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Attention, piège. Malgré son nom, Gomina ne verse pas dans le rockabilly vintage. Ensemble depuis deux ans et devenus l’un des plus beaux fleurons d’une scène caennaise pléthorique (Jesus Christ Fashion Barbe, Gablé, Kim Novak etc…), les quatre amis portent un amour immodéré à une pop décomplexée et baroque, où la guitare n’a pas le droit de cité. Flanqués de synthés, soutenus par une batterie métronomique et une basse, ces garçons malaxent sans arrière-pensée influences sixties et accents post-rock, refrains lumineux et gimmicks expérimentaux. Autant d’ingrédients mélodiques que l’on retrouve sur scène et un premier album ensorcelant, judicieusement baptisé Into...

Garrett Schwarz was working as a business consultant for IBM when he'd finally had enough. He was no longer interested in corporate business, since the repetitive routine wasn't creative enough for this musician in the making. He had a hidden agenda and Balligomingo was it. Schwarz grew up in the Chicago suburb of Romeoville, later moving to Minneapolis during his senior year of high school. He was already fond of the electronic sounds of Jean Michel Jarre and Pink Floyd thanks to his father's interests. Still, music wasn't a tangible idea, let alone a sensible career move. He graduated from...

Dana Dragomir is a Romanian artist and is the first ever female professional Pan flute player in the world. A true master of the instrument that she’s playing at, Dana is known as a Queen of the flutter pan, especially in Sweden, where she is a bestselling instrumental artist. Normally, as a respected international star, she had recitals in front of King and Queen of Sweden on several occasions. Dana has 12 years of solid musical education by studying classical music. At 19 years old, she had concerts in Kuwait and Lebanon, then in USA. After 5 years in Las...

DJ Gomi is originally from Tokyo, Japan. He was a student of famed record producer Quincy Jones at Berklee College of Music, Gomis dance version of Mariah Careys "Heartbreaker", of which she cut vocals to, appears on the 12-inch record of the hit song. He has produced and/or remixed for artists including Madonna, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Cher and Cindy Lauper. He has also engineered for house legends Hex Hector, George Morel, and most notably, Junior Vasquez. The electronics company Pioneer worked with DJ Gomi to develop a CD turntable CDJ, which a DJ can use to make...