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	With the Nervous Return’s Tony Crouse making Mad Planet a trio, the guitars are turned up to 11, fashioning an arena-ready sonic haze for Gillespie’s sultry vocals to cut through. Read more here.
	Dressed in all white as the yin to the black-clad guys’ yang, bassist/vocalist Cooper Gillespie guided the crowd through the maze of sound they were creating. Her seductive alto rivals that of Bat For Lashes and floats gently on top of the simultaneously dark and twinkling synth and bass lines and rhythms provided by drummer Greg Gordon. Besides a set full of their original work, they played a haunting cover of Placebo’s “Black-Eyed.” It was an awesome way to kick off the day. Read more here.
	In 2010, the duo released its debut LP, All Elephants. The album is characterized by a plethora of confident grooves, big bass, vocal samples, scratching and Gillespie’s alternately declarative and breathy vocals, which add a significant amount of atmosphere to the proceedings. “Sunset Boulevard” is the sound of dubby rock run through the Orb’s classic “Little Fluffy Clouds,” with Gloria Swanson quotes coloring the background. Oh, then the entire song escalates into a thunderous climax. It’s all quite adventurous and pretty catchy too. Read more here.
	Not since the days of The Cranberries has a band been able to take us on an ethereal journey. But those whimsical melodies and eerie vocals are back with the sounds of Mad Planet. Read more here.
	There is a certain planetarium, star gazing, essence to EP Gliese 581g, as if a visit to Los Angeles’ own Griffith Observatory was part of the inspiration, relaxing, meditating, watching the heavens rotate above Mount Hollywood. Read more here.
	Mad Planet is just an all around cool and unique band. Read more: http://www.shockya.com/news/2011/02/23/just-chilling-with-the-charming-aliens-of-mad-planet/#ixzz1FUe9TWOE
	Mad Planet was Filter Magazine's Undiscovered Artist in February of 2011. Read the full interview here.
	"I Want You" appears on Los Angeles band Mad Planet's Gliese 581G EP. The duo are comprised of singer/bassist Cooper Gillespie and drummer/keyboardist/guitarist Greg Gordon. They've got a mid-'80s synth-pop vibe to them, and Gillespie sounds a bit like Portishead's Beth Gibbons if she wanted to sound like, say, The Cure instead of being all super sinister and creepy.
	If you mix strong bass chords with off-kilter jazz beats, shimmering keyboards, and powerful vocals, you will get Mad Planet. Add Cooper Gillespe's style, reminiscant of Joan Jett, and Greg Gordan's afro and you've got a sensational duet with contagious chemistry. They just released their EP "Gliese 581g" today, and will be playing at The Viper Room on March 9th.You can also catch them at SXSW. -Thedelimagazine.com , Jenna Putnam
	Mad Planet was BMI's "Indie Spotlight" artist in Nov 2010.
	Watch my stopwatch, people. Right now you’re melting into a river of calm hypnosis while waves of round bass and currents of soothing female vocals sweep you away in a magical whirlpool of color and sound. Now the whole thing explodes as a single crash cymbal blows up somewhere nearby, and you’re suddenly drifting at a much faster pace. Your heart’s probably pounding for a second, but then you realize there’s nothing to fear in this new world of Portishead-esque trip-hop, and you begin to enjoy the rapid-fire fills and spills of the entire experience. There’s a scratch in your ears that you didn’t even notice, but you go with it for lack of control; you’re entranced, under the spell of Cooper Gillespie’s breathy voice as it swells up from beneath like an undercurrent to slow your pulse. But before the calm can become too deeply ingrained, a rich downtempo hip-hop session led by Greg Gordon begins somewhere very close by, and the ride sets off again faster than ever. Beats, raps, keyboards and thick, hearty bass lines hook you in (no, that’s not a bass fishing pun), and then you’re dancing atop a gigantic, groovy wave of diamonds and lights. Then, out of nowhere, a break. A sudden halt and the sea of sound flatlines, jolting you back to reality as you realize how ridiculously tripped out the last four minutes of your life have been. Holy shit, man, you’re not on a ride at all. You’re listening to Mad Planet, and it fucking rules. — Andy Valentine, The Best Kind of Planet -Eugene Weekly
