Get Back Guinozzi - Carpet Madness

• Get Back Guinozzi is a five-piece band based between London and the South of France, is
driven by two French friends, Eglantine Gouzy and Fred Landini making infectiously poppy,
quirky and breezy, with a strong French slant and infused with the exoticism of reggae, dub,
African music, Tropicalia, and Cambodian music from the '60s.
• The roots of Get Back Guinozzi lay in Fred composing fifteen brief tracks for a contemporary
dance company, using a minimal set up of guitar, rhythm box, and only one keyboard sound.
Taking in the likes of Talking Heads, The Feelies, The Smiths, early B-52’s, King Sunny
Adé, Lee Perry, Rip Rig & Panic, Ariel Pink, The Slits, The Cure, Animal Collective,
Jonathan Richman and Serge Gainsbourg as influence, the breadth of sources it draws on,
allied to its singer’s skewed narratives and heavily-inflected English, give the project a
distinctive individuality.
• The band have been booked to play at the Midi Festival, on the French Riviera, appearing
alongside Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Arto Lindsay and Jeffrey Lewis & The
Junkyard.
• ‘Carpet Madness’ features a brilliantly punchy, bubbly version of the classic, much-covered
‘Police & Thieves’, and the first single ‘Low Files Tropical’ will be accompanied by a promo
video, shot by French film-maker Jean Luc Charles.
• “Sweet-voiced tropical weird-pop…this dreamy, sparkly lovers rock reggae-tinged cutie is aural
piña colada” – NME, "Utterly charming, naïve skank-pop, ‘Low Files Tropical’ is a swaying palm
tree of a single. But on the proviso that the palm tree is to be found in a Parisian boîte, where a
cute sixth form girl-choir with rad hairslides have taken to the stage. It’s all amiably DIY, perkily
recorded, and has a glorious Clash cover on the b-side. Lovely, lovely stuff.” – Drowned In
Sound, "Young Marble Giants gone reggae in a zouk stylee, but adds Valentines-like looping
and a kazoo. Cheeky and chic.” – Time Out (London), “Get Back Guinozzi!, in a word,
'wow'!... my little ray of sunshine that makes everything feel that little bit better.” – Peenko
Blog.

Where Are You * Personal Lodger * Low Files Tropical *
Go Back To School * Carpet Madness *
I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone * L.A. * Police And Thieves *
Baby Baby * Jungely * Sick * King’s SongBlog.

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