About the Collection:
Soundscreen Design has curated an exclusive line of t-shirts, hoodies and tote bags featuring original designs from 3 studios for 9 prominent indie-rock artists. Brian Roettinger / Hand Held Heart’s exclusive design for Gang Gang Dance is featured on premium, custom fit, 100% organic cotton garments. This limited edition seasonal collection takes a fresh approach to traditional band merchandise in terms of both quality and design.

About the Designer:
Based in Los Angeles, Roettinger has done packaging and apparel bands such as No Age & Liars, he was recently nominated for the 2009 Grammy for Best Record Packaging as well as being named Rolling Stone Magazines’ “Best Album Cover Designer in 2008”. H3 is a design studio as well as record label, the label releasing artfully packaged records for Pretty Girls Make Graves, Blood Brothers, Chromatics, Orchid and John Wiese. Brian teaches design at CalArts, while serving as design director for SCI-Arc & LA’s Honor Fraser Gallery. Brian has designed monographs for Rosson Crow, Jason Rhoades, & Mark Licari, while currently working on the Hammer Projects 10 year retrospective catalogue for UCLA’s Hammer Museum, as well as monographs for artists Tomoo Gokita (Tokyo) and Kaws (New York). An exhibition of his work was recently displayed at LA’s Hope Gallery and Space 15 Twenty.

About the Band:
Hailing from NYC, Gang Gang Dance have garnered acclaim from all corners of the independent music and art communities. Brian Degraw, Liz Bougatsos, Josh Diamond and Tim Dewitt comprise the experimental “rock” band most known for their re-imagining of influences ranging from minimalist electronics to traditional eastern music. They have shared bills with bands as diverse as Battles, Animal Collective and TV on the Radio. Currently signed with Warp Records, their most recent album, Saint Dymphna, was released in October 2008 on The Social Registry.