Pavello Olimpic de Badalona, Badalona
Saturday 5th December 2009
20.15
Tickets: €35.00
THE PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND
From New York City, The Phenomenal Handclap Band are something very special, blending elements from a whole range of different musical styles – they create a sound that is at the same time familiar and completely fresh. Psychedelia, disco, electro, Brazilian and glam-rock, are all mixed up in their debut self-titled album on Tim ‘Love’ Lee’s Tummy Touch label. Imagine ESG, Tom Tom Club, Sly & The Family Stone and Os Mutantes all jamming together, and then being produced by LCD Soundsystem and you’d be half-way there.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band are a loose collective of musicians, based around New York DJs Daniel Collas and Sean Marquand – for this live incarnation, there are eight musicians onstage, six guys and two female singers. Their show has been compared to some something more like a spiritual church ‘revival meeting’ than a conventional ‘rock gig’, fuelled by a huge rhythmic powerhouse of drums and percussion.
So, if you’re on the way to Badalona to see Franz Ferdinand, make sure you get there nice and early to catch The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and check out the excellent new single “15 to 20”, which includes some fine remixes by the likes of Horse Meat Disco.
http://www.myspace.com/phenomenalhandclap
Roger C (Miniguide Barcelona, December 2009)
From New York City, The Phenomenal Handclap Band are something very special, blending elements from a whole range of different musical styles – they create a sound that is at the same time familiar and completely fresh. Psychedelia, disco, electro, Brazilian and glam-rock, are all mixed up in their debut self-titled album on Tim ‘Love’ Lee’s Tummy Touch label. Imagine ESG, Tom Tom Club, Sly & The Family Stone and Os Mutantes all jamming together, and then being produced by LCD Soundsystem and you’d be half-way there.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band are a loose collective of musicians, based around New York DJs Daniel Collas and Sean Marquand – for this live incarnation, there are eight musicians onstage, six guys and two female singers. Their show has been compared to some something more like a spiritual church ‘revival meeting’ than a conventional ‘rock gig’, fuelled by a huge rhythmic powerhouse of drums and percussion.
So, if you’re on the way to Badalona to see Franz Ferdinand, make sure you get there nice and early to catch The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and check out the excellent new single “15 to 20”, which includes some fine remixes by the likes of Horse Meat Disco.
http://www.myspace.com/phenomenalhandclap
Roger C (Miniguide Barcelona, December 2009)
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