The Phenomenal Handclap Band
| The Phenomenal Handclap Band | |
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 The band in 2010 |
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| General information | |
| origin | New York City |
| Genre (s) | Rock , disco , soul , electro-pop , psychedelia |
| founding | 2008 |
| Current occupation | |
| Bing Ji Ling | |
| Patrick Wood | |
| Quinn Luke | |
| Laura Marin | |
| Emily Panic | |
| Jason Roberts | |
| Sean Marquand | |
| Daniel Collás | |
| former members | |
| Joan Tick | |
| Nick Movshon | |
| Luke O'Malley | |
The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a music collective from Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan , New York City , who can be assigned to the genres of rock , disco , soul , electro-pop and psychedelia .
history
The band has existed since 2008 and was founded by the two DJs Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand, who were well acquainted with the local music scene through their work with TV on the Radio and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, among others . After a while, both began to write their own songs before the other members joined the band in the year it was founded, expanding it to a width of eight members.
The first album, which bears the same name as the band itself, was released on October 16, 2009 and was released in Germany on Gomma Records. In the US it was released by Friendly Fire Recordings and Tummy Touch Records. The album was released in Japan by KSR Records, in Australia by Inertia and in the Philippines by Universal Records . In December of the following year, the second album Remixes was released , which only contains remixes of the songs from the first album.
On February 17, 2012, the band's third album, Form & Control , was released. In the same year the band goes on a European tour and plays in London , Basel and Berlin , among others .
reception
The band was positively received and rated by the trade press and various music magazines, especially after the first album was released. The first album itself received a rating of 6.2 at Pitchfork and other sites also rated it positively. Among other things, the website "Plattentests.de" wrote:
“The groove just sticks, the melodies gently slide into the ear and rumble happily to themselves. The Phenomenal Handclap Band confidently pushes itself past any intellectual criticism by simply mowing them with a coolness and sex that makes your chest hair sprout. "
The short description of the third album on Amazon.de indicates that the band fits perfectly into the gap between Sly & The Family Stone , Tom Tom Club , CSS and The Go! Team inserts.
Discography
Albums
- Phenomenal Handclap Band (October 2009)
- Remixes (December 2010)
- Form and Control (February 2012)
Singles and EPs
- Baby (2009)
- 15 to 20 (2009)
- 15 To 20 / You'll Disappear (2009)
- Testimony (Cosmodelica Mixes) 10 ", Ltd. (2010)
- Anthony Mansfield Remixes 12 " (2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at motor.de , accessed on February 18, 2012
- ↑ List of published albums at gomma.de, accessed on February 18, 2012
- ↑ Tour dates ( memento of the original from November 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the official website (see bottom left), accessed February 18, 2012
- ^ Review at pitchfork.com, accessed February 18, 2012
- ↑ Review at plattentests.de, accessed on February 18, 2012
- ↑ Album at amazon.de, accessed on February 18, 2012
