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| Listen to "Forever Starts Now" which Andy Gill was working on at the time of his death on Feb. 1, likely from COVID-19. |
A note about Gang Of Four's back catalogue...
Matador Records will now oversee a number of key catalog titles by the legendary Leeds band Gang of Four, including the classic albums 'Entertainment! '(1979), 'Solid Gold' (1981), and 'Songs of the Free' (1982). These records are once again available across streaming services and are joined by 14 live releases capturing performances between 1979 and 1984. Here's a playlist with some highlights : https://spoti.fi/3fqHGf1
“Ether,” the introductory track on 'Entertainment!', was recently sampled by Run The Jewels, who used the song’s core riff to form the backbone of their track “the ground below”on the newly released 'RTJ4'.
Gang of Four was formed in 1976 by bassist Dave Allen, drummer Hugo Burnham, guitarist Andy Gill, and singer Jon King. The band pioneered a style of music that inverted punk's blunt and explosive energies — favoring tense rhythms, percussive guitars, and lyrics that traded in Marxist theory and situationism. This first lineup of the group released two monumental albums, 'Entertainment!' (1979) and 'Solid Gold '(1981). A third, 'Songs of the Free' (1982), was recorded with Sara Lee replacing Allen. These records have endured as a formative influence, not only to subsequent generations of musicians, but also activists, writers, and visual artists.
stream ‘Entertainment!’ - matador.ffm.to/entertainment
stream ‘Solid Gold’ - matador.ffm.to/solidgold
stream ‘Songs of The Free’ - matador.ffm.to/songsofthefree
Gang of Four Online
Matador Records https://matadorrecords.com/gang_of_four
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