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The Phenomenal Handclap Band - The Phenomenal Handclap Band

Review by Ally Brown

Following in the footsteps of Sound Of Silver and Hercules And Love Affair, this is a disco record that believes in the rockist concept of an album, rather than the dance stereotype of the good and not-so-good singles collection.»

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this collaboration between two ny djs and a revolving group of members (including some from tv on the radio, jon spencer blues explosion, the dap kings and mooney suzuki) is the perfect soundtrack for a sunday afternoon barbeque, or a monday morning wake-up call. they are a psychedelic, disco-matic, get down, groovy, hippy cult, rock spectacle supergroup. the album begins with the meditative strains of the epic 'journey to serra da estrela' which erupts into a driving synthesized force, and foreshadows the arrival of 'testimony', in which jaleel bunton (tv on the radio) provides a fiery psychedelic guitar backdrop for aurelio valle's (calla) voodoo incantations. carol c (si se) lends her considerable vocal talents to the forthcoming single 'you'll disappear', a cosmic disco floor-filler that sets the stage for the lady tigra's (l'trimm) jump-rope rhymes on the soon-to-be classic summer jam, '15 to 20' which is equal parts esg, blondie and sesame street. on tummy touch.
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