Directed by talented British director, Stephen Agnew, the band starts off flaunting around the park in their best fall get-up and then things get a bit darker and bloodier. Check out the band’s brand spanking new video for “Baby” (feat. Tommy Brenneck & Rodrigo Ursaia) below and get a track by the band after the jump:
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Music Video: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – “Baby”
Thursday, February 18th, 2010The Phenomenal Handclap Band Headline the Bowery Ballroom Tonight
Friday, December 11th, 2009
Recent subjects of one of the infamous doodles in The New Yorker, The Phenomenal Handclap Band have been ramping up press in the latter part of 2009. From the awesomely mischievous video of “15 to 20″ airing on MTV’s Subterranean to best of 2009 lists to the approval of one Sasha Frere-Jones, this collective deserves a round of applause… err, handclaps. If you’re in NYC tonight, don’t miss them headlining Bowery Ballroom!
From The New Yorker:
“A few years ago, the producers Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand were working with other musicians, like the New York salsa legend Joe Bataan, when they decided to start something from the ground up. The result is the Phenomenal Handclap Band, and you’ll need both hands to count all the personnel, which sometimes includes members of the Dap-Kings and TV on the Radio. What makes this collective appealing is its disregard for genre, which is no longer a new strategy, though this bunch reaches its own spacey conclusions. Collás and Marquand are both d.j.s with a taste for psychedelic disco and rock, and this makes their outfit feel more like a commune than an army. Songs drift from Miami disco into Brazilian soul into early New York rap, much like a friendly night at a bar with a guy flipping through his favorite records. The relaxed feel masks a lot of work—you can’t just invite your ten best friends down to the pub and hope they make sense of decades of music history. The band plays at the Bowery Ballroom Dec. 11.”
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
“15 to 20 (feat. Lady Tigra)” (mp3)
from “The Phenomenal Handclap Band”
(Friendly Fire Recordings)
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IODA Marketing’s Best of 2009 lists
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009As 2009 draws to a close it’s that glorious time for Best Of lists. Each member of the marketing team, both domestic and international, narrowed their favorite albums to a top 5 list plus one outstanding reissue. From Hyperdub’s 5th Anniversary compilation, Deer Tick’s alt-country sophomore release, We Were Promised Jetpacks’ rousing debut to The Monks’ lovingly researched reissue of Black Monk Time, these releases are all over the place and showcase a really eclectic year of releases.
Don’t miss the downloadable tracks at the bottom and stay tuned for the latest IODAcast featuring many of the artists included below!
Thanks and Enjoy!
Adam Rabinovitz- VP Marketing1. We Were Promised Jetpacks- These Four Walls [Fat Cat Records]
2. A Sunny Day In Glasgow- Ashes Grammar [Mis Ojos Discos]
3. Deer Tick- Born On Flag Day [Partisan Records]
4. Bela Fleck- Throw Down Your Heart… [Rounder Records
5. Ultre- The Nest And Skull [Audiobulb Records]
Re-issue: The Monks- Black Monk Time [Light In The Attic]
Bethany Clayton- Marketing, UK
1. Various Artists- 5: Five Years Of Hyperdub [Hyperdub Records]
2. Brother Ali- Us [Rhymesayers Entertainment]
3. Bass Clef- May The Bridges I Burn Light The Way [Blank Tapes]
4. Felt- Felt 3: A Tribute To Rosie Perez [Rhymesayers Entertainment]
5. The Orb- Baghdad Batteries [Malicious Damage]
Re-issue: The Gun Club – Death Party [Cooking Vinyl]
Christophe LeBreton- Marketing, France
1. Imaad Wasif- The Voidist [Tee Pee Records]
2. Oumou Sangare- Seya [World Circuit]
3. Liquid Stranger- The Intergalatic Slapstick [Interchill Records]
4. Deer Tick- Born On Flag Day [Partisan Records]
5. Boo Boo Davis- Ain’t Gotta Dime [Black and Tan Records]
Re-Issue: not specified
Craig O’Neill- Marketing Account Manager
1. BadboE- Break The Funk [Auditorydesigns]
2. Black Moth Super Rainbow- Eating Us [Graveface Records]
3. The Prodigy- Invaders Must Die [Take Me To The Hospital]
4. The Phenomenal Handclap Band- The Phenomenal Handclap Band [Friendly Fire]
5. Big Boss Man- Full English Beat Breakfast [Blow Up]
Re-issue: Various Artists- Disco Loco, Vol. 1 [LocoBop]
Elijah Carroll- Marketing Coordinator
1. We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls [Fat Cat Records]
2. Mantis – Still Life [Brick Records]
3. Megafaun – Gather, Form & Fly [Hometapes]
4. Souls of Mischief – Montezuma’s Revenge [Hieroglyphics Imperium]
5. Tommy T – The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
