tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11307834317171683572024-03-05T03:24:33.952-08:00United GhostsFeaturing shared girl-boy vocals, United Ghosts blends a seemingly dizzying collection of influences that range from Kraut-rock and electro to classic psychedelia and shoegaze into a cohesive sound that celebrates its influences, while keeping one eye firmly set towards the future.United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-6012485917186691622014-12-12T08:40:00.000-08:002014-12-15T01:21:17.634-08:00FROM THE GARAGE TO THE SHOREDITCH TRIANGLE (United Ghosts 2014 diary)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</style><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> Change <span style="font-family: inherit;">has the best grooves. </span>As most of you know we started the year 2014 and what would become the new EP stripped
back to the original 2-piece and with updated ideas of <span style="font-family: inherit;">the UG</span> sound. The
<a href="http://www.fortitudemagazine.co.uk/music/united-ghosts-dear-electric-sun-review/20879/">"underlying light-grid of beats and synths" </a>that had always been there was becoming more and more <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">apparent</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> and<span style="font-family: inherit;">, a</span>lthough w</span><span style="font-size: small;">e<span style="font-family: inherit;"> a</span>re not the kind of band that has long
conceptual talks, it seemed that side<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of <span style="font-family: inherit;">things</span></span> naturally wanted to come up more... and we were ready to explore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">W</span>e love synths and drum machines<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of course<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">, but on top of that we</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> also</span> felt it was necessary <span style="font-family: inherit;">to add</span></span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">some</span> more colors to the palette<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>reflect <span style="font-family: inherit;">the world</span> around us<span style="font-family: inherit;">. G</span>uitars alone just didn’t do <span style="font-family: inherit;">it</span>. So we bought new toys, dug deep, </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">listened to inspiring
sounds, both new and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot8jrZnpMWs">vintage</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span></span>and then, armed with our <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">new</span></span> machines
and a massive roll of paper to accommodate our<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span>Kindergarten
approach to lyric writing, we went to work. Ideas came very fast and we decided to cut
back to an EP instead of an album <span style="font-family: inherit;">to</span> create an even more immediate snapshot of where we <span style="font-family: inherit;">wer</span>e at. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">By June <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we had</span></span> five songs and, after picking
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/unitedghosts-outoflove">OUT OF LOVE</a> as the lead track, we went on to work on the video<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with director Arian Soheili<span style="font-family: inherit;">.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">T</span>he location wa<span style="font-family: inherit;">s very special indeed, the 6000 sqft <a href="http://cirqueschoolla.com/">Cirque Scho</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://cirqueschoolla.com/">ol </a>in Hollywood, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a massive space</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> dedicated exclusively to teaching people circus arts, which as we all know, includes clowning<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. W</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">e quickly learned that it's probably a good idea to stay off the trapeze <span style="font-family: inherit;">when one has been drinking<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIliDeK7fRK5nvQZc6snQC2FzcnSBemPwfF3sVo2j637HI7GBvPff35ItPuJwUkMnCLApjhddpoxmSpziAp_OWqJQ9v8YDXTE9BEVUmeyES4xkrPXhm83Fvwgu9Suyo9PrFssQxlApci7K/s1600/Light+Experiment+FB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIliDeK7fRK5nvQZc6snQC2FzcnSBemPwfF3sVo2j637HI7GBvPff35ItPuJwUkMnCLApjhddpoxmSpziAp_OWqJQ9v8YDXTE9BEVUmeyES4xkrPXhm83Fvwgu9Suyo9PrFssQxlApci7K/s1600/Light+Experiment+FB.jpg" height="111" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We had<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> a</span> </span>brilliant</span> couple of nights<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of shooting,
breaking <span style="font-family: inherit;">stuff</span> (in the name of
“light experiments”) and </span>getting repeatedly and hilariously “video-bombed” by a baby
possum <span style="font-family: inherit;">(pic <span style="font-family: inherit;">at the end)</span></span> We very gently kept</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> putting th<span style="font-family: inherit;">e</span> little b<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ugge</span>r</span> outside, only for him to re-appear a mere few
minutes later, wandering into shots, providing background<span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span>hanging out … <span style="font-family: inherit;">but eventually we got <span style="font-family: inherit;">it done<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span> You can c</span>heck out the <span style="font-family: inherit;">finished <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Out Of Love video</span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(minus possum)</span></span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkEUI1G38yE">here</a> . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the vid<span style="font-family: inherit;">eo in the can, </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">we decided <span style="font-family: inherit;">on <span style="font-family: inherit;">a</span> </span>name <span style="font-family: inherit;">for the record, "Dear Electric Sun" and </span></span> <a href="http://shaundurkan.tumblr.com/">ShaunDurkan</a> once again came up with some incredibly inspired sleeve art<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Now </span></span>we were
ready for our <a href="http://www.unitedghosts.com/"><span style="font-family: inherit;">sum<span style="font-family: inherit;">mer </span></span>release and tour</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First up our home, LA. We loved both
the
Bootleg with A Sunny Day In Glasgow and the Troubadour with the amazing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvV1eYRKRNY">EMA</a>. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Here</span> are <span style="font-family: inherit;">a couple of</span> shots photographer <a href="http://larecord.com/photos/2014/07/03/ema-united-ghosts-the-troubadour">Debi Del
Grande took </a></span><a href="http://larecord.com/photos/2014/07/03/ema-united-ghosts-the-troubadour">for LA record</a> at the Troubadour. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Then it was on to NYC for two shows. We adore playing here
and hanging with our friends and fans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Especially the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=669592816465990&set=gm.809512155755909&type=1&theater">second night a</a></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=669592816465990&set=gm.809512155755909&type=1&theater">t RadioBushwick</a> was a real treat, featuring a top-notch bill put together by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/dreamwaveradio">DreamwaveRadio’s Steven Newcastle</a>, whose support from day one means so much to us. After
a great experience and some choice New York moments, we had to say good-bye to the
city and to our US touring drummer and new great friend Joey Ponchetti . Many
thanks, sir, more dates to come soon! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Time to get ready for the last leg,
