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God's Money is an album of whims and metamorphoses thoroughly enveloping, with a mesmerizing, vertiginous charm. --New York Times
God's Money never suspends movement : It continues to pulse and breathe even in it's quietest moments. And in each piece, there exists an amazing freeform beauty as well as a great sense of rhythm and melody hidden within ostensible chaos. --Pitchfork
God's Money never suspends movement : It continues to pulse and breathe even in it's quietest moments. And in each piece, there exists an amazing freeform beauty as well as a great sense of rhythm and melody hidden within ostensible chaos. --Pitchfork
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Repress on both formats due soon. Gang gang dance s land mark studio album from 2005. Gang gang dance s new album is out now on 4AD. LP comes with newly designed gatefold packaging with a printed inner sleeve and includes a free digital download. God s money received critical acclaim from publications such as Pitchfork, The NY Times, The Wire, Spin, Magnet and many more . For fans of Animal collective, Black dice, Deerhunter, Fuck buttons, Aphex twin. We are pleased to offer Gang Gang Dance s landmark second studio album on LP again. Originally released in 2005 the record originally only received a limited pressing on vinyl and has been unavailable on LP for several years. With God s MoneyGang Gang Dance created a modern sound which reorientated the palette of electronic music into an organic context; manipulating sound, rhythm and melody in an almost mercurial manner. Painstakingly recorded over the course of 2004 at Junkyard Audio Salvage, the band utilized whatever means were available to them to craft their sound: drums of all shapes, sizes and circuits, various keyboards occasional aluminum chair. Blending their hypnotic rhythms into a highly structured compositional style or soaring in the lofty heights of practiced improvisation, this record follows in the footsteps of the bands previous output, simultaneously marking new ground, and pointing to their future musical directions. During writing and recording God s Money the band were playing to packed houses in NYC, Europe and it with such a heightened level of musicianship they turned even the most casual of spectators into full on believers. God s Money is a pinnacle of Gang Gang Dance s uncompromising sonic pursuit which has spanned the better part of their now near ten year history. Some of this can be gleamed from previous groups the God s Money may be interpreted as the band s high-water mark of sorts it is much more the raising of the tide as they continued to push the boundaries of the palette of sound itself with no sign of waning.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album, although a couple of years old now, has been considerably overlooked in the mediated musical slipstream, with occasional nods here and there in disparate press, or via second hand sources.
The thing about GGD is the approach. The journey from arty, abstract, clattering brooklyn noiseniks to something approaching a Pop instinct has left them with a personal stamp, variously featuring: Treated, or Midi guitar, synths that bend between islamic style pop and cod mysticism, Grime and Dancehall and Hiphop indebted rhythms, sampled edits, noise, and witchy, forest-shriek vocals. It's a brew that in the hands of others might sound contrived or patronising. Instead, the improvised approach (later edited down into more coherence) means that these elements gel into a future organic. The quote on the sleeve sticker says "GGD seem to have found the G-spot of the universe", which you might be forgiven for brushing off as standard hyperbole, but it makes sense. They have marinated the hipster music styles of the last 5 or 6 years, and served them up as their own, compelling dish.
The thing about GGD is the approach. The journey from arty, abstract, clattering brooklyn noiseniks to something approaching a Pop instinct has left them with a personal stamp, variously featuring: Treated, or Midi guitar, synths that bend between islamic style pop and cod mysticism, Grime and Dancehall and Hiphop indebted rhythms, sampled edits, noise, and witchy, forest-shriek vocals. It's a brew that in the hands of others might sound contrived or patronising. Instead, the improvised approach (later edited down into more coherence) means that these elements gel into a future organic. The quote on the sleeve sticker says "GGD seem to have found the G-spot of the universe", which you might be forgiven for brushing off as standard hyperbole, but it makes sense. They have marinated the hipster music styles of the last 5 or 6 years, and served them up as their own, compelling dish.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
One of my All-Time Favorites
5 Mar 2006
Format:Audio CD
Alright, listen. I am a pretty critical person, especially when it comes to music. The fact of the matter is, if you listen to a LOT of music, you will have a harder and harder time finding albums you really love, because the bar keeps getting raised in your mind. God's Money is probably my favorite album of the past year because it defies everything I expect music to be, but I can certainly still call it music without any hesitation, and beautiful music at that.
Anyone who is trying to put this in some stupid genre like freak folk or whatever is doing a huge disservice to the album. Firstly, it really doesn't sound anything like Animal Collective, or whatever else you are trying to compare it to. Any sonic similarites are coincidental - the intent of the two groups is completely different. Secondly, this music is best appreciated without any context, just on the merits of its composition, instrumentation and production. Don't even think about Brooklyn or stupid stuff like that. It really has nothing to do with the music.
If you are reading any of these reviews, and listening to the music, wondering why anyone would rate God's Money highly, you truly haven't understood the album yet. Yes, there is something there, you just need to discover it, and once you do you'll be amazed you ever lived without it. I really mean it - look how many reviews I've ever written for anything after using Amazon for like 6 years. It's that important to me to share this album with others.
Anyone who is trying to put this in some stupid genre like freak folk or whatever is doing a huge disservice to the album. Firstly, it really doesn't sound anything like Animal Collective, or whatever else you are trying to compare it to. Any sonic similarites are coincidental - the intent of the two groups is completely different. Secondly, this music is best appreciated without any context, just on the merits of its composition, instrumentation and production. Don't even think about Brooklyn or stupid stuff like that. It really has nothing to do with the music.
