THE BIRD AND THE BEAT

Tracklist 01 Can I Have Your Attention ? 02 La Musica 03 No Moon (...over Kuala Lumpur) 04 Violent Love 05 Keep My Secret 06 Kitchen Call 07 Mira / Excuse Me 08 Mis Labios 09 Tipsy? 10 Marseille Macheta 11 Rue De Rome 12 So Close 13 A Bored Heart 14 Dort Audiopreview: b2b.goodtogo.de/article/player/1561037 'The Beat and the bird' is the new album of DJ, keyboarder, producer and Gomma Records co- founder Mathias 'Munk' Modica. 14 electronic funk, futuristic house and indie pop songs that Modica recorded with twelve female vocalists from all around the world. The new album is the logic next step after the previous Munk collaboration on the past two albums with DJ Chloe, Asia Argento, Micky Moonlight (Ed Banger) or James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem (on ‚Kick out the chairs!š - the only vocal cooperation Murphy ever did). The album was mixed by Etienne de Crecy, Alex Gopher and Jan Driver (Boys Noize). The album starts off like a classic 90s house record, but quickly develops into a colorful trip into unexpected shades of music. Very sunny and perfect for the summer. Sometimes deep and krauty, then again influenced by 90s Italo Pop and Eurodance. There is 70s Street Funk, sweet frenchy chanson and Brasilian punkhouse. English is mixed with six other languages. Electronics meets the Funk of Sly Stone, the humor of Frank Zappa, the Pop of Trevor Horn and the romanticism of Italians such as Goblin or Morricone.The album is a modern variation of the 'girl vs producer' thing, like Serge Gainsburg and Burt Bacharach did some years ago ;). All music - piano, synthies, xylophones, bass, guitars, drum machines, and Asian percussions  played by Modica. The vocalists: Lou Hayter from New Young Pony Club/London. Clara Cometti (Paris) is part of upcoming French bands Koko Von Napoo and The Teenagers. Mia von Matt (Berlin) used to do background vocals for Peaches. Sarah Ze  is a 21-year-old upcoming disco princess from Malaysia. Joyze Muniz (Brasil) is a worldwide travelling Tropical DJane and releases own records on Man recordings and Exploited. Pollyester is the supercute Russian girl that plays bass in the Munk live band and does own records on Permanent Vacation. Missy Chariot is an actress from Rome, Amandine Morin a young singer from Marseille. Francy Goertz from Berlin is the voice on La Musica (and on the old Munk hit ‚Down in L.A›). La Musica - the pre-release single to the new album  came out in summer 2010 and became big: Annie Mac and Erol Alkan are pushing it on BBC Radio One, DJ's such as Mark Ronson, Ellen Allien, Luciano, Tim Sweeney, Ed Banger's Busy P and Shit Robot are playing it. Friendly Fires used it in their Mix CD. Kitsune, Bugged Out and Hed Kandi released it on compilations. And Karl Lagerfeld chose the song for a Chanel movie. Munk has just finished remixes for Etienne De Crecy, Yeasayer and Social Disco Club and is currently working on remixes for Bottin (Eskimo), Ellen Allien (BPitch), Black Van (DFA) and Riva Starr.