BLACK GOLD: VIDEO FOR “PLANS & REVERIES” WINS mtvU’S “THE FRESHMEN” AND ADDED TO NETWORK

BLACK GOLD
VIDEO FOR “PLANS & REVERIES” WINS mtvU’S “THE FRESHMEN”
AND ADDED TO NETWORK

REMIXES OF “PLANS & REVERIES” AND “DETROIT”
BY TOMMIE SUNSHINE, TEENAGERS, ARTHUR BAKER AND MORE
AVAILABLE DIGITALLY MAY 5

CONFIRMED TO APPEAR AT ALL POINTS WEST
ON AUGUST 1 AT LIBERTY STATE PARK IN NEW JERSEY

BLACK GOLD’s video for their current single “Plans & Reveries”–from their debut album RUSH–recently won mtvU’s weekly online competition “The Freshmen,” where five videos from new artists are nominated for rotation on the channel and fans get to pick the winner online. Shot in Los Angeles, the video for the keenly constructed, keys-driven track “…about the moment when you come to and realize what you had and what you’ve lost (per lead singer Eric Ronick),” has been added into rotation on mtvU this week. Directed by Steven Drypolcher from Ghost Town Media, the video can be viewed at: http://www.mtvu.com/video/?vid=357762.  

In the February 2009 issue of SPIN, Jessica Suarez wrote in her review of RUSH “…nearly every song is a potential single begging for an extended disco edit.” BLACK GOLD teamed with a variety of remixers and producers including Tommie Sunshine, Arthur Baker, Mad Decent, Teenagers and more who did just that, creating several remixes of “Plans & Reveries” and the infectious analog synth strut of former iTunes Single of the Week “Detroit.” Available everywhere digitally on May 5, remixes include:

“Plans & Reveries” Remixes:
1.       Tommie Sunshine’s Brooklyn Fire (Re-Touch)
2.       Teenagers Remix
3.       Ralf Gum Remix
4.       Rocker & Baldie Supreme Love Remix
5.       Liu Ortiz and Dwayne Shippy The Love Remix

“Detroit” Remixes:
1.       Shark Attack-Beach Party Remix
2.       Mad Decent (DJA) Remix
3.       Arthur Baker Main Remix
4.       Mad Decent (Bobby Evans LSD Test) Remix

BLACK GOLD–the New York-based duo of multi-instrumentalists Ronick and Than Luu–has also been announced as part of the Saturday, August 1 line-up at the All Points West Music & Arts Festival at Liberty State Park in New Jersey. Look for additional U.S. tour dates from BLACK GOLD this summer as well as European shows. For up-to-the-minute info on the band, visit: www.blackgoldmusic.com or www.myspace.com/blackgold.

 

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