AFGMustRock.com Interview with Mad Planet

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

Rockwired.com podcast profile of Mad Planet.

I found it! I found that one CD that's going to make those breezy Indian Summer nights with a glass of merlot even mellower. 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. This beautiful noise is proudly displayed on MAD PLANET's rapturous debut CD 'ALL ELEPHANTS'. One could listen for hours as drummer and programmer GREG GORDON lays down the groove while COOPER GILLESPIE's sumptuous basslines and ethereal coo float effortlessly and elegantly above the mix. In a pop music environment where image and a killer hook are everything (and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!), MAD PLANET have both in spades. It's safe to say that 'ALL ELEPHANTS' isn't going to be the elephant in the living room for long. -Rockwired.com

Mad Planet was Deli Magazine's LA Band of the Month in June 2010.

LA's next dynamic duo
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

Mad Planet is a Los Angeles based duo made up of Greg Gordon – former drummer for the Fugazi-style punk outfit the Nervous Return – and Cooper Gillespie, former front woman and bass player of Bang Sugar Bang. The two musicians decided to create Mad Planet as a way to explore new directions. The single featured here, “Love Addicts” was inspired by a friend who was also going through a divorce. According to Cooper, “he described dating as a terrible chore because he was ready to fall in love with any girl who sat in his passenger seat. It didn’t matter who it was. He was so used to being with somebody, he was willing to be with anybody.”
Indierockcafe.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

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

Mad Planet is a Trip Hop duo comprised of Greg Gordon, formerly of Nervous Return, and Cooper Gillespie, formerly of Bang Sugar Bang. The LA-based group is currently working on their sophomore album.
You can get a sense of their work with the track "I Live Alone".
-Snobs Music

 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