Munk - The Bird and The Beat (2011)

You're Not Alone in The Disco, Baby!

"This is gonna make you happy… :The new Munk album “The Bird and the Beat” is ready to be released in a few weeks. Mathias Modica recorded it with 12 girls from different parts of the world. Among them are Lou Hayter from New Young Pony Club / London, Joyce Muniz from Brasil and Pollyester from Permanent Vacation / Munich. The new album is very sweet. It has been described by a journalist as sounding like “Feist jamming with Caribou produced by Masters at Work”. A trip though different languages and styles. Starting like a 90ies house record … becoming weirder, deeper and a bit extravagant. You might know already La Musica and Violent Love.. which have already been released. The next album single is Keep My Secret. A sweet little song comes up with remixes by Welcome Stranger (Thomas from Rub n Tug), Jacques Renault from New York’s Runaway and Rory Phillips. Not yet released but it is on blogs everywhere already and it gets crazy feedback: Tim Sweeney, Breakbot, Prins Thomas and many others are playing it. Be ready for the single on Friday and Munk the 3rd soon!" (gomma)

Mathias Modica é o cara por trás do Munk e juntamente com Jonas Imbery(Telonius) lidera a gravadora Gomma(segundo a NME "the german DFA"). Assim como a DFA, Ed Banger e a Modular, a Gomma não faz só música mas também moda, tendências gráficas e coisas novas na cultura pop. A lista de convidados e colaboradores da gravadora é extensa, coisa que o Modica gosta. James Murphy fez a sua única participação vocal em uma faixa do Munk, "Kick Out The Chairs!". Para o novo album foram 12 convidadas de várias partes do mundo, tem até a Brasileira Joyce Muniz. O álbum foi mixado por Etienne de Crecy, Alex Gopher e Jan Driver (Boys Noize), tem 14 faixas com sons que variam entre o electro-funk, o house futuristico e o indie-pop. The Bird and The Beat será lançado dia 26 e eu espero ansiosamente por um link.

Munk "Keep My Secret" from Leroy Hanghofer on Vimeo.