DJ’s and the feedback is amazing: Breakbot, Tim Sweeney, Prins Thomas and many more are already playing it and hundreds of blogs around the world are talking about it already. Be ready for Munk the 3rd!

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Release: 28 January 2011
Cat#: Gomma DT 022

They call them the “godfathers of the new Belgium dance scene”: The Glimmers. We guess that might be right as they deeply influenced all the new artists from the current Belgian disco movement. Aeroplane, Mustang, Villa… After their last album Whomp that Sucker on Gomma now they seem bigger then ever. Here come some fine remixes from various tracks on the album by Pete Herbert & Tristan da Cunha, Munk, Telonius, King Of Kong and Lipelis.

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