	It's interesting that two seasoned punk rockers, Greg Gordon and Cooper Gillespie, would meet, fall in love and form a Portishead inspired trip-hop, ambient band. What's also interesting about Mad Planet is that it would also serve as a therapy for Gillespie for her to write about her recent divorce and other pains in her life. "I was in a deep, dark place when I started writing this album," she said, referring to their debut LP, All Elephants, which was released just this year. Sometimes a new love and a new artistic expression is the perfect medicine to heal wounds. And it makes for multi-layered, emotionally complex music that resonates with you long after putting the album away. - Aaron Cartier, SanFrancisco.com
	"Their first album is definitely a bit eerie, with its soothing, yet haunting vocals, slightly dark melodies, minimalistic drums, and sporadic loops." -Read the Full Consequence of Sound Interview with Mad Planet here
	Cooper Gillespie on bass and vocals and Afro-headed drummer, Greg Gordon—combine ambient, trip-hop and electronica to create a being that breathes similar breaths of Portishead one minute and RJD2 the next. -Monterey County Weekly
	Read the full AFGMustRock.com Interview with Mad Planet here
	There's a great ambiance to this track as hip-hop influenced breaks form a musical backing that's both sinister and atmospheric. Gillespie's haunting vocals create the icing on the cake. -LargeWeekend.com
	...The trippity - hoppity duo of MAD PLANET found their groove as a musical partnership and have settled upon the most hauntingly primal electroinc bop this side of THE SNEAKER PIMPS or PORTISHEAD.... -Listen to the full RockWired podcast profile of Mad Planet here.
	Mad Planet was Deli Magazine's LA Band of the Month in June 2010.
	LA's next dynamic duo -Deli Magazine
	All Elephants dives deeply into the genres of trip-hop, alternative rock, and jazz.. -Deli Magazine
	They puke chemistry. -ThePalmsWeekend.com
	Now they’re exploring jazz- and soul-flavored electro, and their sultry stylings have more in common with Portishead than anything punk or pop. -Buzzbands.la
	I've just discovered - and maybe fallen in love with - Mad Planet, a trip hop duo from Los Angeles made up of frontwoman/bassist Cooper Gillespie and drummer Greg Gordon. I love any kind of music that helps me kick back and relax. I've tuned into stuff like Zero 7 in the past as a way to just switch off my brain. So, when I got a look at the group's Love Addicts video, I had to share it here on the blog: great beats, thundering bass and a haunting vocal from Gillespie...not forgetting the all-pervasive scratching, which dates the music a little bit, but still adds to the track. -Unrealityshout.com
	They say it’s ambient, hip-hop, blah, blah, blah, but they name check Fugazi and X in the press and they’re the sexy people pictured above too, so give it a spin. -Atlalist.com
	"Love Addicts" was featured as one of Indierockcafe.com's best songs they received In Dee Mail.
Triphop-blog.com	I just got their track, “Love Addicts”...and completely fell in love with the space-cadet vocals, and the hella electronic, synthesized beats- that are trademarks of old school ’90’s Trip-Hop. -Triphop-blog.com
Les Enfants Terribles	For those who prefer some vocals with their electronica, may i introduce Mad Planet. While the comparisons to Portishead are somewhat obvious, i'm thinking about calling the L.A. duo "emo-hop." Firstly, because i love to name genres. Secondly, i was reading the latest vampire comedy by Christopher Moore while i was listening to the band, so the whole goth/emo thing was kind of on my brain already. Extra mad props to MC Greg Gordon for having the best Michael Jackson circa "Off the Wall" afro i've seen in a long, long time. Back to their music-it's a nice blend of ambient electronica, hip hop and haunting vocals. Which is nice. -Les Enfants Terribles
	Look out Portishead, because LA based trip hop duo Mad Planet is hot on your heels with some fresh new ambient electronica and we're getting excited. -Metromix
	I look forward to the day, when Mad Planet is playing somewhere like Coachella, so that I can say that I saw them on a Tuesday night at The Silver Lake Lounge. Ill be able say that I was one of the first Mad Planet fans before the world discovered them. In other words, Ill be cool once again. -AFGMustRock
	Los Angeles homegrown trip hop group Mad Planet fuses electronica, rock and ambient tunes for a nice dose of what can only be coined as "eclectic," -LA.com
	I left all my troubles in the cold while I enjoyed a warm, bouncy bar and the glowing trip hop beats of Mad Planet. -Loudvine.com