Originally posted at Denver’s Westword on October 10, 2008:
Gangi is a two-piece band from Los Angeles. It played music that incorporated elements of tribal rhythms but had clearly moved on to the next stage of its creative development. The sound produced by the duo was surprisingly rich and lush, and with Matt Gangi’s near-falsetto vocals the band reminded me of Bob Dylan, Mercury Rev and later-era Flaming Lips. Layered samples of organic sounds and human voices provided texture, and the guitar drove the melodies in widening circles. Indian and African music samples rounded out Gangi’s sound in unexpected ways.