If you are reading any of these reviews, and listening to the music, wondering why anyone would rate God's Money highly, you truly haven't understood the album yet. Yes, there is something there, you just need to discover it, and once you do you'll be amazed you ever lived without it. I really mean it - look how many reviews I've ever written for anything after using Amazon for like 6 years. It's that important to me to share this album with others.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
weird, wild stuff
22 Dec 2005
Format:Audio CD
I owe my enjoyment of God's Money entirely to a friend of mine who convinced me to give it a chance after I'd listened to one track from the release and it didn't sink into my craw. I did as he said, and sat down and listened to the entire album. After the first listen I was mildly intrigued but not wowed, but by the end of the second spin, I'd been won over. A strange group that mixes freak folk, electronic ambience, and tribal passions, these New Yorkers have created a bizarre hybrid album that's worth checking out if you're looking to veer off the path a bit.
One of the main factors in deciding whether or not you enjoy God's Money will be your tolerance of the vocals of lead singer Lizzi Bougatsos. Veering wildly between using her voice as a subtle texture and going full-force with almost Yoko-ish wails, she's one of the primal forces holding the album together. Usually, I don't find myself enjoying such overly theatrical female vocals, but it actually tends to work. After opening with a shorter introduction track, the album launches into "Glory in Itself / Egyptian" and Bougatsos babbles and sings, croons and howls over pounding drums, cascading electronics, and bursting waves of synths.
"Egowar" follows and takes sounds that are usually new age fodder (pan flutes, rain sticks) and twists them into a dancey, world-music laced track that melts into a glorious overload towards the end. "God's Money V" takes on a more aggressive feel again and the dark instrumental mixes juicy synths with polyrhythmic kitchen-sink percussion that melts into "Before My Voice Fails," a track that progresses like a bastardized opera with multiple layers of delayed vocals from Bougatsos, almost proggy instrumentation. The final blowout of rattling percussion, scorching guitars, and soaring vocals is one of the best moments on the entire disc.
Between the longer tracks are shorter instrumental pieces that fit the mood of the album quite well and offer up some nice textural pieces from the group. "God's Money VII" sounds like an ephemeral piece of old 4AD music (think This Mortal Coil) and "Untitled (Piano)" is a shimmering pool of liquid notes that slowly falls apart and completely off the reels. At just under forty minutes, the nine tracks on the album are just about the right length to drop in and pop you in the mouth, then scurry off into some dark corner again. It's probably not for everyone (my wife asked "is this the Muppets doing electronic freak folk?"), but for me it's a great mix of left-of-center music that manages to stay just on the side of "not annoying in their weirdness."
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One of the main factors in deciding whether or not you enjoy God's Money will be your tolerance of the vocals of lead singer Lizzi Bougatsos. Veering wildly between using her voice as a subtle texture and going full-force with almost Yoko-ish wails, she's one of the primal forces holding the album together. Usually, I don't find myself enjoying such overly theatrical female vocals, but it actually tends to work. After opening with a shorter introduction track, the album launches into "Glory in Itself / Egyptian" and Bougatsos babbles and sings, croons and howls over pounding drums, cascading electronics, and bursting waves of synths.
"Egowar" follows and takes sounds that are usually new age fodder (pan flutes, rain sticks) and twists them into a dancey, world-music laced track that melts into a glorious overload towards the end. "God's Money V" takes on a more aggressive feel again and the dark instrumental mixes juicy synths with polyrhythmic kitchen-sink percussion that melts into "Before My Voice Fails," a track that progresses like a bastardized opera with multiple layers of delayed vocals from Bougatsos, almost proggy instrumentation. The final blowout of rattling percussion, scorching guitars, and soaring vocals is one of the best moments on the entire disc.
Between the longer tracks are shorter instrumental pieces that fit the mood of the album quite well and offer up some nice textural pieces from the group. "God's Money VII" sounds like an ephemeral piece of old 4AD music (think This Mortal Coil) and "Untitled (Piano)" is a shimmering pool of liquid notes that slowly falls apart and completely off the reels. At just under forty minutes, the nine tracks on the album are just about the right length to drop in and pop you in the mouth, then scurry off into some dark corner again. It's probably not for everyone (my wife asked "is this the Muppets doing electronic freak folk?"), but for me it's a great mix of left-of-center music that manages to stay just on the side of "not annoying in their weirdness."
(from almost cool music reviews)
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Freakfolkritualmagick
6 May 2005
Format:Audio CD
I didn't know what to expect when i listened to this. The name 'Gang Gang Dance' sounds half punk half tribal, while God's Money suggests either fey Yankeehotelfoxtrot tenderness or some violent catharsis a la the Swans - half right, it seems. God's Money is complex but never chaotic and smacks you straight in the face of brazen beauty when you least expect it. The percussion on the first track began like the ritualmagick John Zorn was fooling with on Iao a year ago, but come track 3, "Egowar", and I'm completely blown away by the Japanese-sounding folk vocals (is that in English? Damn!). Animal Collective's Here Comes the Indian remains the more cohesive and exciting tribal freak folk album, but for what it's worth, God's Money is quite an immersive experience.
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