then: London. Someone asked me in <a href="http://weclosetonight.com/2014/08/08/this-is-united-ghosts/">an interview later</a> what the biggest difference is
between playing London and LA, and I said “Stairs and one-way systems”!! It’s
true<span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span> In LA you drive up to the back of a venue in
the sunshine, throw your gear out of the car and get ready for sound check. In
London, not so much. First you get rained on, then you're lost in a maze of back alleys, including a
vicious trap of one-way systems called the “Shoreditch triangle”, where a few
times we could even <b>see</b> the venue, just across the street, but still couldn’t get
to it in <span style="font-family: inherit;">a</span> car<span style="font-family: inherit;">! </span>We were later told that many bands have the same experience there, which made us feel a little
better. For all we know, there's still some lost indie bands out there now, circling.... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaL61U7Q2H6QSxjwFpXsZmvkbtwCAS7FJ594ODFBerBtv5YUqns595c7e31bpvL-jxyuYEBj6aeiqdCpnU2oTujijErarYhdXzcL1zxG1Ru0pFwWZ_ugC788PLOVGeVFtp8-gy8rhZHrS/s1600/Poster+Old+Blue+LAst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgaL61U7Q2H6QSxjwFpXsZmvkbtwCAS7FJ594ODFBerBtv5YUqns595c7e31bpvL-jxyuYEBj6aeiqdCpnU2oTujijErarYhdXzcL1zxG1Ru0pFwWZ_ugC788PLOVGeVFtp8-gy8rhZHrS/s1600/Poster+Old+Blue+LAst.jpg" height="320" width="226" /></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We</span> ha<span style="font-family: inherit;">ve to give a</span> h</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">ats-off here to those (most)
London bands that <span style="font-family: inherit;">negotiate<span style="font-family: inherit;"> said</span> club circuit on public transport. <span style="font-family: inherit;">There's something heroic about s</span>howing up
absolut<span style="font-family: inherit;">el</span>y soaked from a rainy bus <span style="font-family: inherit;">or</span> tube-ride with <span style="font-family: inherit;">all your</span> gear on a bloody hand-cart. That’s
dedication for you. Maybe that’s why the scene there keeps coming up with a
surprising number of great bands. The <span style="font-family: inherit;">other ones </span>simply give up and stay home. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Still, we
absolutely <span style="font-family: inherit;">adore</span> London<span style="font-family: inherit;"> a</span>nd as usual all was well once we got onstage. Both at
<a href="http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/how-vice-bough-a-brothel-v10n12">VICE magazine’s new venue The Old Blue Last</a> (check out the coolest poster of the tour) and, a few days prior, at the
legendary <a href="http://savethegeorgetavern.com/">George Tavern,</a> famously saved from demolition by Kate Moss and some
of her celeb friends after <span style="font-family: inherit;">bands like the Arctic Monkeys and the Libertines shook the foundations and brought down chunks of dodgy ceiling and it was declared "<span style="font-family: inherit;">u</span>nsafe"</span>. Needless to say we tried our best to make it more unsafe during our set<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">!</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">UK media had once again been good to us, with<span style="font-family: inherit;"> major</span> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0499p10">love from BBC6 DJ Lauren Laverne</a> playing and plugging
us on her “recommends” show and a slew of <span style="font-family: inherit;">nice</span> press, interviews
(<a href="https://soundcloud.com/in-tro-with-la/intro-la-united-ghosts-the-death-of-pop-10814">here's one with the lovely LA of Reprezent Radio</a>) and of course, fans. Real fans are always the best part, especially those who
travel from far away. There were those from <u>way</u> outside of London, even a couple of Germans. We made sure they all went home with autographed
merch and hopefully memories of a top night. Love you all! Special thanks here also to
our drummer for the UK leg. Glen, you’re a gentleman and you rock. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7HMjVUQaqia5TcDozpwL3JIGJ6D7N-x94dnuXem9-zJhk7EI9ClXHq1NzNs3WrH-w9D4GWu_veIsrCywMX2a2Xj2luWbizs1pZ9n1oEXpG-Vlkz5ljf0z6HllTrueYM-wFP64Dw6tvXp/s1600/Dear+Electric+Sun+EP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx7HMjVUQaqia5TcDozpwL3JIGJ6D7N-x94dnuXem9-zJhk7EI9ClXHq1NzNs3WrH-w9D4GWu_veIsrCywMX2a2Xj2luWbizs1pZ9n1oEXpG-Vlkz5ljf0z6HllTrueYM-wFP64Dw6tvXp/s1600/Dear+Electric+Sun+EP.jpg" height="256" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, back on
these shores now, grafting hard </span>on what is to become our second album due out in 2015. In the meantime, the Dear Electric Sun EP is still
alive and kicking. Remixes by some <span style="font-family: inherit;">amazingly</span> talented people are coming your way,
starting with <a href="https://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/united-ghosts-shine-let-shine-wildbeliever-remix">Wildbeliever’s take on Shine And Let Shine</a>. <span style="font-family: inherit;">Press is still coming in<span style="font-family: inherit;">, too</span></span>, <span style="font-family: inherit;">check out the latest <span style="font-family: inherit;">below</span> by</span> the always-on NY magazine (and site) <a href="http://bigtakeover.com/">The BigTakeover</a>, which will hit the shelves this week. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Thanks to all of you for checking out the latest
from camp UG. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Stay tuned for those EP re-mixes and 2015 live dates to be
announced very soon. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Much U.G L.U.V. <span style="font-family: inherit;">and s</span>ee you
all on the road!! </span><br />
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Just to re-cap for those of you catching up, we left part 1 with us getting back to Camden to find Animal reading a book on Jazz drumming and warming Sean's bunk.<br />
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Intrigued and missed out on checking out part one? You should consider doing so before reading on.<br />
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The next day it was time for our first proper show in London at the legendary (Heavenly) Social. Opened in the 90s by the founders of Heavenly records, this is the place where Oasis, Primal Scream, Charlatans and many others were regulars, vibing to house DJ’s The Dust Brothers, later to become The Chemical brothers and huge rock stars. It’s a tiny place with an enormous vibe and, as we learned during our set, a dancing sound-man! The guy was right behind us, too, bopping and mixing and doing a pretty good job at both. First-night-nerves quickly subsided and we had an amazing show. You can see some of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQDJJHF8mV4">video evidence here</a>. And a <a href="http://www.artrocker.tv/live/article/united-ghosts-the-social">lovely review from Artrocker</a>. <br />
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Then it was on to Brighton, another show with a <a href="http://criticalwave.co.uk/review-united-ghosts/">bit of magic</a> (and a nice review). The fans here were truly amazing and the town, too, has a surreal pull on the soul that still sticks with us now. Naturally, given Brighton’s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mods_and_rockers">Mods-vs-Rockers history</a>, we had to have a little Quadrophenia-themed pilgrimage to the beachfront. There really is no sound quite as English as that of those pebbles
crunching under your feet as the air reverberates with the psychedelic cries of hundreds of seagulls. <br />
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A discussion quickly ensued about who in the band would have been a mod and who a rocker, given the legendary rumbles between the two factions down here. Turns out most of us couldn’t decide and would have been “mockers”. Undecided Ghosts.<br />
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A honorary mention here has to go to our amazing Hotel Pelirocco, where every room had a rock’n roll theme. Punk, Mod…all represented…United Ghosts rocked the “Skint room”, which fittingly means “broke” in American.
