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This year, Frantz and Weymouth are taking Tom Tom Club — including two additional singers, Victoria Clamp and Jamaican-born Mystic Bowie, scratcher Kid Ginseng and keyboard/percussionist Bruce Martin — out for a few fall shows in advance of next year’s big 30th anniversary plans. The group is doing just 10 dates on the East and West coasts, including a headlining gig Saturday night at the MidPoint Music Festival.

How’d Cincinnati get so lucky? It turns out Frantz has close roots in the region. He and Weymouth even got married at a Presbyterian church in Washington, Ky., a historic settlement along the Ohio River near Maysville, in 1977.

“I was born in Fort Campbell because my dad was in the Army — he was a West Pointer,” Frantz says by phone from his home. “My mother is from Kentucky and my grandfather and grandmother retired to Washington. My grandfather was born and raised there, and he went back and bought the house he grew up in and restored it. My mom donated it to some people who were starting a museum.”

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If you’re a music lover, you’ve probably had the chance to experience brainy lyrics and brawny music. But rarely at the same time. Troubling, right? It’s cool. The Tom Tom Club has your back. They’ll be bringing their genius for funky rhythms, kooky, thought-provoking words and the best party atmosphere this side of George Clinton, when they rock the Fairfield Theatre Company on Sept. 21 and 22.

According to drummer Chris Frantz, this gig and tour will also right a record-release wrong.

“We recorded a live album in October 2001, not long after the horrible events in September,” Frantz said recently. “We thought it would be a good way to do something positive and fun and might help counteract the sadness and confusion after 9/11.”

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Tom Tom Club의 새 라이브 앨범 “Genius of Live”가 미국에서 9월 출시 예정

CD1 “Live at the Clubhouse”

1. Genius of Love
2. She’s Dangerous
3. Wordy Rappinghood
4. Time to Bounce
5. Punk Lolita
6. The Man with the 4-Way Hips
7. As Above so Below
8. Suboceana
9. Who Feelin’ It
10. Happiness Can’t buy Money
11. Holy Water
12. Band Introduction

CD2 “The Genius Remixes”

1. Genius of Love (Money Mark Remix)
2. Genius of Love (Ozomatli Remix)
3. Genius of Love (Bitman Dub Remix)
4. Genius of Love (The Pinker Tones Remix)
5. Genius of Love (Kinky Remix)
6. Genius of Love (Monareta Remix)
7. Genius of Love (MIS Remix)
8. Genius of Love (Poncho Remix)
9. Genius of Love (Isa GT Natural Fun Remix)
10. Genius of Love (King Coya Remix)
11. Genius of Love (Senor Coconut Atomtom Remix)

그룹으로써의 Tom Tom Club 과 그들의 첫앨범은 Chris Frantz 와 Tina Weymouth 에 의해 1981년 시작되었다. 그 후 5년동안 네 장의 앨범을 냈다. 이러한 활동은 토킹헤즈의 활동과 병행되었다. 그들은 아이슬랜드 레코드사의 Chris Blackwell와 계약했다. 힙합 믹스 랩인 그들의 첫싱글인 “Wordy Rappinghood”(이 노래는 Chicks on Speed가 2003년 리메이크하기도 했다) 는 17개국에서 챠트에 올랐다. 그러나 그 다음 싱글 “The Genius of Love”는 좀더 놀라운 성공을 거두었는데 이 곡은 즉각 전세계 댄스 플로어를 달구었고 이제는 그들의 어엿한 대표곡이 되어 여러 리믹스와 리메이크를 만들어냈다. (예 : GrandMaster Flash & The Furious Five의 “It’s Nasty”) 이 곡으로 인해 그 들의 앨범은 1982년에 골드앨범이 되었다.

Tom Tom Club의 2번째 앨범 Close to the Bone은 1983년에 발매되었다. 이 앨범은 언더그라운드 히트곡 “The Man with the Four-Way Hips,” “Pleasure of Love,” 그리고 소울클래식 리메이크 “Under The Boardwalk.”를 포함하고 있다. 세번째 앨범 Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom은 1988년에 발매되었는데 이 앨범은 펑키 힙합이라기 보다는 미니멀리즘적인 락이었다.

그저 재미로 Tom Tom Club은 1990년 “Escape from New York” 공연을 위해 Debbie Harry(Blondie의 싱어), The Ramones, 그리고 Jerry Harrison 과 뭉쳤다.

1991년에 Chris 와 Tina는 그림과 음악 스튜디오인 “The Clubhouse”를 코네티컷의 콕 섬의 그들의 창고에 세웠다. 여기에서 그들은 그들의 네번째 앨범 DarkSneakLoveAction(1992)을 만들었다. 곡들은 락과 댄스의 실험적이고 자유로운 믹스로 채워졌고 대부분은 곡들이 펑키 싸운드로 회귀했다. 이 앨범에는 “Sunshine & Ecstasy”와 Hot Chocolate의 “You Sexy Thing.” 을 리메이크한 곡이 포함되어 있다. 1992년 투어에는 “Love Wave,” “Who Wants an Ugly Girl?” 와 “Irresistible Party Dip.”를 포함되어 있다.

By 1980, bassist Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz had found the wormhole connecting punk and funk.

Albums

* Tom Tom Club (1981)
1. Wordy Rappinghood
2. Genius Of Love
3. Tom Tom Theme
4. L’ Elephant
5. As Above, So Below
6. Lorelei
7. On, On, On, On…
8. Booming And Zooming
9. Under The Boardwalk
* Close to the Bone (1982)
1. Pleasure Of Love
2. On The Line Again
3. This Is A Foxy World
4. Bamboo Town
5. The Man With The 4-Way Hips
6. Measure Up
7. Never Took A Penny
8. Atsababy! (Life Is Great)
* Boom Boom Chi Boom Boom (1988)
[European Edition]
1. Suboceana
2. Shock The World
3. Don’t Say No
4. Challenge Of The Love Warriors
5. Femme Fatale
6. Born For Love
7. Broken Promises
8. She Belongs To Me
9. Little Eva
10. Mighty Teardrop
[U.S. Edition]
1. Call Of The Wild
2. Kiss Me When I Get Back
3. Wa Wa Dance
4. I Confess
5. Challenge Of The Love Warriors
6. Suboceana
7. Don’t Say No
8. Shock The World
9. Little Eva
10. Femme Fatale
* Dark Sneak Love Action (1992)
1. Love Wave
2. Sunshine And Ecstasy
3. You Sexy Thing
4. Who Wants An Ugly Girl?
5. Say I Am
6. Irresistible Party Dip
7. Dark Sneak Love Action
8. Innocent Sex Kiss
9. Dogs In The Trash
10. My Mama Told Me
11. As The Disco Ball Turns
12. Daddy Come Home
* The Good the Bad and the Funky (2000)
1. Time To Bounce
2. Who Feelin’ It
3. Happiness Can’t Buy Money
4. Holy Water
5. Soul Fire
6. She’s Dangerous
7. She’s A Freak
8. (C’mon) Surrender
9. Love To Love You Baby
10. Superdreaming
11. Lesbians By The Lake
12. Let There Be Love
13. Time To Bounce [Dubbed version]
14. Dangerous Dub
* Live @ The Clubhouse(2000)
* Tom Tom Club (Deluxe Edition) (2009)
* Downtown Rockers
1. Downtown Rockers
2. Won’t Give Up
3. You Make Me Rock And Roll
4. Kissin’ Antonio
5. Sweets To The Sweet

Links

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