Bleep

Press Release

On ‘Phantom Rhythm’, Gong Gong Gong’s raucous debut, the minimalist Beijing duo created a drummer-less sound that was more than the sum of its parts, inspired by back-porch blues, Sahelian guitar music, New York no-wave, Cantonese lion dance percussion and, seemingly most incongruously, techno.

With ‘Phantom Rhythm Remixed’, Gong Gong Gong bring to life a concept they’ve planned since the release of their acclaimed first album, curating their favourite China-connected electronic music producers to remix ‘Phantom Rhythm’ in its entirety.

The globe-spanning collaboration features Yu Su (Vancouver / Kaifeng), Zaliva-D, Simon Frank, Howie Lee (Beijing), Mong Tong, Scattered Purgatory (Taipei), Knopha (Xiamen), Wu Zhuoling (Chengdu), Angel Wei (Copenhagen) and P.E. (Brooklyn).

The album traces a common thread, organically expanding the palette of Gong Gong Gong into ambient club tracks, thumping dance music, cinematic soundscapes and doomy, bit-crushed psych.

Gong Gong Gong are the duo of Tom Ng and Joshua Frank. Formed in 2015 in Beijing, China, they make music from the sparest of means: one guitar and one bass, interweaving riffs to create forward-charging, drumerless grooves. Their inspirations extend from Bo Diddley to African and Southeast Asian folk music, psychedelic drone and the structures of electronic music.