Artist.......: Githead
Album........: Art Pop
Label........: Swim ~ Records
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Mar-23-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.githead.com/
track title time
01. On Your Own 03:49
02. Drop 04:42
03. Drive By 03:43
04. Lifeloops 03:17
05. These Days 03:59
06. Jet Ear Game 04:10
07. Space Life 05:31
08. All Set Up 04:31
09. Darkest Star 05:05
10. Rotterdam 03:34
11. Live In Your Head 07:43
Runtime 50:04 min
Size 66,4 MB
Release Notes:
The appearance of Githead and the release of their
debut EP Headgit in 2004 surprised many, not only
because of the unlikely 'front line' of Wire's
Colin Newman (guitar/vocals), Minimal Compact's
Malka Spigel (bass, vocals) and Scanner's Robin
Rimbaud (guitar), but also due to the band's
cyclic, hypnotic funkiness, not to mention the
outfit's avant-pop sensibility.
The band's genesis was in the proverbial 'one off'
as part of the celebrations of Swim's 10th
anniversary, but it quickly became apparent that
the band was more than a mere collection of
individuals and that it was able to generate its
own style with an ease that escapes many
better-starred collaborations.
Initially 'drummerless', the band wrote and
rehearsed in Swim's otherwise over-cramped studio
from the outset, thus guaranteeing that all
outbreaks of creative genius could be instantly
recorded. This meant that as well as building up a
repertoire, the band was also recording towards an
end of released material, and subsequently able to
fairly rapidly develop enough finished material to
enable selections to be made for release.
Thus the debut EP Headgit was released before the
band had played its third gig, and material towards
the debut album Profile was already in the works
before the band had even played two gigs!
The first three shows were performed without a live
drummer, but it had always been the band's
intention to be able play with live drums. Various
applicants were considered, but in the end it was
perhaps inevitable that Max Franken from Malka's
band Minimal Compact would be the man to fill the
drum stool.
Githead made their debut as a live four-piece in
Antwerp in March 2005 following on with gigs in
Spring & Summer that year. These included the Queen
Elizabeth Hall in London, Cite De La Musique in
Paris, The Paradiso in Amsterdam, Barby in Tel
Aviv, The Botanique in Brussels & The Garage in
London.
Since autumn 2005 the band have been concentrating
on writing and recording their 2nd album, including
a stint in live sound man Frank Lievaart's new
Rotterdam studio. Expect it to be very good!