# GIRAFFE Release Debut ‘The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums’ - Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/giraffe-release-debut-the-towering-inferno-with-bongo-drums/ - Published: 2026-08-26T08:00:00-05:00 - Author: Eugene Tierney | | | | | |  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏  ͏ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ ­ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | [⌊Org Music⌉](https://www.nyrdcast.com/tag/org-music/) | | | | | | | | | ## GIRAFFE RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM _THE TOWERING INFERNO WITH BONGO DRUMS_ #### **The improvisational quartet featuring Dave Harrington, Robert Walter, Spencer Zahn and Kosta Galanopoulos releases its debut album via ORG Music and Aquarium Drunkard** | | | | | | | | | |   [Listen/Order the LP Here](https://zjwgpy.clicks.mlsend.com/ty/cl/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjEwOTI4NjUsXCJsXCI6MTk2NDMzMTg2NTU2NzQxNTkyLFwiclwiOjE5NjQzMzE5OTAxMzgyNDA2NH0iLCJzIjoiODZjMGQ4YjQwY2I1YWM1OSJ9)   | | | | | | | | | | | ⌊Giraffe⌉ | | | | | | | | | _Photo: Clifford Usher_ | | | | | | | | **LOS ANGELES, CA** — **Giraffe**, the adventurous new quartet featuring **Dave Harrington (Darkside), Robert Walter (The Greyboy Allstars), Spencer Zahn** and **Kosta Galanopoulos (Rio Kosta),** has released its debut album, _**The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums**_, available now via **ORG Music** and **Aquarium Drunkard**. Recorded in a single day, the 12-track album captures four accomplished musicians listening, reacting and creating together in real time. Giraffe moves fluidly between cosmic psychedelia, groove-driven improvisation, ambient textures and jazz-informed interplay, allowing ideas to emerge naturally while maintaining an uncommon sense of cohesion. Among the album’s highlights is **“Room of Forgotten Names,”** a cinematic and immersive track that drifts through shimmering textures, patient improvisation and deep-pocket grooves. It follows the group’s debut single, **“Catastrophe Music,”** which first introduced Giraffe’s hypnotic rhythmic interplay and instinctive musical chemistry. The group’s origins trace back to an improvised performance at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles. With no established material or predetermined direction, the four musicians followed a shared appetite for exploration. A second performance confirmed that the chemistry was undeniable, leading the quartet into 64 Sound to record _The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums_. Rather than constructing songs piece by piece, Giraffe embraces spontaneity and the thrill of collective discovery. Across the album, Harrington’s guitar, 12-string guitar, electric sitar, sampler and electronics intertwine with Walter’s electric piano, organ, Clavinet and synthesizers. Zahn’s fretless bass and Galanopoulos’ dynamic drumming and percussion provide an elastic rhythmic foundation that continually shifts between meditative atmospheres and propulsive grooves. Produced, mixed and mastered by Harrington and engineered by **Tyler Karmen** at 64 Sound, _The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums_ documents the earliest creative spark of a band that never intended to become one. What began as an experiment among friends has developed into a fully realized artistic statement celebrating curiosity, deep listening and the unpredictable magic that occurs when musicians surrender to the moment. _The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums_ is available now on vinyl, CD, cassette and digital formats via ORG Music and Aquarium Drunkard. ## Track Listing 1. Dancer With No Bones Under the Sun 2. Catastrophe Music 3. Hey! Cool It, Everybody 4. BONGO ZOO 5. Room of Forgotten Names 6. Boogie in The House of Secrets (Part I) 7. Offscreen Voices 8. Gate of Crimson Silence 9. Jumpcut Colors 10. Boogie in The House of Secrets (Part II) 11. Thunder Rolls 12. 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