Ching Chong Song
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Genre: Indie / Lyrical / Psychedelic
Location Brooklyn, Un
Profile Views: 168154
Last Login: 11/2/2011
Member Since 9/5/2005
Website www.chingchongsong.com
Record Label Olive Juice Music, Elephant and Castles, Acuarela, Unicorn Sounds
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
The melifluous Ching Ching will remind you of Judy Garland, and their live show asks the audience to come over the rainbow. In candid and unapologetic fashion, the band addresses audiences with melodic singing, unconventional instrumentation and the fearless energy of pure talent. This hardworking and oft-touring band plays everywhere, from the underground New York scene to prestigious clubs throughout the U.S. and Europe. Ching Chong Song believes that the courage to dream, acceptance and hard work are the keys to happiness and stop at nothing to get their music heard by as many people as possible. Ching Chong Song wants nothing less than to "change the world". They are delighted to be called "…a genuine New York oddity." fresh and honest melodic songs with original writing and energetic performance are geared to the audience with an appreciation for engaging entertainment. They have functioned very well as a DIY band for 6 years booking many tours in the U.S. and abroad, playing regularly in NYC and getting the attention of reputable publications such as The New Yorker for their virtuosity and by the Villiage Voice for their band name. Their touring in Europe got the attention of two record labels Elephant Sounds in Paris, whose aesthetic leans toward field recordings and chaos and Acuarela, who recently booked them at the Primavera Sound Festival and also Tanned Tin, two of the largest music festivals in the world. Because of they're instrumentation,which is very simple-piano, vocals, singing saw and sometimes a ukelele Ching Chong Song has an other worldly feeling which is reinforced by using costumes and dancers sometimes. Dan Gower and Julie LaMendola met on the lower east side of New York City. Now they are guest performers at the Burg Theater in Vienna, touring a contemporary musical with a theater company based in NYC. We Sing Songs To You About You: Album, Brooklyn, New York-2011 Ching Ching was commissioned to record an album with artist Kevin Blechdom by Parisian record label, Elephant and Castles. The label focuses on non-traditional and often experimental musical aesthetics. This album is set to be released in March 2011. Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain-2010 Ching Chong Song was featured in a showcase for Acuarela, a record label that books and promotes bands in Spain, Portugal and Italy. The Primavera Sound Festival concentrates on showcasing up and coming artists alongside well established bands. Tanned Tin, Castellon, Spain-2010 Ching Chong Song made their Spain debut at this festival. Audience response was overwhelming, sparking the label Acuarela to showcase Ching Chong Song at the Primavera Festival and to sign the band to their touring roster. Danau Festival, Krems, Austria-2009 A music festival that celebrates/promotes established and fledging artists who integrate art, film, theatrics and music. This performance was a collaboration with several artists (Volker Zander, Kevin and Blevin Blechdom, Irene Moon, Lucas Abela, and others) that began a European tour called Slaughterin Slobbersville. This was a large scale performance with costumes, sets made from cardboard and utilization of found objects in each space performed. Everything is for the Babies: Album, Brooklyn, New York-2009 Ching Chong Song's self-released, full length album, made in collaboration with Kevin Blechdom. The record has sold more than 1000 copies, and Ching Chong Song has been touring in the U.S. and abroad to promote it. Time Out New York, New York, New York-2008 TONY covers events around the city and is a cultural guide to the arts. In a full page feature and review on the front page of the music section, Ching Chong Song was highlighted as an important element of the New York music scene and named as a top up and coming artist. The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, New York-2008 Ching Chong Song performed at this landmark church as part of a re-dedication ceremony. Little Naked Gay Adventure: Album, Brooklyn, New York-2008 Ching Chong Song's first professional album, self-released. It has sold more than 1000 copies and Ching Chong Song continues to perform pieces from it on tour. Checkerboard Kids, New York, New York-2008 Featured on Mannhattan Public Acess Television show. Ching Chong Song performed several songs for a live taping of this T.V. show. This bi-weekly broadcast features artists who are off the beaten path. Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland-2007 Art Basel, a highly competitive international art fair, is known as the Olympics of the art world. Ching Chong Song was invited to perform a full set as a part of an art project by Portikus, an art exhibition hall in Frankfurt Am Main. Porn Film Festival, Berlin, Germany- 2007 The Porn Film Festival is a celebration of the most dynamic pornography in the world. Ching Chong Song was hired to provide musical entertainment for the press, guests and producers. Ladyfest, Rotterdam, Holland-2007 Established in 2000 in Olympia, Washington, Ladyfest is a worldwide festival that features bands, artists, and writers that represent women in music. Ching Chong Song and Kevin Blechdom teamed up for some songs and the audience stood silent as the night turned punk rock in a way they had never imagined. The audience went crazy at the end of the set. A Christmas Carol, New York, New York-2007 An adaptation of the Charles Dickens book. Ching Chong Song collaborated in the composition of the music, played music and acted in the performance. The show went up in an off off Broadway theater and received attention from National Public Radio for being a socially and politically charged version of the classic story. 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Members
Dan Gower, Julie LaMendola, Susan Hwang, Dany Naierman, Johnny Dydo, Simon Beins, Sam Grossman, Stefko -
Influences
Judy Garland, Tiny Tim, Yma Sumac, Klaus Nomi, Joni Mitchel, Syd Barrett, Martin Denny, Ken Nordine, Beyonce, Merce Cunninham, John Cage, Broadway musicals, dark soundtracks, male female vocals, ghosts, ukulele, cabaret, punk, antifolk, rumpus room, cocorosie, kevin blechdom, mc hammer on crack humpty. I never Got NO Help From Above. I made My own lousy LOVe. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Sit & Chat with Joyce .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mining .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ghost Clock @ Sidewalk Cafe .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lynette...... .. .. .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. -
Sounds Like
Imaginative music for popular dreamers. Intellectual un-pop. Thoughtful music for unpopular adults. Judy Garland, toasted John Cage (you're the shrimp). Lunch: Old E, Phillip Glass and "the girl next door" Dinner: Yma Sumac salad with Liza Minelli nut mix. Parlor games in Brooklyn basements, interactive fun from the 50's- for hipsters. .......... ..........
