Toronto based electro-pop outfit Fritz Helder & The Phantoms are celebrating the release of their debut album, Greatest Hits: Platinum Edition, with a hotly-anticipated performance at Cinespace on Tuesday, July 7th. This special event is being hosted by Nelly Furtado, who is releasing the band’s debut on her newly formed indie record label Nelstar Music.
Fritz Helder & The Phantoms break convention effortlessly and often by blending together funk, disco, pop and hip-hop on their debut album as well as mixing energetic choreography and envelope-pushing costume work into their live performances. FILTER Magazine stated that, “Canadian indie collective, Fritz Helder & The Phantoms, are as provocative to the eye as [they are] behind the microphone.”
Songs off their debut album, Greatest Hits incorporate their avant-garde style with titles such as “Lagerfeld Lady,” which pays tribute to fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, the vaudevillian “Sex Robot” and the tongue-in-cheek ode to Anna Wintour, “You Ain’t Vogue.” The June/July 2009 issue of OUT Magazine stated, “The Phantoms have evolved into an electro-funk outfit channeling 1980’s era Prince [and] are pros at extracting glamour from DIY ingenuity.”
Check out their electrifying “Platinum Live” performance at Toronto’s Red Bull Gallery last month.
Event details:
What: Fritz Helder & the Phantoms debut album release party
When: Tuesday, July 7th 2009
Where: Cinespace (6356 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028)
