Black Gold - Two Multi-Instrumentalists Make Music Together

Welcome back to Simple Man Music. I hope you had a wonderful weekend, celebrating the 4th of July. I know that I had a wonderful time with family and friends.

In the past we have mentioned that we plan on introducing to you some Indie bands, and today I want to introduce to you a young indie group - Black Gold.

This group is quite young, hailing from Brooklyn, and although they have only been together for a couple years, they have already been touring and plan to tour even more in the future. Their debut album, Rush, came out this past February, and those who have heard it have described the music as charming and warming.

Black Gold is made up of Eric Ronic and Than Luu. Both have worked with a variety of bands in the past and are multi instrumentalists. Their meeting occurred first on the Craig Kilborn Show, where they hit it off and decided to get together to play some music. The combination seemed to be "made in heaven" and the two found that they quickly meshed sounds together that were incredible.

One of the reasons Black Gold has quickly become popular is because of how they draw on so many styles and eras of music to develop a sound all their own. Together they bring so much to the musical mix, and working together they come up with incredible music.

Both Eric and Than had been performing for years as professionals. They have worked and performed on stage with groups such as Panic! At the Disco, Ambulance LTD, M. Ward, and Rachael Yamagata. In fact, in some of their songs, leading vocalist for Panic! At the Disco performs backup vocals for them. During breaks from the other commitments that they have, they get together, and it has been during those times that they write their music and record together.

These two musicians are incredibly busy, but their chemistry has made it easy for them to write and record together. Most of their songs take little time for them to write, with some only taking a couple hours. This is definitely the sign of a great duo.

They both feel that no styles and genres are off limits when they write and record music. In fact, they love to bring together various sounds from artists and musical periods, then making into something all their own.

This year Black Gold is getting out there and doing more touring. They have already done some touring, opening for Panic! At the Disco in the past, and now they will be hitting the road themselves. It is a true testament to their success.

Personally, the first time I ever heard these guys, I was mesmerized. Their music is incredible and definitely catchy. Below I've posted a couple music videos by them. I hope you will enjoy them and let us know what you think. I definitely believe that they are two to be reckoned with when it comes to Indie music today.