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  FOOLS GOLD
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FORMAT
Catalogue No: IAM002UC
Format: CD
Barcode: 5024545581829
Catalogue No: IAM002UL
Format: LP
Barcode: 5024545581812
Catalogue No: IAM002UCX
Format: 2xCDs
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TRACK LISTINGS
01) Surprise Hotel
02) Nadine
03) Ha Dvash
04) The World Is All There Is
05) Poseidon
06) Yam Lo Moshech
07) Night Dancing
08) Momentary Shelter
09) Nadine (Acid Girls The Vibes Are Free Bromix)
10) Poseidon (Sizzla’s Judgement Yard Dub Version)


TOURING
Town Venue Date
London Yoyo 21 Jan 2010
London Fabric 22 Jan 2010
London Proud Camden 23 Jan 2010
London Pure Groove 25 Jan 2010
London White Heat 26 Jan 2010
London Barfly 26 Apr 2010
Birmingham The Rainbow 27 Apr 2010
Glasgow Captains Rest 28 Apr 2010
Manchester Ruby Lounge 30 Apr 2010
Leeds Live at Leeds 01 May 2010
Standon Standon Calling Festival 08 Aug 2010
Brighton Komedia 09 Aug 2010
London White Heat 10 Aug 2010
Leicester Summer Sundae Festival 14 Aug 2010
London The Borderline 16 Aug 2010
Edinburgh Sneaky Pete's 26 Aug 2010
Northampton Shambala Festival 27 Aug 2010
Leeds Leeds Festival 28 Aug 2010
Reading Reading Festival 29 Aug 2010
 
     
INFORMATION
Fool’s Gold is a Los Angeles collective that weaves together western pop aesthetics with African rhythms and melodies. The group started as a side project of two young LA musicians, vocalist/bassist Luke Top and lead guitarist Lewis Pesacov, who set out to explore their shared love of various forms of African music (specifically Congolese, Ethiopan, Eritrean and Malian), Krautrock, and 80s dance influenced pop music. They quickly wrote a few inspired songs and asked friends, friends of friends and even strangers to join them on stage. Not too long after their communal beginnings, Fool’s Gold developed organically into a full-time band. Although some of them met for the first time on stage, they soon became an air-tight collective. The cast of characters includes Garrett Ray (of Foreign Born) on drums, Jimmy Vincent and Matt Popieluch (of Foreign Born) on guitar, Amir Kenan (childhood friend of Luke's from Israel) sings backup vocals and plays keys, Brad Caulkins and Mark Noseworthy on saxophones/flute, and on percussion: Orpheo McCord (who studied percussion in Ghana as well as moonlighted as drummer for The Fall), Brazilian/Mexican visual artist Salvador Placencia, Argentinean pop star Erica Garcia, Michael Tapper (ex-drummer of We Are Scientists), all of whom play a beautiful array of hand-made instruments including: Ewe, Gungon and Djembe skinned drums; Gankogui, Bananna bells and claves; Kashishi, nut-rattles, goat-toe rattles, Chekeres, Axatse shell gourds and an over-sized tambourine Mizhar bought on the street in Cairo, Egypt. At first listen, it might be tempting to label Fool’s Gold as “world music,” but the band is, in its essence, a Los Angeles band; it is music made for hot nights in a sweltering desert. The multi-cultural group of players was born from a city that is a melting pot of neighborhoods and cultures. Fool’s Gold has shared bills with artists as diverse as Cat Power, Fujiya & Miyagi and a Senegalese kora master Youssoupha Sidibe. They have toured in the US with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Metronomy and Local Natives. INDIE STORE ONLY BONUS DISC: Tracklisting 1.Surprise Hotel (Phaseone mix) 2.Poseidon (Bodysnatcha remix feat:Sizzla's Judgment Yard 3.Surprise Hotel (Wallpaper remix) 4.The World Is All There Is (Of Montreal remix) 5.Surprise Hotel (Toadally Krossed Out remix)6. Surprise Hotel (M.A.T.H.E.S remix)

PRESS
UPDATE: UK dates, Reading & Leeds festivals. Headlining Club UNCUT Aug 16th, Borderline, Standon Calling, Shambala, Komedia & more... Press handled by Darling Dept. NME, Mojo, Independent, Guardian, Dazed & Confused, Uncut, Time Out, Music Week, DJ Mag...Radio: 1,2 6music, NME, XFM. 'The World Is All There Is' featured on FIFA World Cup 2010 video game.
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