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Next stop Colchester, Essex, which proved to be yet another highlight, despite the county's reputation for being... well, let's just say not the most forward-thinking spot in the British Isles. This night, though, Essex proved them all wrong. We had a top show with cool folks rocking out and afterwards experienced some amazing hospitality from our hosts, who filled us up with lovely Hobgoblin Ale and then gave us a freezing, yet absolutely amazing, midnight tour of the ancient Roman city.<br />
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Colchester IS the oldest town in England after all, built in 60 A.D. when old J. C. had just been dead, hmmm, 60 years. Check out the pic of U. G. getting our history on in a spooky Roman Arch. (Was Jesus really an Essex boy?)<br />
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As you can probably tell by now, we had a blast on the road. We weathered a few minor crisees, lived at close quarters and most importantly found out we travel well together. A proper crew. Time flies, though, and before we knew it, it was time to head back to London for our last show at The Water Rats.<br />
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Talk about history, this place has it in spades. A vaudeville theater back in the day, the likes of Bob Dylan, Oasis and P.J. Harvey (not to mention yours truly) have all graced this stage since it became a club in the early 90s. As we went on to a packed house ( recent XFM radio play may have had something to do with that), we keenly flicked on our US electrical transformers, only to immediately KILL the PA!!<br />
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Amps went dark, fuses blew, the music stopped. It looked bad; this could potentially have been the end of our night. We managed to keep our tour cool, though, and after a 10-minute
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The audience rocked. The band rocked...we had it and they loved it! It was a seriously pretty night and everything we wanted it to be.<br />
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Half way through our set, whom should we spot in the crowd, though, our drunken, dodgy friends from our first night at Camden Palace! Including scissor girl, still bonkers as a bagful of monkeys. <br />
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She later mounted a one-woman stage invasion and generally caused havoc throughout the night. And she was still threatening to cut my hair!<br />
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It was here, too, that we re-connected with our photographer from the Artrocker feature a few days prior and his lovely girlfriend, who invited us back to the very place we’d been meeting at all week. The World’s End in Camden, though not to the pub this time, but the club underneath, aptly named, the UNDERWORLD.<br />
This was Easter weekend and she would be at the door, dressed as a bunny. We had made our all-important rabbit connection. First, though there was an epic after party in Camden featuring all the Shenanigans you’d expect from the last show of a tour.<br />
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The next day, sporting matching hangovers, we got through a slightly blurry afternoon, during which sadly, Sean had to leave for the airport for an early flight home. The remaining crew of three then headed out to beautiful Alexandra Palace where we saw a cracking set by a reformed and re-energized Suede. In the course of the evening we picked up a couple of lovely Mancunians and decided to share a taxi with them afterwards-a taxi back to the End Of The World! <br />
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We got there to a massive line outside, but we had our trump card ready, proudly walking past the frustrated throng, only to tell security that, yep, “We know the bunny!”<br />
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And not just any bunny, but big, bad Mac-bunny in charge of the door. And there she was, all ears and whiskers and free tickets for all. Score!<br />
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So down we went to the Underworld, and I mean all the way down. As is the custom at the UK Indie disco, we drank like fish and bounced and twitched like poisoned insects on the dance floor, alongside a few hundred other punters to indie faves past and present, all played at stupefying volume. Brilliant!<br />
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United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-21173234029745095682013-04-19T01:30:00.000-07:002013-04-19T01:31:10.383-07:00THE RABBIT AT THE END OF THE WORLD (United Ghosts UK tour diary) PT 1“We know the Bunny”!! Not the phrase that usually gets you past a huge line and straight into the club without paying (bet you Kanye never shouted that at the bouncer) Yet there we were on a freezing cold night in Camden Town using our new rabbit connections to full effect.
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Just under two weeks earlier we had touched down at Heathrow only to realize we had picked the coldest March recorded in the UK since 1963. Keep calm and carry on, right? Try and keep warm and carry on. We’re an LA band after all.
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Since we were coming in on different flights, and only one of us (me) knows their way around London we decided to pick a pub opposite Camden Town Tube station, slightly pessimistically named “The World’s End”, as our meeting point. In the course of our tour preparations this had become a catch phrase: “See you at the end of the world”!
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And that’s what we did. First time that ever worked out well for anyone, but then this is United Ghost-world and things work a little differently.
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The next day, jetlagged yet fired up and rested after a night at our awesome friends Isa and Pappas’ place in Camden, we rolled into Hackney aka “Hipster Town” for a video interview and photo shoot for Artrocker magazine. Our first encounter with the UK music press turned out to be a really fun afternoon and, as is the custom over there, we found ourselves straight down the pub for “a quick one” after. The quick one turned into several (as is also the custom over there), and a few hours later we had to get a cab back to Camden to catch an early show by the Inspiral Carpets. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcg3o1QbCEZ4Zei8KppVCyfX9nwgsPiAbRwEwvAtzKWUqoGEDMECJB-jGBZ7yXKbd69lcHOGdZxx2Onj-G63T-xcqU9h2igz7D4cGgPx-xoceEw_uF9aWvJuvyVJaPZWeQ6R6zTNu9AXG/s1600/artrocker+mirror+pic+cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXcg3o1QbCEZ4Zei8KppVCyfX9nwgsPiAbRwEwvAtzKWUqoGEDMECJB-jGBZ7yXKbd69lcHOGdZxx2Onj-G63T-xcqU9h2igz7D4cGgPx-xoceEw_uF9aWvJuvyVJaPZWeQ6R6zTNu9AXG/s320/artrocker+mirror+pic+cropped.jpg" /></a>
It turned out to be a top night in an even better setting (Koko). Trying to get into the after-show, we were at first foiled by a bouncer demanding wristbands, but quickly solved that problem by making friends with a nice, yet slightly questionable crew that had printed their own (!) Three fellers, all very drunk and friendly and a wide-eyed lass, talking 100mph and bouncing off the walls, all the while offering (more like demanding) to cut my hair. Not to be rude, but even with the jetlag and the booze snapping at my heels, I definitely wasn’t going to let her near me with a pair of scissors.
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So a good photo shoot, pub time, rock show, new people, a little dodgy behavior. All in all we had found a good way to get into the London groove.
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Time to get ready and start our tour. We were still short of a drummer, though, as Sean was flying in the next day. Time to head back to the end of the world….where we found him, slightly travel-weary, but as usual ready-to –go.
