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Are you fed up with Fake News? Listen to this song!

We’re Gandekko. A new TOTALLY independent band, that makes "DIY Rock" music fit for the 21st century.

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Band: Gandekko
Genre: DIY Rock
Release: Useless Facts
Date: 30 October 2020

======================== Useless Facts ========================	

Are feelings more important than facts? Does the truth even matter anymore? We live in a world where it’s easier to spread disinformation, than information. And spreading lies is more powerful too. 

Useless Facts is a song about how the truth doesn’t matter anymore.

The song is accompanied by two videos.

Watch Gandekko’s Stop Hate. Stop Lies. music video here: https://youtu.be/5MNrNua89rs

Watch Gandekko’s $0 self-made Drumpf stop-motion video here: https://youtu.be/yabp7ACv0Ac

Listen to Useless Facts here: https://soundcloud.com/gandekko/useless-facts


======================== About the "Stop Hate. Stop Lies." Video ========================	

The world is in a dangerous place. The doomsday clock is 100s from midnight — closer than it has ever been. There is the threat of nuclear war, the existential threat of climate change, and on top of ALL of this, there is a global pandemic that has brought the world to its knees. But at the centre of all of this is something even more dangerous: Lies. Our politicians lie to us every day. They weaponise lies to divide us. By sowing hate, they further their own agendas. Stop Hate. Stop Lies.

======================== About the Stop Motion Video ========================	

We made the video at the peak of lockdown. The stop-motion video was entirely made by us, all 2000 frames. We didn’t have a big budget, so used things lying around the house. Drumpf’s hair, for instance, is from a Weetabix box because we didn’t have a yellow felt-tip.

======================== Press Pack ========================	

Download The press pack from Gandekko’s Website: https://www.gandekko.com/press/

======================== The Band ========================	

Gandekko is a new TOTALLY independent band, that makes "DIY Rock" music fit for the 21st century. The band consists of three brothers: lead vocalist and keyboardist Alastair; guitarist and vocalist Kelvin; and drummer Gavin. They are based in Milton Keynes. If rock music is going to survive in the streaming era, it has to be able to compete with hip-hop, electronic dance music, and pop. At the moment, these genres are blowing rock music out of the water. The biggest reason is the way they make music; it’s quick, fast, and fresh. They don’t use expensive producers, in expensive studios, with expensive gear; but most importantly, they do things themselves.

The old way of making rock music — getting a demo ready, tracking the parts together in an expensive studio, getting a producer to add their sound to your track, having the track mixed by a big shot mixing engineer — just doesn’t work anymore. It’s old-fashioned, too slow, too expensive, and people don’t want to wait a whole year for new music.

Gandekko makes all of their "DIY Rock (Do It Yourself Rock)" music from a bedroom, in the three-bedroom house they rent together. They have complete control over their sound; creating, recording, producing and mixing all their music themselves. They are currently in the process of finishing a self-produced DIY Rock album, which was made using tools readily available to musicians around the world.

Even though the brothers are British, they grew up in The Hague, The Netherlands. A lot of their music revolves around their grievances with the current system. In many ways it’s the best time to be alive, in other ways, it's not — the housing market is rigged, Brexit is sh#t, and politics prioritises billionaires over ordinary people.

When the dust settles on the COVID-19 pandemic, they look forward to performing their new songs live.


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Download press images from Gandekko’s website: https://www.gandekko.com/press/

Website: https://www.gandekko.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9L8fmvcfm3kEzOXXHa4UDA/