Posted on 06/12/2008
http://www.stereosubversion.com/album-reviews/06-05-2008/chin-chin/
by Cole Entress

Chin Chin

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://getweird.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/toot-damore/

Brooklyn based Chin Chin are the first non-hip hop signings to Def Jux and it seems that the guy on the right might have access to a time machine, that’s taking retro to a whole new level. Label boss EL-P has described them as ‘like the worlds greatest wedding band on acid’ and their self titled album is full of wigged out horny psychedelic jazz disco. Here’s a remix by DJ Eli Escobar that popped up recently on the internets.

mp3: chin chin - toot d’amore (dj eli remix).

28 May 2008

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://www.rhadish.com/

Album Review Playlist: Volume 6

Our Album Review Playlist series takes a random group of new or reissued albums, pulls a single track from each into a playlist, and includes a mini-review for each album. Anything is game, and you’ll never know what’s coming next. This edition features 17 new albums or reissues for you to check out. Listen in full with Rhapsody or Yahoo Music Jukebox.

From the album Chin Chin
Last.fm page / Search for lyrics

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://www.4080records.com/?p=354

Analog Giant pointed me towards a group called Chin Chin!, the newest group from Definitive Jux. This label has brought you some of the best hip hop in the last few years, artists like Aesop Rock, Murs, RJD2, Mr. Lif and many, many more. Apparently even Del the Funky Homosapien has joined their ranks.

And yet Chin Chin is very, very far from hip hop. They describe their music as a combination of funk and disco house.

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://saraknee.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/chin-chin-shows-their-mastery-of-fusion/
by Sarata Says...

This Is Modern jazz and funk in a fuzz-tastic way. i haven’t heard anything like this groovy since the 70’s (and I didn’t exist then). Even after drawing heavy influences from the older time period, the band does not sound retro but more pop. when people speak of fushion, they should be citing Chin Chin as their exhibit A.

Their cultural and genre mixture is rich in sound and really full of flavor. Chin Chin has an influence from everywhere and every-when. “Miami” takes some Latin horns with a 70’s R&B sound. Rating: B-

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://scrink.com/blog/music/2008/04/everybody-get-down.html

Thursday, April 24, 2008
Everybody get down tonight

Platform shoes, big hair and mini skirts man, this music makes you want to jump up and start dancing disco style. John Travolta could only dream of such tracks back when the Bee Gees held the number one funk spot on the charts.

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://obscuresound.com/?p=1894

One of my favorite YouTube clips is of legendary funk bassist Bootsy Collins laying down a slick live bass solo in 1978 with Parliament-Funkadelic, treating an audience in Maryland to the glorious sight of his nearly unmatched skills as a funk bassist, his trademark space bass, and a form of emotional involvement that very few modern musicians are able to express on both an audible and visual level.

Posted on 06/05/2008
http://laist.com/2008/06/02/laist_interview_147.php

JUNE 2, 2008

LAist Interview: Torbitt Schwartz of Chin Chin

Chin Chin, Brooklyn based funk band are touring the West Coast | Photos provided by the band

In marches Chin Chin, changing the dynamic of Def Jux records with this its first non-hiphop release. They are touring the west coast in late May/ June, and come through LA on Friday, June 6th @ Mint, and in Fullerton on Saturday, June 7th @ The Continental Room.

Posted on 06/03/2008
http://www.okayplayer.com/content/view/5675/86/
by Justin Deremo

On their Definitive Jux debut, the trio of New York musicians known as Chin Chin is quite distant from the post-apocalyptic soundscape often associated with that label’s flagship releases. Though they invite comparisons to others in the current dance-music-friendly rock landscape, there is an authenticity and virtuosity to Chin Chin’s 1970s funkiness that separates them from much of that world. Their instrumentation and arrangements do plenty to compensate for vocal weaknesses, and something of their raved-about live energy is indeed

Posted on 05/13/2008