Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 09:32:39 +0000 
     From: Andrew Norman (nja@LEICESTER.AC.UK) 
     Subject: Ganger (thanks, Jens!)


The miracle of the internet - yesterday I got a mail message from an
American about an on-line music shop's catalogue, featuring a
description of a Scottish band's EP.  There it was in the racks of my
local (real world non-digital) shop at lunchtime, and it is every bit as
good as the tantalising description Jens mailed.

Ganger - Half-Nelson EP
(12" vinyl only, POMP 004, Vesuvius, PO Box 15096, Glasgow G4 9YZ)

Three instrumental tracks, "Guts and Bravoodoo" (6.5 min), "Drummer's
Arms and Bionic Thumbs" (5.5 min), "Jellyneck" (20 min).  It's that
currently fashionable krautrock vibe, Ganger have two bass players and
two drummers (though they also play other instruments), plus a
clarinettist/keyboard player.  Sometimes it sounds like Bark Psychosis
(early guitar-heavy stuff), or Th' Faith Healers (in their quieter
moments), or the middle section of Stereolab's "Animal or Vegetable",
or Tortoise, or Long Fin Killie.  Pounding (but not monotonous)
bass/drum to the fore, with the guitars and keyboards making
supplementary noises in the background.  I'd guess that we are going to
see plenty of bands trying to make this sort of noise over the next
year or so, but Ganger manage to sound like more than just a bunch of
Stereolab fans who have heard a couple of Faust albums.

Date:    Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:44:02 -0500
From:    Paul Pegnato <kinglewi@RIPCO.COM>
Subject: Ganger - Trilogy releases
 
I had the good fortune to pick up Vol 1 and 2 of the Trilogy D series by
Ganger.  Each volume in a 1 sided 12" with the second "etched" with a nasty and
arbitrary looking spiral scratch over what looks to be a normal pressing of
some sort. Does anyone know what this is all about - what the intention of a
"trilogy" was here, and why they would choose to do 3 separate 1 - sided
releases. There has to be some sort of method to the madness here...isn't
there?
 
kinglewi