Reissue: The Roots – Organix [Groove Distribution]
Greg Beshers – Director of Marketing
1. Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel – Willy and the Wheel [Bismeaux Records]
2. John Doe And The Sadies – Country Club [Outside Music]
3. The Phenomenal Handclap Band – The Phenomenal Handclap Band [Friendly Fire Recordings]
4. General Elektriks – Good City For Dreamers [Quannum Projects]
5. Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions [World Village]
Reissue: Rail Band – Belle Epoque Vol. 3: Dioba [Sterns]
Jillian Putnam-Smith- Programming Manager
1. Here We Go Magic – Here We Go Magic [Western Vinyl]
2. Choir of Young Believers – This is For the White in Your Eyes [Ghostly International]
3. Ultre – The Nest and the Skull [Audiobulb Records]
4. Sleepy Sun – Sleepy Son [ATP Recordings]
5. Bear in Heaven – Beast Rest Forth Mouth [Hometapes]
Reissue: Milton Nascimento – Travessia [Dubas Musica]
1. Céu – Vagarosa [Six Degrees]
2. Madeleine Peyroux – Bare Bones [Rounder Records]
3. General Elektriks – Good City for Dreamers [Quannum Projects]
4. Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project – Afterquake [Undercover Culture Music]
5. Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions [World Village]
Reissue: Milton Nascimento – Travessia [Dubas Musica]
Matt Wright- Marketing Account Manager
1. Here We Go Magic – Here We Go Magic [Western Vinyl]
2. Ecstasy & Friends – Lone [Werk Discs]
3. Various Artists – 5: Five Years of Hyperdub [Hyperdub]
4. Yura Yura Teikoku – Hollow Me / Beautiful [Death From Abroad
5. Jega - Variance (Volumes 1 & 2) [Planet Mu]
Reissue: The Monks – Black Monk Time [Light in the Attic]
Ozgur Okter- Senior Manager, Marketing
1. Ancestors – Of Sound Mind [Tee Pee Records]
2. Astra – The Weirding [Rise Above Records]
3. Baroness – Blue Record [Relapse Records]
4. Cave – Psychic Psummer [Important]
5. Shrinebuilder – Shrinebuilder [Neurot]
Reissue: Ofege – Try And Love [Academy LPs]
Robert Litsen- Marketing, Scandinavia
1. Miss Li – Dancing the Whole Way Home [National]
2. The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die [Cooking Vinyl]
3. Ane Brun – Changing of the Seasons [Determine Records AB]
4. Florence Valentin – Spring Ricco [Startracks]
5. Pauline – Never Said I Was An Angel [Tri-Sound]
Reissue: The Hellacopters – Supershitty to the Max [MNW]
Tara Cuesta- Marketing, Spain
1. Matt & Kim – Grand [Artwerk Music]
2. Vic Chesnutt – At the Cut [Constellation]
3. Wojtek Godzisz – Wodjtek Godzisz [Tigertrap Records]
4. Bettina Koester – Queen of Noise [Asinella Records]
5. Apse – Climp Up [ATP/Recordings]
Reissue: Blue – Another Night Time Flight [Demon]
We Were Promised Jetpacks
“Ships With Holes Will Sink” (mp3)
from “These Four Walls”
(Fat Cat Records)
Brother Ali
“Us” (mp3)
from “Us”
(Rhymesayers Entertainment)
Liquid Stranger
“Soundboy Killa” (mp3)
from “The Intergalactic Slapstick”
(Interchill Records)
Black Moth Super Rainbow
“Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise” (mp3)
from “Eating Us”
(Graveface Records)
Tommy T
“The Response (featuring Gigi)” (mp3)
from “The Prester John Sessions”
(Easy Star Records)
Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel
“Hesitation Blues” (mp3)
from “Willie And The Wheel”
(Bismeaux Records)
Here We Go Magic
“Fangela” (mp3)
from “Here We Go Magic”
(Western Vinyl)
Milton Nascimento
“Canção do Sal” (mp3)
from “Travessia”
(Dubas Musica)
The Monks
“Monk Time” (mp3)
from “Black Monk Time”
(Light In The Attic)
Vic Chesnutt
“Chain” (mp3)
from “At the Cut”
(Constellation)
Abigail Washburn & The Shanghai Restoration Project
“Sala” (mp3)
from “Afterquake”
(Undercover Culture Music)
New Music Video: Phenomenal Handclap Band- 15 to 20
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009Those schemin’ handclappers got themselves on Wanted posters in the new clip for their break-out hit “15 to 20 (feat. Lady Tiga)” which is on premiere at Spinner. This 70′s saturated video has a tight storyline that finds the 8 band members sneaking around New York, hiding from the authorities. Check it out and get the mp3 to go below:
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
“15 to 20 (feat. Lady Tigra)” (mp3)
from “The Phenomenal Handclap Band”
(Friendly Fire Recordings)
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Choir of Young Believers, Phenomenal Handclap and Apsci on NPR’s All Songs Considered
Thursday, June 25th, 2009Ok, so maybe this is old news to y’all, but we were delighted to find out out that Bob Boilen’s really rounded up a nice ‘half-way through 2009′ mix of new releases on a recent NPR All Songs Considered, including Ghostly’s new signing, Denmark’s Choir of Young Believers, Paul McCartney’s fave new band, The Phenomenal Handclap Band, and Quannum Projects’ dynamic duo, Apsci.
