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Malka Spigel
Malka Spigel fell into the music and art world as a Tel-Aviv exile in early 1980s Amsterdam. Minimal Compact, which she co-founded with Berry Sakharof and Samy Birnbach, and in which she played bass and contributed occasional vocals, pioneered a minimal post-punk/ punk-funk sound that over seven years attracted a large, enthusiastic audience in continental Europe and beyond...
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Robin Rimbaud
British artist Robin Rimbaud, also known as Scanner, traverses the experimental terrain between sound, space, image and form, creating absorbing, multi-layered sound pieces that twist technology in unconventional ways. Curiously, having played guitar since he was a teenager, Githead is his first opportunity to voice this unrecognised talent in the public sphere, eschewing electronics for six strings and an amp...
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Colin Newman
Colin Newman is probably most widely known as the frontman/tunesmith of the art/rock band Wire, who through three incarnations in the 1970s, 1980s and 2000s have trashed as many genres as they have created, ranging from the austere future punk of their 1977 debut Pink Flag to the heavy-metal-dancefloor of their most recent opus Send (2003), passing through many colours of twisted pop, avant psychedelia and techno throb along the way...
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Max Franken
Minimal Compact (like Githead) started life as a trio without a drummer but also (like Githead) needed a live drummer for the ever-increasing number of gigs they were being asked to play. Max Franken, introduced to the band by Mecano's legendary Dick Polak, promised to fill the drum stool 'until they could find a proper drummer'!
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Band pics by Malka Spigel/ Maya Newman
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Member Since: 9/10/2005
Band Website: githead.com
Band Members: Malka Spigel bass, vocals
Robin Rimbaud guitar, vocals
Colin Newman vocals, guitar
Max Franken drums

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Sounds Like: EURO DATES - JUNE 2007

Record Label: swim~
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Githead download @posteverything.com

Githead's two albums and one EP are now available in digital format at posteverything.com. All files are high bitrate DRM free MP3  but unfortunately we have yet to discover the correct digital f...
Posted by GITHEAD on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:42:00 PST

Art Pop can now be streamed through Last FM

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Posted by GITHEAD on Fri, 11 May 2007 01:54:00 PST

ART POP NOW AVAILABLE FROM POSTEVERYTHING - SPECIAL DEAL

Art Pop, our new album, is here and now available via posteverything and in conjunction there is a combination special offer on the newly minted ART GIT- t-shirts.-----------The album has been rece...
Posted by GITHEAD on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 02:44:00 PST

TODAY: COLIN NEWMAN & MALKA SPIGEL radio show

swim~ and Githead's Colin Newman and Malka Spigel continue with their monthly radio broadcasts on Tel Aviv student radio network Campus Radio (106 FM & via the internet) in a show on Tuesday 17 April ...
Posted by GITHEAD on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:54:00 PST

First Interview about "Art Pop" - Part 2

March 18, 2007: First Interview about "Art Pop" - Part 2Part two of the interview with Colin & Malka by London based blogger & podcaster The Cartoonist has now been posted. You can find it here. Thos...
Posted by GITHEAD on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 06:59:00 PST

First Interview about "Art Pop"

March 10, 2007: First Interview about "Art Pop"London based blogger & podcaster The Cartoonist has conducted an interview with Malka & Colin vaguely themed around Githead & the new album ART POP in hi...
Posted by GITHEAD on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PST

New Tasters from Art Pop

January 22, 2007: New on Githead RadioThere's a new song in the player! Space Life a slice of hypnotic funkiness voiced by the delightful Ms Spigel :) Wallpaper's been supplanted but can be found at ...
Posted by GITHEAD on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:08:00 PST

GITHEAD MAILING LIST

A few comments, mesages etc. made us thhink that some of you might benefit from signing up for the somewhat haphazardly published but nonetheless often informative Githead Newsletter. It's very easy ...
Posted by GITHEAD on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:52:00 PST

Pay attentention - Githead in the house!!

GITHEAD are currently inhabiting this myspace - with a purpose...The 2nd album is FINISHED (recorded & mixed) and prior to it's release next year we want to tease you all with some tasters which you m...
Posted by GITHEAD on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:28:00 PST

Message from Robin Rimbaud re: The Second album and a US tour

New album is coming along fantastically, very funky, very strong songs, a more acoustic edge than previously too, with some Neil Young meets DFA parts too. Can't wait for it to hit the streets so we c...
Posted by GITHEAD on Tue, 09 May 2006 07:02:00 PST