Munk Presents – Gommagang 4

Munk present ‘Gommagang 4’ The two leaders of the pack, aka (Italian) Mathias Modica and (German) Jonas Imbery are the founders of the Gomma label and its main activists. Having launched the label at the start of the new millennium, the pair have released two artist albums and created a small underground empire for themselves. Part of a new scene of freestyle labels that connect music with design, alternative art and cutting edge fashion, Gomma are the German brothers to New York’s DFA and Whateverwewant, Belgium’s Eskimo and Frances Ed Banger, Tigersushi and Kitsun. A global family, armed with a naked smile and a flat beat, they’re here for the post-minimal generation.

If by chance you haven’t checked a Gomma release, then ‘Gommagang 4’ is the perfect place to start. A label with a distinctive sound but an open musical boundary, they connect space-electronic and indie rock, disco and no-wave, weird folk and techno-funk. Proud of their steady nonconformist output, they’ve never followed trends and have now developed a musical language that has, and still is influencing many bands and labels alike. True innovators, they inject originality into the too-retro rock scene and the ever-so one-dimensional electronic music world…

Having released 80 x 12 vinyl singles and 20 x CDs, this new Gommagang album features tracks from 2006 & 2007. 22 hits & remixes from the last year, it’s not so much a DJ mix, but a sonic collage. Heavily influenced by the famous 70’s Munich Disco-rock spirit and the Italian cosmic vibe, it manages to cross between numerous styles and genres with a seamless thread and a unique approach. It’s purposely pitched down and the slow, rough, theatrical and spaced out sounds make for one of the most interesting label compilations of recent times.