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      Gong Gong Gong Touches Down in Montreal

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      Gong Gong Gong Touches Down in Montreal
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      The Main is reader-supported. Subscriptions are what keep us independent. Five dollars a month — the restaurants, the guides, the weekly bulletin, and what to do each weekend. Support us today.

      Ahead of their upcoming live set at La Sala Rossa, we had a chance to catch up with Gong Gong Gong (工工工) – an unlikely pair of musicians featuring Montreal-born bassist Joshua Frank and Hong Kong guitarist and vocalist Tom Ng.

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      Tapping into a wavelength uniting musical cultures and drawing on inspirations ranging from Bo Diddley to Cantonese opera and West African desert blues, Ng’s guitar has a noticeable type of locomotive chug and banjo twang, while Frank’s thumping bass harmonics provides an aura of ghostly snare hits and timpani overtones.

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