Thursday, August 7, 2008

Ting Tings


Apparently the Ting Tings are a two piece. They've got that oddly British thing going where they just snag bits of other songs and sounds and weave them together into something new. Is that a sampled guitar part? He is playing the drums, right? I'm pretty sure I've heard the song linked below before in some dj mix but I know for sure that I heard them on an excellent live set from NPR.

De Martino and White were the only two musicians on stage, but there was no need for backup. Their sound was incredibly full and layered, due in no small part to De Martino's remarkable juggling skills, playing both the guitar and drums at the same time, while singing. But White was equally impressive, orchestrating a knot of effects boxes to loop her vocals while she hopped back and forth between keyboards and her own guitar.

They don't allow embedding their videos so go to YouTube and watch this one.