| In August 2012, Swedish collective Goat released their debut album, World Music (LAUNCH 048CD/LP). The record went on to become one of the most talked-about albums of the year, topping many "Best of 2012" lists and the following year, the band took the album on the road. Footage, audio, and photos of their sold-out U.S. shows streamed across the Internet and revealed a band at the top of their powers. They had taken the magic of World Music, extended it, psyched it out, and explored its groove, further representing it in a mesmerizing live performance. Rocket Recordings realized that they needed to capture and document this much-hyped set for all the world to experience. On July 27, 2013 they appeared at Camden's Electric Ballroom in London to celebrate the recent launch of their single "Stonegoat." The show was incendiary; the 1,100-plus crowd either danced furiously to the band's psyched grooves or stood there, mouths open, gazing in awe at the spectacle they couldn't believe they were witnessing. "If you've never seen Goat live you need to rectify that immediately. One of the most electrifying performance acts to come up over the last couple of years, the Swedish group create a ferocious and wild rave with all sorts of strange costumes and masks and whirling colors against experimental funk and Afrobeat. It's pretty mindblowing." --NME |