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- beautiful place story1 year ago
Thanks for the add me.I'm very glad!
- Marguerite GRoss1 year ago
Hi! How have you been these days? - Peter aus Kreuzberg1 year ago
someone ruined my "babies" cd!
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- Cress1 year agovery moving to me. Very Dadaist in nature and quite deliciously emotionally engaging. I am sure that you get letters like this all the time, but I just wanted to personally thank you for these three songs: "Mining" (especially this song. The first time I heard it, it brought the biggest smile to my face and a tear to my eye - such a varied range of emotion between the feelings expressed musically and the thoughts that your lyric inspired in my own mind) thank you. the other songs were "Heads Will Roll" and "Unconditional Love" to which I had much the same experience with. Your music is amazing and Julie you have the voice of an angle (if I actually believed in such things) and your's and Dan’s voices together make something quite beautiful and wondrously unique. once again thank you.
- Ching Chong Song1 year ago
thank you! what a great comment to get.
- Peter aus Kreuzberg1 year ago
ching chong song in hamburg
looping around:
- TeamPlastique1 year ago
04. Sep 2010 22:00
Schaubuehne Berlin GERMANY
11. Sep 2010 22:00
Oude Markt, Enschede Enschede, Enschede, NETHERLANDS - 1 year ago
- Brad muthafuckin Holland1 year ago
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hope alls dandy like candy
viva la musica! - 1 year ago
Bio:
A Brooklyn based saw/piano duo who have been together four years, Ching Chong Song writes songs that are lyrically and musically at once dark, serious, and funny. In unapologetic cabaret fashion they candidly address the audience both with assertive, melodic singing and unconventional instrumentation. Coming up from the underground to play at prestigious clubs on tour in the U.S. and Europe they are happy to the core to be called, "…a genuine New York oddity..." Ching Chong Song has been on six European tours playing in large venues in Berlin, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam as well as tiny towns where they find small, subversive collectives and build strong bonds with the people they meet.Some international shows include legendary club SO36 in Berlin and Art Basel, the largest art fair in the world, Ching Chong Song was showcased as part of the Porticus project along with Kevin Blechdom and Wolf Eyes. They’ve played at the 2007 Berlin Porn Film Festival showcase and Ladyfest, Rotterdam. Ching Chong Song’s most recent European tour included an ongoing collaboration with many artists such as Kevin Blechdom, Barnwave, Justice Yeldham, Blevin Blechdom, Ironing, and Irene Moon making up Slaughterin’ Slobbersville, a vaudevillian genetic mutant war set in 2024 which culminated at the 2009 Donau Festival in Krems, Austria. In mid 2009, Ching Chong Song released a second album produced and mixed by Kevin Blechdom called Everything Is For The Babies, featuring Susan Hwang (The Debutante Hour/Bushwick Book Club) playing accordion and singing. Most recently, Dan, Julie, and contra bassist Geoff Larson have embarked on a recording journey with Max Hart (We Are Scientists), combining abstract piano, saw, vocal, ukulele and bass instrumental compositions with songs. EMAIL: chingcsong@gmail.comMember Since:
September 05, 2005Members:
Dan Gower, Julie LaMendola, Susan Hwang, Dany NaiermanInfluences:
I never Got NO Help From Above. I made My own lousy LOVe. Sit & Chat with Joyce Mining Ghost Clock @ Sidewalk CafeLynette
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intelectual un-pop. thoughtful music for unpopular adults. imaginative music for popular dreamers. broadway musicals, dark soundtracks, male female vocals, ghosts, ukulele, cabaret, punk, antifolk, rumpus room, cocorosie, kevin blechdom, mc hammer on crack humpty. Breakfast: Judy Garland, toasted John Cage (you're the shrimp). Lunch: Old E, Phillip Glass and "the girl next door" Dinner: Yma Sumac salad with Liza Minelli nut mix. Night cap with Klaus Nomi. parlor games in Brooklyn basements, interactive fun from the 50's- for hipsters.
