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Phantom Rhythm

Gong Gong Gong

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Guitar and bass duo Gong Gong Gong charge out from Beijing’s underground scene with a distinct vision and uncompromising sense of purpose. The duo taps into a wavelength uniting musical cultures, drawing on inspirations as wide-ranging as Bo Diddley, Cantonese opera, West African desert blues, drone, and electronic music.

Despite the band’s decision to eschew traditional rock percussion, on their debut LP Phantom Rythm, the locomotive chug of Tom Ng’s guitar combines with Joshua Frank’s thumping, harmonics-laden bass lines to conjure an aura of ghostly snare hits and timpani overtones. Over Frank’s enigmatic melodies, Ng sings in Cantonese, piecing together abstract tales of absurdity, doubt, desire, and lust. Synchronized to the point of near-telephathy, "the Gongs" use their minimalistic tools and idiosyncratic playing style to challenge the notions of rock n’ roll and strip the form down to its bare essentials: rhythm, melody, and grit.

Label
Wharf Cat
Genre
Garage
Artist
Gong Gong Gong
Released
10/04/19
Catalogue Number
WCR095cd
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CD $11.99
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Label
Wharf Cat
Genre
Garage
Artist
Gong Gong Gong
Released
10/04/19
Catalogue Number
WCR095cd

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