Gangi

Gangi began as the solo project of Brooklyn musician Matt Gangi in 2007, working on textural pop songs equally influenced by psyched-out electronica and burly freak folk. Living in a dilapidated apartment, Gangi recorded his 2008 debut album, A, at home on his laptop, occasionally getting input from friend and neighbor Lyle Nesse. The pair relocated to Los Angeles to escape the cramped spaces and harsh winters of the East Coast, but Nesse eventually had to take a teaching job back east, and Gangi replaced him with similarly minded drummer/knob-turner Eric Chramosta. Following a series of one-off Internet-debuted tracks, the duo returned with second album Gesture Is in October of 2012. ~ Fred Thomas