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So, on a freezing cold Sunday we were getting serious about this UK tour. We first picked up some gear from various places, including the magical Church Studios in Crouch End.
Until recently owned by Dave Steward of the Eurhythmics, this place still reverberates with waves of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Swervedriver, My Bloody Valentine, and all the other legends who recorded here. And of course Annie Lennox’s voice getting that take on “Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This”. It was really quite amazing to be there. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZzNieqv5ujZq3VDWA68cTKd6yiTdQOANS5Qt9bjgBmGe9OCACixRRD9wT0BOXLeGWWccM_QRl00Bx_hcCXi3wA0P-tiuvmLOFeI_AtBWXhpbOQUUdTPJu98I84Jmx6h52pwEku9S0Aab/s1600/Church+Studios.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDZzNieqv5ujZq3VDWA68cTKd6yiTdQOANS5Qt9bjgBmGe9OCACixRRD9wT0BOXLeGWWccM_QRl00Bx_hcCXi3wA0P-tiuvmLOFeI_AtBWXhpbOQUUdTPJu98I84Jmx6h52pwEku9S0Aab/s320/Church+Studios.JPG" /></a>
Later, after a much-needed night of rehearsal, we headed back to our place in Camden, where Sean found this on his bunk, left by fellow drummer and one half of stellar hosts, Pappas. Yes, that is Animal reading a book on Jazz drumming. Nothing could go wrong now….
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…to be continued.. United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-81762461908861198432012-11-09T14:29:00.002-08:002012-11-09T16:38:21.698-08:00FEEDBACK TO THE FUTURE
As the days grow shorter and we're frequently heading back to a certain dimly lit, now sometimes foggy, cul-de-sac to play with new sounds, we're pretty happy with the echoes and reactions to our video and free download of "Unhypnotized", the first track off our upcoming album. In the three weeks since its release it has had way over 3000 youtube hits plus blog and press action from LA to NY and even a bit of Europe. Just a few choice quotes:
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"Unhypnotized' features lovely female/male vocal interchange over a film-noir-inspired riff. Ironically,the whole thing’s pretty hypnotic." That was Billy Gil on the Amoeba Music Blog, which also premiered the video.
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"'Unhypnotized' is a delirious cocktail of woozy guitar, boy/girl vocals and haunting echo. United Ghosts are working on a full-length, and like the white-clad party-goers in the video, maybe everybody will snap out of it in time to pay attention.”says long time UG supporter Kevin Bronson on the essential BuzzBands.la blog. Indeed.
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"Set in an LA warehouse with a cultish crowd, radiant hues and majestic sound, it is definitely worth a view". That one came all the way from Texas via Red River Noise, Austin.
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"..in a just world, Unhypnotized would have definite hit-potential" says German dream-pop blog Coast Is Clear! Danke!
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The list goes on. Check out the bottom of this post for a full set of links.
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Meanwhile final touches are being applied to the album, with mastering almost completed and art on the way from London via designer and filmmaker Paul Kelly who handled our 7' sleeve so beautifully.
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An LA show with Nightmare Air has just been confirmed for Dec 12th, probably our last of the year, and we are plotting a path up the West Coast and quite possibly all the way to London for the early part of '13. Stay tuned, cadets!
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Some more press:
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<a href="http://radiofreesilverlake.typepad.com/rfsl/2012/10/2-silverlakes-united-ghosts-released-this-week-a-new-video-for-unhypnotized-a-group-of-white-clad-girls-begin-seated-and-t.html">Radio Free Silverlake</a>
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<a href="http://buzzbands.la/2012/10/17/download-united-ghosts-unhypnotized/">Buzzbands</a>
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<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/10/pst/local-roundup-videos-from-united-ghosts-off-touche-songs-from-main-attractionz-incan-abraham.html">Amoebablog</a>
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<a href="http://blog.indiedarkroom.com/index.php/united-ghosts-new-song-video-unypnotized/">indiedarkroom</a>
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<a href="http://redrivernoise.com/news/2012/11/united-ghosts-unleash-music-video-for-new-single-unhypnotized/?utm_source=atxhipsters&utm_medium=atxhipsters">Red River Noise</a>
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<a href="http://wonkysensitive.blogspot.com/2012/10/united-ghosts-unhypnotized.html">wonkysensitive</a>
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<a href="http://thelosangelesbeat.com/2012/10/united-ghosts-unhypnotized/">Los Angeles Beat</a>
United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-91479108589190619532012-10-16T18:58:00.001-07:002012-10-17T13:28:47.554-07:00STOLEN LIGHTS, MISSING PANTS AND A DODGY ELEVATOR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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…but we got it done. The video for our track "Unhypnotized" is now live! It premiered this weekend on the Amoeba Records blog along with a nice write-up, describing it as <i>"lovely female/male vocal interchange over a film-noir-inspired riff, while the video sees the band seeming to de-brainwash a bunch of nerdy cult members with their extremely cool sound"</i> before adding that <i>"ironically the whole thing is quite hypnotic"</i>More press and blogger action is coming in all the time from around the planet with, hopefully, still more to come once it's officially out.
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Needless to say we are really proud of this one, and once again would like to thank director Arian Soheili for bringing the magic. And all our amazing friends and fans for bringing themselves. It really turned out the way we imagined, and even a bit better. Despite the fact that yes, we did have a very expensive light stolen from a Downtown sidewalk, and yes, my friend Curt was missing his white trousers and Vanessa was a hero and scored some around the corner. And the elevator got stuck. But that's for the "Behind the Scenes" documentary. In the meantime enjoy the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg88e3et6Eo" target="_blank">end result here</a> (click on the link to go to youtube)
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The official release party/show will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 10/17 at LA's Bootleg Theater, with a top line-up also featuring The Ross Sea Party (with ex-Mere Mortals guitarist Will Holland on bass), Dona Nicha and Spaceships.
<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/164507/" target="_blank">Click here for details and tix</a>. (Please note we moved our stage time up to a more school-night friendly 9:30!) We will also premier Unhypnotized on a big screen!
<BR><br>We also have a <a href="http://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/unhypnotized/s-jLCBO" target="_blank">FREE DOWNLOAD</a> of the song available on our Soundcloud for a limited time only. <a href="http://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/unhypnotized/s-jLCBO" target="_blank">Go get it!</a>
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Of course all of this is just a teaser and start of the build-up to our album release this winter. Stay tuned!
