The Black Ghosts
Electronica / Dance / Indie
London, United Kingdom
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"...dark, daring electro-synth songs with thoughtful lyrics taken from a cynical and strangely empowering perspective." - Spin.com
"A wildly dance machine that pumps out loose-limbed, casually funky electro. Thanks to Lord's lyrics and his definitively British blue-eyed soul vocals, the Black Ghosts aren't empty calories." - Resonance Magazine
The new album from Simian's Simon Lord and The Wiseguys' Theo Keating, recording together as The Black Ghosts (out July 8th), is an eerily melodramatic affair but some undeniably ominous credentials back up The Black Ghosts' tales of modern gothic romance.
Theo's godfather directed Hammer House of Horror movies, which exposed him to their supernatural charms from a very early age. Simon, too, experienced a disquieting form of bohemia during his easily-influenced years. His grandmother, Madeleine Dring, was a music hall satirist and was considered a psychic.
Aside from youthful contact with the occult both Theo & Simon's childhoods were steeped in music. Theo was a vinyl junky for as long as he could remember, by the age of 12 he had immersed himself in the world of Hip-Hop and by 16 he was an accomplished DJ. Meanwhile, Simon's grandfather was part of the London Symphony Orchestra's woodwind section. "He played the oboe on the Star Wars theme" says Simon, "which meant absolutely nothing at the time, and on various Beatles tracks, including A Day in the Life, which he also just wrote off as 'some rock thing'. Simon's father, however, had a more progressive attitude to sound, building synthesizers that translated plants' electrical fields into sound and creating a white noise dream machine for his children.
Current activity has seen Theo & Simon taking their mercurial two-man decks, FX and vocal set-up on the road to a rapturous reception during both their Australian tour and SXSW shows. Their recent 'Mixtape' compilation, which offered an early glimpse into their collective psyche, established their ghetto-gothic aesthetic, simultaneously setting dance-floors and minds alight, whilst future single 'Repetition', featuring a very mysterious and exciting guest vocalist is lined up to soundtrack the summer.
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Michael Belong, Sep 8, 2009:
You guys are fantastic. I'm looking forward to a new album.
Balm, Dec 23, 2008:
I have expanded the Virb songs to ten instrumentals, four of which we played that night. at the House of Blues with Bruce, I believe that you all will really enjoy them!
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If you would please mail me and tell me your favorites, I am working on cutting some wax and I am finding it hard to choose since my soul went into them all. Thanks
Stephanos Anton Ballmerfeld
(Steve Ballmer)
Balm, Oct 23, 2008:
DIVIT, Oct 2, 2008:
Y'all music is uniquely brilliant keep up the amazing work.. if y'all come to the States Post when an where ..
rankunst, Aug 16, 2008:
Great stuff!
But Napoleon Is Bondziorno, Aug 13, 2008:
Great music!! greetings from praha.
MiNDiNG MoNSTeRS, Aug 11, 2008:
cendre, Aug 10, 2008:
Balm, Aug 9, 2008:
Parson, Aug 4, 2008:
i wanna do a remix