Journal Thursday, May 24, 2012

Video: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Luminescent Orchestrii Perform "Short Dress Gal" with Beatboxer Adam Matta

Nonesuch released its second record from the Carolina Chocolate Drops—a four-song EP—earlier this week. The new EP is a collaboration with the New York City–based Romanian gypsy punk band Luminescent Orchestrii, along with human beatboxer Adam Matta. The self-titled EP is available now on vinyl and CD in the Nonesuch Store.

All of the performers from the EP got together late last year to perform at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. The performance was captured on video by filmmaker Thomas Ciaburri. Paste magazine premiered the performance video of the EP's opening track, "Short Dress Gal," earlier today.

You can watch that video below via the Nonesuch Records YouTube channel and at nonesuch.com/media:



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There's also a short documentary about the making of the EP from filmmaker Kerthy Fix, the co-director of Strange Powers, the recent documentary on Stephen Merritt and The Magnetic Fields. You can watch the piece here:




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The Chocolate Drops’ begin their 2011 tour next week on Lincoln Center’s prestigious American Songbook series and 20 additional shows into April. Matta and multi-instrumentalist Hubby Jenkins join the band on the road. For more information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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