United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-51785267512842387562012-09-11T13:08:00.001-07:002012-09-11T13:12:32.277-07:00STUDIO TANS AND THE PERFECT PRESCRIPTION<i>It's 6:30pm, still light out, but inside the Echoplex LA psychedelic music festival Echoes West is already in full swing. We just played and are checking out one of the next bands, doused in those pretty, oscillating projections. It's a great time, but the tall, lanky guy next to us is not well. In the last few split-seconds he has gone from a passable upright, wide-eyed sway to a dangerous backwards lean and now gravity is rapidly sending the stone floor the direction of the back of his head. <br />
No reaction. He just keeps going, drops backwards like a tree, his hands still in his pockets. Smack! We pick him up, sit him on the nearest chair and get security to get him a water. <br />
Their response is quick… and cold. They give him the water, make sure he can stand, and then immediately throw him out..</i><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPn4-rApzSz5osUH3JRCvenjPkIQ8qtwIdA045ZSANepNxiud6pHUTBe5j_eNOfWlLAKdDphRVThFKYMnOi6-van-ARLUTsqqTHCRQhdGkdkFPF8CPTMCTi00QCz5Yura4FToauDZAwdp/s1600/Ghosts+at+Echoes+West.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="179" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPn4-rApzSz5osUH3JRCvenjPkIQ8qtwIdA045ZSANepNxiud6pHUTBe5j_eNOfWlLAKdDphRVThFKYMnOi6-van-ARLUTsqqTHCRQhdGkdkFPF8CPTMCTi00QCz5Yura4FToauDZAwdp/s320/Ghosts+at+Echoes+West.jpg" /></a></div>Hey all. It's been a while again, and a lot has happened. We spent a "studio summer" and, as a result, don't have LA tans. In fact we re all rather pale, but we do have an album! Nine songs are recorded and mixed and awaiting artwork, a title and of course a release date.<br />
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For this, our first full-length outing, we turned our lens on the world and the scene immediately around us. The pulse we feel from "our LA", the life and space we know. Away from soft-focus cliché and sun-drenched oblivion, to where the dream has a different meaning and sometimes takes a wrong turn into the electric night. <br />
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During these sessions the writing process opened up a lot and, in part, shifted from the "Magic Garage" studio to the rehearsal room with all four members involved. We really dig the results and hope you will, too. A taster, in the form of new track "Unhypnotized" with the accompanying video (once again directed by Arian Soheli), will be released in the next few weeks. <br />
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Of course, even in the midst of all this, we needed to come out to see you all and play. Our second from last show at Bootleg was truly fun! Apart from the little episode where I had to "mug a mugger", as someone put it, after I spotted a guy trying to make off into the night with our beloved Hagström bass. It was a scary moment, a bit of a stand-off, but in the end no one got hurt and the bass is back.<br />
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Then, this weekend, we played the epic "Echoes West" festival, an all-day extravaganza of psychedelic music, good vibes and expanded minds in and around the Echo and Echoplex here in Los Angeles. Great stuff! So many of you came out early to see our show and the rest of the evening was an absolute blast, too. Silver Chords rocked, Spindrift rolled, Strawberry Alarm Clock wafted, Dead Meadow riffed, all drenched in amazing lights and projections. We loved it, and we loved being up on that stage.<br />
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Bring on Vegas next week, Sat 9/15, for another great festival. Neon Reverb! And stay tuned for more show dates tba, including the LA release party for our "Unhypnotized" single and video this October. <br />
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<i>It's now 10pm, Strawberry Alarm Clock are in full swing. It's good stuff, but I like my psychedelia a bit more 21st century, so I go and sit down to have a chat with a lady friend. A few minutes into this I feel someone's eyes upon me from the next table over. It's the guy that passed out earlier. He's back! And he's grinning at me from behind some seriously altered-state pupils. What can I say, some folks love their medicine! The good news is this time he's sitting down. </i><br />
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United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-3035100183469121522012-09-07T08:18:00.000-07:002012-09-07T08:18:02.202-07:00United Ghosts Plays Echoes West Festival This Saturday - 4:30pm at EchoPlex!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EchoesWestFestival" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzRd217lh0f7p5xiGO3Lyerncr90A45ASN2cX49CqwY9rwJSvly5UT6Jgtqtyq0Ej9PSe1qXVSFF5BKPXUCJXGadzKWAsDcdooM1aRwDB1LP2WeR_AWfxdSBPMDXCpbU96Zvviyeyabrm/s320/Echoes_West_090812.jpg" /></a></div>This Saturday September 8th 3pm - 2am<br />
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United Ghosts joins a killer lineup of 20 bands on 3 stages, including Dead Meadow, Lords of Altamont, Gram Rabbit, Spindrift, Strawberry Alarm Clock, The Silver Chords and more. <b>United Ghosts plays the beautiful EchoPlex stage at 4:30pm!</b><br />
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Check here for lineup info: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EchoesWestFestival" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/EchoesWestFestival</a><br />
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Get Pre-sale Tickets now for $4 off: <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/140104?