Check out Apsci‘s iphone-tastic new video for “Under Control”. From Wired: “LaMotta and Diaz-Tutaan made the video using nothing but their iPhone, a portable printer and a webcam. They performed the track in front of the webcam and printed it up into the handheld snapshots that fly by in the globe-hopping video, which hopscotches from Brooklyn to the Grand Canyon, Vegas, Hawaii and Australia at the speed of sound. They took additional shots using the iPhone, then mashed the production nightmare into an eye-tripping visual for their body-rocking song.”
Apsci’s sophomore album, Best Crisis Ever, comes out August 11th via Quannum Projects.
Read all about The Phenomenal Handclap Band here and get a PromoTrack while you’re at it.
Choir of Young Believers’ debut full-length, This is for the White in Your Eyes, is due out via Ghostly International this fall, but get the first single, “Action/Reaction”, out now.
Review: The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
By: Mike Madavi
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
“15 to 20 (feat. Lady Tigra)” (mp3)
from “The Phenomenal Handclap Band”
(Friendly Fire Recordings)
Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album
The Phenomenal Handclap band is the new group founded by veteran New York DJ’s Daniel Collás, the Witch Doctor, and Sean Marquand, the Medicine Man. After years of searching and researching to find their own unique sound by citing their expansive range of influences, Collás and Marquand have created something all their own. A tasteful blending of dancefloor oriented disco, 70’s soul, and synth rock mixed with psychedelic, progressive rock, this is definitely new. Their self-titled debut album is sure to be a success and features contributions from a number of noteworthy NYC bands. The group has been described as sort of a Broken Social Scene for Manhattan, comprised of artists from the area including Aurelio Valle (Calla), Jaleel Bunton (TV on the Radio), Carol C (Sí Se), Jon Spencer (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), Lady Tigra (L’Trimm), Morgan Phalen (Diamond Nights), Bart Davenport (Honeycut ), Tommy Brenneck (Amy Winehouse, the Budos Band), and slide guitarist Ellen McIlwaine.
The album’s first track summarizes their sound pretty accurately. From a slow, droning drum beat with a powerful, overdriven, psychedelic blues guitar session to a danceable, upbeat, synth-led jam, the band covers a lot of ground. It sounds like a great instrumental jam from some 70’s band but with synthesizer where the organ usually would be. You can taste disco roots mixing with psychedelic prog-rock inspirations. “Testimony” features Bunton of TV on the Radio adding a soul-driven psychedelic guitar sound to some great funk drumming and Valle’s vocals. Probably the most original guitar-driven song on the album is “Tears,” which features funk rhythm guitar blending with Ellen McIlwaine’s slide guitar, Jethro Tull-esque flute solos, and powerful vocals. On the other hand, “15 to 20” is a guaranteed dance hit featuring undeniably catchy vocal hooks by Lady Tigra (her and Bunny D had a huge hit as L’Trimm with the song “Cars with the Boom,” remember?). “You’ll Disappear” is a synth-driven dance anthem that still feels like it came from genuine 70’s soul and disco. These guys aren’t turning out the everyday banger, they’ve crafted new classics.
Besides their formidable debut album, The Handclap Band’s live show is something not to be missed. Here’s Friendly Fire Record’s description (we agree): “Live, The Phenomenal Handclap Band is distilled to an eight-member powerhouse, an eye-popping spectacle that overwhelms the senses. It pulses with a savage rhythm section that provides the ultimate foil for cascading guitars and electrified washes of organ and synthesizers. Their delirious sermonizing whips crowds into a charismatic frenzy. Needless to say, their live shows are more akin to a spiritual church revival than an actual rock show.” We here at IODA can testify to the quality of the band live; they treated us to a fantastic set at our annual SXSW showcase! Be sure to pick up their album and make time to see their quality liver performance on their next stop through your city; this group has a long and fruitful future ahead of them.
To get a taste of the band live, check out the video for “You’ll Disappear” and then grab the PromoTrack to go:
The Phenomenal Handclap Band
“You’ll Disappear” (mp3)
from “IODA SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2009″
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