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Click 'GOING' on the official invite: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/171949956274292/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/171949956274292/</a><br />
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Check out the video previews below. See you there!<br />
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United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-10288914921783599022012-06-04T11:24:00.001-07:002012-06-04T12:45:09.741-07:00WHY GHOST KIDS RULE (and why I am doomed to wear white leather pants in hell)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5_T-uTKxVSya_UZgbK6EhvtzGgldfLG5eYAWKwz9ZYtJuvrRI8NKyVYScJTJuUjwuOofVO0C9oeK-e9Lw7m4pArmwQzAlZgXWpUoxjZ6rnZfxuqZIivappBYHaaCPU4k6v0sLCKMSoAq/s1600/IMG_0107.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5_T-uTKxVSya_UZgbK6EhvtzGgldfLG5eYAWKwz9ZYtJuvrRI8NKyVYScJTJuUjwuOofVO0C9oeK-e9Lw7m4pArmwQzAlZgXWpUoxjZ6rnZfxuqZIivappBYHaaCPU4k6v0sLCKMSoAq/s320/IMG_0107.JPG" /></a>Last night, Saturday the 2nd of June, we filmed most of what is going to become our next music video for the song "Un-hypnotized". It was an epic night of amazing creativity that brought together a proper crew of thinkers, dancers, dreamers, lovers, super-stars and lovely human beings of all kinds. <br />
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The best thing about it was that it just developed and wasn't planned in any way. When we made the decision to have an audience play quite an important part in this shoot, we just agreed to bring 3 or 4 people each and see how it all works out. I don't want to give too much away here, but what happened next was really amazing. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cY9NCAHN5bAZg69rK1266guUq55BWO_NrSWgWE2oSbXAugX4UsZBWjdH5EeJ0IQDTnTN7kK9azzYt6B9Ma6VuzBcN0Qb-BBHSzFHaRctyh5oIMmzY8GWut23D1y1pGwSDCmtrvB58ncG/s1600/IMG_0109.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1cY9NCAHN5bAZg69rK1266guUq55BWO_NrSWgWE2oSbXAugX4UsZBWjdH5EeJ0IQDTnTN7kK9azzYt6B9Ma6VuzBcN0Qb-BBHSzFHaRctyh5oIMmzY8GWut23D1y1pGwSDCmtrvB58ncG/s320/IMG_0109.JPG" /></a><br />
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You can probably tell just by looking at the pics. Quite a congregation we had there. Great fun to be around and extremely multifacetet. In fact if our director, the visionary Arian Soheili, hadn't worked everyone quite so hard, we could probably have made some head-way towards negotiating world peace during the after-party. As it were, we were all just a little exhausted but very happy with the results, so stuck to drinking and ranting at each other.<br />
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One of my friends didn't have white pants to go with the all-white theme, so, with the help of another friend we got him a pair before the shoot. When I jokingly complained about what on earth I would do with this kind of leg-wear after the night, someone pointed out that 'at least they're not leather". To which I replied<br />
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"In hell, they would be. They would be white leather pants". <br />
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Well, we all know you don't tease the devil, so I guess that's what I'll be wearing..in hell..now that I've said it. <br />
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A million thanks to all of you who came and helped us make something really special. <br />
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And stay tuned everyone. This will be out very soon, along with the UG album. Hope you'll dig the results. <br />
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This is the nation-wide indie rock drive-time show over there and yes, kind of a big deal. Was amazing to hear our single on there, and a little research brought to light he'd been playing us for a few weeks already. Check out the playlists below. Good company, too:<br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gkc5p">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gkc5p</a><br />
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gxq67">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gxq67</a><br />
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A few days later we had all-round Indie-rock-cool-chick and violinist extraordinaire Lisa Germano in for a studio session. She was amazing and we ended up with some gorgeous string parts on the album.<br />
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We also managed to meet both Jason Bentley and Chris Douridas (KCRW) and hand them our single personally. Time to put in those requests, punters!<br />
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Last but not least: we have an LA show coming up this Saturday at the Satellite! With a line up of cool bands, including San Francisco's Loquat, Professor Possessor and Spero, which will make for a great night. UG stage time 10pm. <br />
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Details below. See you all this weekend!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgYNn-1ZCtR30cYSZ2CpieWnsQD0cA5YaBA983xfraqBhTLlIHCsWI7tShSUOGEfJf9VBZQNufJGmtS6YUikuvIG_1ChP8LtQozUPdPlLos168jUeQNWONigzkXgXzXSNyacpwyD_AyK1/s1600/UG+Loquat+poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgYNn-1ZCtR30cYSZ2CpieWnsQD0cA5YaBA983xfraqBhTLlIHCsWI7tShSUOGEfJf9VBZQNufJGmtS6YUikuvIG_1ChP8LtQozUPdPlLos168jUeQNWONigzkXgXzXSNyacpwyD_AyK1/s320/UG+Loquat+poster.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><span id="goog_503312993"></span><span id="goog_503312994"></span>United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-34505956615621015612012-04-25T13:15:00.006-07:002012-05-18T15:45:08.582-07:00JESUS BEER AND THE ANALOG BACKLASH (The latest adventures of United Ghosts)<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><style type="text/css">
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">That was Wednesday night. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Monday we had played a show at the Satellite In Silverlake and, maybe for the first time, felt that “tour-tingle”, the thing that happens when bands play together a lot and you start rising above mere execution, the simple playing of notes, when you start going with something else... listening, weaving, finding it until finally a glimmer of magic appears, (over)tones that shouldn't really be there start swirling overhead, like a ghost in a polaroid picture. It's a good feeling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP217Kvfo88iiQ-R5J8-IhpsVo4lJZa6AfVZb0bTBXktd4zT1B8GMU5-BdS0aWIkhJJRIeZ8Tt1FnSD0VsbH2SyONb2lfXdZ8G6RnvyiOlNxhXAdObpumEWiohZ8H6_0laoGzIPwwYxf1/s1600/United+Ghosts+Satellite+April+16th+%2712.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP217Kvfo88iiQ-R5J8-IhpsVo4lJZa6AfVZb0bTBXktd4zT1B8GMU5-BdS0aWIkhJJRIeZ8Tt1FnSD0VsbH2SyONb2lfXdZ8G6RnvyiOlNxhXAdObpumEWiohZ8H6_0laoGzIPwwYxf1/s320/United+Ghosts+Satellite+April+16th+%2712.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>After the show our video director Arian Soheili and I had a good, long chat about our next video. How to take things up a level, find a concept, and make it count. That's when it first came up. In Arian's words: “Content is going to shit! There's too much out there, all the filter is gone, everyone thinks they're an artist. People are constantly filming, texting, snapping away, missing huge chunks of life”. I'm paraphrasing here but you get the idea. <br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Strangely, I'd been having similar thoughts recently, ranging from mild irritation to what you could call anti-digital revenge fantasies. Basically, imagine the last scene in fight club, but with melting handheld devices and computers blowing up in place of houses. I'd write a soundtrack to that! </div><span class="st"> </span> <br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">By the end of the night we were plotting some kind of an “Analog Backlash”. Or maybe that's a misnomer, it was more a “<i>Manifesto on how to live in a digital revolution without swamping the planet with useless information and bad art</i>.” Analog Backlash just sounds so much more catchy. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Next morning (alright, noon) I was picked up by Jason O to go up to SF to see Pulp. We had a good , uneventful ride and got there just in time for sunset beverages at our lovely host Aero's flat, an absolutely gorgeous piece of vintage San Francisco architecture equipped with a roof terrace and what can only be described as the punk rock version of a winter garden. All with amazing city views and the warmest hospitality. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It was there that it happened, again. Our hostess, 20-something, whip-smart, funny and a thoroughly modern human being, was giving the digital lifestyle a good going-over, before launching into a beautiful rant about her love of vinyl and hand-written letters: “Something has to happen, we can't live our lives like this, staring at screens”. So there it was again Things were getting interesting, but too soon we had to leave to make our show. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Pulp rocked, thrusted, sang about shagging, thrusted some more, then rocked some more. All in all an amazing performance. Well, apart from the bits I watched through the person in front's phone-in my face. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">20 minutes after the last tune rang out, Jason O and I found ourselves on a late-night cigarette hunt. From having been on the road together a lot, we have a little bit of pride about finding things like food, smokes or our hotel room without any outside help, even if we happen to be a long way from home. And so we did. </div><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">After all that walking, though, we felt quite thirsty... and still had a bit of a way to go back to meet back up with our host. Mouths were getting dry, moods dampened...and that's when it appeared. A perfectly fine can of lager! Under a street light, on a corner, by itself, no-one in sight. We looked around. First for rightful owners, then for cameras, then for ghosts, then Ashton Kutcher...this was just too good. And no, no one was around, just us and “The Jesus-Beer”, as we now call it. “Ah probably warm and old”, one of us said. Jason went to touch it, pick it up, only to find the can ice-cold. I mean perspiring-ice-cold. Where could it have come from? What's the story here, what's the deal? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYxMHiwR7Fxtskm0ecVhYRJVd7p9EzOR4qJ9aFC4B1mIErQAEOk4hyawhzKhqbJYnFQj_q1q3wKfPYvkicVlIAhlTjz_7_TPJfNCuFxcCUc0D3z6iN_DfPCoxUr1ELvJR8orT8s_z-10A/s1600/Jason-Ax+find+the+Jesus+Beer.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYxMHiwR7Fxtskm0ecVhYRJVd7p9EzOR4qJ9aFC4B1mIErQAEOk4hyawhzKhqbJYnFQj_q1q3wKfPYvkicVlIAhlTjz_7_TPJfNCuFxcCUc0D3z6iN_DfPCoxUr1ELvJR8orT8s_z-10A/s320/Jason-Ax+find+the+Jesus+Beer.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The deal is at some point you stop asking questions and drink. And that's what we did. Delicious, ice-cold Jesus-beer, tiding us over all the way back to that amazing rooftop, where the night went on the way it wanted to go... but that part stays in the punk rock winter garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8ty4WjC_gs7MW7rhQYmipy0jW2mpyxxdwObPVyNvzTVJfMJoJfGYsydX2G56Z6hB_7ZTYBDOySEt5s8Ob_HXsPr7BEriiu9_TcRp1k1RFh8AMskWC8MMd54HYSIyiqmud9RH77xrpG8N/s1600/Jesus+Beer.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd8ty4WjC_gs7MW7rhQYmipy0jW2mpyxxdwObPVyNvzTVJfMJoJfGYsydX2G56Z6hB_7ZTYBDOySEt5s8Ob_HXsPr7BEriiu9_TcRp1k1RFh8AMskWC8MMd54HYSIyiqmud9RH77xrpG8N/s1600/Jesus+Beer.jpg" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Some days are like drugs, folks.... stay tuned for more news on upcoming shows, video and quite possibly more about the Analog Backlash.<br />
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</div>Nice review of "Holes Into The Night" 7" by LA Record's D.M. Collins in the March issue. UG L.U.V. !United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-81290228793351510552012-04-02T14:54:00.001-07:002012-04-02T15:07:08.099-07:001000 DESERT MILES (Do we look like we'd blow up the Hoover Dam?)United Ghosts are back from a little weekend stint of around 1000 miles through three states and a couple of buzzing shows.
Got to Tempe AZ Friday night after a smooth desert ride with some awesome scenery. Upon arrival we were greeted by an amazing crowd and a round of beer. Not a bad start. The show was hot'n sweaty, kind of hard work but so much fun. Charming Horses set the scene and we had a great set, a fact we enjoyed even more since it was somewhat of a homecoming for Jason O., who once upon a time lived and played music here. Met some hip'n happening locals and made a few new die-hard fans. Thanks to all involved to and to Tempe Tavern for hosting.
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After a great night enjoying the hospitality of Charming Horses' Ivan and his lovely wife, we were off down the Freeway, headed for Sin City, and a bit of trouble. On the way we checked out the Hoover Dam, which I'd never seen. It was here that we ran into a little hick-up in form of a (thankfully quick) search by a friendly-bored security checkpoint matey, who he soon realized our peaceful intentions and let us be on our way. ("Yes, we are a band". "No, no explosives in the bass drum"...yes) After that it was a gas to run around on this amazing, monumental piece of engineering. Somehow the 1930s construction and architecture seem straight out of the final reel of a James Bond movie. You know, when it all sparks and fizzes and there's a clock ticking... Maybe the guy in this photo would save the day?
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After this little detour it was off to Vegas, one of our favorite tour stops for some time now. And this was no exception. Sin City in full effect. Blinky lights, everything running on Vegas time (a.i. very, very late) and the strange sense of freedom that comes with knowing that, however much you misbehave and get off your rocker, you'll probably meet someone who did a lot worse... and that's in the next 10 minutes.
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Beauty Bar was bustling as we played to our biggest crowd here yet, preceded by a great blast of neo-mod energy from Acton Town (a band you'll definitely hear more about). Either we were getting better or the sound was just amazing, or both. Whichever it was, we had a great show and reception. The night was capped off in style by Close To Modern's Brit-rock inspired set. Thanks yet again to all Vegas kids and promoter James W, a true champion of the UG cause.
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Actually, when I say the night was "capped off", I mean it was going into the next phase. This is where it all gets a little murky. We had a minor casualty in the entourage at the Golden Nugget, resulting in the manager calling a very efficient, if not very happy, late-night-clean-up crew. Then there were Shenanigans in Sha's room (Sha-nanigans?), a failed attempt to check out the shark tank and maybe go for a swim (don't ask) before we finally retired. When my plan to sleep in a little later the next morning was being foiled by kids running about in the room above…well, let's just say I made a firm noise complaint involving an upside-down floor-lamp and the Motel ceiling. The kids shut up but the lamp didn't quite make it.
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Next up a FREE MONDAY at Satellite with residency act DUNIVEN. MON, April 16th.
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Check out the pic from yesterdays session. Scott's studio is a gorgeous place. All basics are done, now it's time to go back to said cul-de-sac, tune in to the signal beam and get weird. This is where things take shape and get a tad strange. Vintage synths and organs may be involved, the infamous Glockenspiel, a "Buddha Box" and many other devices.
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Amidst all this we had to pass on this year's SXSW fest, but thought we'd treat ourselves to a little mini-tour closer to home. United Ghosts will be hitting Phoenix/Tempe AZ on March 30th and Las Vegas on March 31st (details to follow). Can't wait for Ghosts on the Road!
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So he takes my license, and maybe gets a quick glimpse of my "01" artist's work Visa. He then tells me to wait "until he's dealt with everyone else". Getting a little bit edgy here. Why am I so special? It takes about 10 very long minutes to give everyone their tickets, then upon returning to my car, with my license, he asks:
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Alright, I'm ready for a car search, plus impound, or at least a $300 ticket at this moment. Instead he hands me my license back and tells me he will let me off without a citation today. Unreal. I'm mumbling something, a lot actually, about how much I really, really appreciate this and put the car in gear, as he leans in ever so slightly and says "Rock on my brother".
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Shit! Really? I mean how can I not abide by the law now and do exactly as I'm told tomorrow. Album sessions start in the morning, and I've been ordered to rock.United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-13330861092096680732012-02-01T16:41:00.000-08:002012-02-01T17:54:20.093-08:00HOBBITS AND HIT LISTSOK, so we've been a little slack with our blog recently, but then everything goes a little slack at the turn of the year.
So many nice developments on the back of our single release, let's hope I remember them all. Let's start with the most recent: Nic Harcourt, the man who used to make your morning become eclectic on KCRW and now has an ace new show, <a href="http://connections.kcsn.org/" target="_blank">"Connections", on KCSN</a>, made "Holes Into The Night" his "Daily Connection", granting three prime time spins per day for a week in January. Check out <a href="http://connections.kcsn.org/" target="_blank">the archived shows</a> from 1/7 and 1/14 to hear him play and talk about UG. Around the same time both our videos <a href="http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/wycW1nY9R3k/search/ghosts-united" target="_blank">showed up on NME.com </a> (the UK's biggest music publication). Check them out if you haven't seen them yet.
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Backtracking slightly, the end of 2011 saw our band and single getting a nice warm reception and positive reviews around the web and airwaves, making quite a few "best of" and "best new"…lists in the process. From <a href="http://buzzbands.la/2011/11/21/video-premiere-united-ghosts-holes-into-the-night/" target="_blank">Buzzbands LA</a> (part of the "Fall Mix" and #44 in "Top 100 tracks of 2011") to Indie Dark Room NYC (#3 on the "Top 10 New Bands" list and #22 in "Best Tracks 2011") to write-ups and interviews from LA Underground, <a href="http://www.rocknycliveandrecorded.com/2011/11/united-ghosts-at-satellite-saturday-november-26th-2011-reviewed.html" target="_blank">RockNyc</a>, and <a href="http://radiofreesilverlake.typepad.com/rfsl/2011/11/band-spotlight-united-ghosts.html" target="_blank">Radio Free Silverlake</a>, to name but few, plus nods from Germany and the UK. Needless to say we were really happy to see this reaction to the things we put our heart and soul into.
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Last but not least, we got a text a couple of days back from our friend Neil, who was spinning the single at Sundance Film Festival and none other than Peter Jackson came up to ask who it was. We'd love to see a few Hobbits rock out to the strains of UG.
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So it is with a nice little boost that we have started work on the full-length album. A whole batch of new tunes is in the works, and the ones you may already know are getting the pre-production treatment. Recording proper starts February 18th at Scott Gilman's Hobbyshop Studios.
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We will take some time out from recording to play an LA show soon, opening for the awesome Big Black Delta at LA's Bootleg Theatre on February 22. Get your tickets <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/86245/tfly?utm_medium=api" target="_blank">here</a>. This one will sell out for sure.
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Psst, secret Links to UG on the radio:
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/nic-harcourt-announces-united/s-ZqI5Y" target="_blank">Nic Harcourt announces United Ghosts as this week's Daily Connection</a>
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<a href="http://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/top-10-new-bands-of-2011/s-3O1xQ" target="_blank">Dreamwave NYC's Top 10 New Bands of 2011 - United Ghosts #3</a>United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-61157300062552476112011-12-15T13:05:00.000-08:002011-12-15T18:27:06.897-08:00…'TIS THE SEASON ALRIGHT……but as the "yule inevitable" extravaganza is winding up to full velocity, we are still at work here. No, we are not jamming on the X-mas drinking medley (not yet anyway), but instead getting ready to lay down the first round of basics for the United Ghosts album. <br />
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A session with our favorite producer Scott Gilman is booked for the last days of 2011 and we're excited to get drums and bass down before retreating to "ze magic Garage at the end of the lane" for overdubs and tweaks. Let's hope someone will supply the mistletoe and wine, or at least some <a href="http://youtu.be/v9ReDDDC0Rg" target=_"blank">things that explode</a> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Sydk7yYUzzd8Xj32twCddR7LVo1eBbXaPGsJHCPTENCOyGRc7_UtfHGxKU5OS7kQmg5pxoAN5m83gdOXRlDcJTciK5ZcV0KH-5QMCfeLZbu1Bo68a06E_1U61xXfiT-wTnHB7Okn1-vy/s1600/UG+at+Satellite+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="133" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Sydk7yYUzzd8Xj32twCddR7LVo1eBbXaPGsJHCPTENCOyGRc7_UtfHGxKU5OS7kQmg5pxoAN5m83gdOXRlDcJTciK5ZcV0KH-5QMCfeLZbu1Bo68a06E_1U61xXfiT-wTnHB7Okn1-vy/s200/UG+at+Satellite+1.jpg" /></a></div>for New Year's Eve. All gifts and surprises are welcome. <br />
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Speaking of surprises, we seem to have made a few end of year "best new acts/songs" lists. Thanks for the love to NYC's Dream Wave Radio who named United Ghosts one of the <a href="http://blog.indiedarkroom.com/index.php/2011/12/15/dream-wave-top-10-new-artists-in-2011/" target="_blank">"10 Best New Bands Of 2011"</a> and Buzzbands' Kevin Bronson, who has Holes Into The Night on rotation in it's <a target="_blank" href="http://soundcloud.com/buzzbands/sets/buzz-bands-la-fall-2011-mix">"Fall Mix"</a>. <br />
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Guess we just snuck in there with our November release. Falalala lah!<br />
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OK comrades, hold on to your antlers and have a good time! More transmissions will be coming your way as things develop and take shape. <br />
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Flying DutchmanUnited Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-10243048405578320762011-11-29T14:14:00.000-08:002011-11-30T21:15:29.542-08:00GETTING ON THE RIDE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn903jVxZ99MaOiFN4cM8LoNaWpKO_bqwSJIQs9H5CLXsGt6KuXz3fBbCi5cC251XEZi8FoGM-p6oCzSMKZkPQCjMntNYXF9dYUc3JJErTPoYSR76uAPfCcMwYoQtQwaDh2ALLR5SMxT2J/s1600/Murphburst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="133" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn903jVxZ99MaOiFN4cM8LoNaWpKO_bqwSJIQs9H5CLXsGt6KuXz3fBbCi5cC251XEZi8FoGM-p6oCzSMKZkPQCjMntNYXF9dYUc3JJErTPoYSR76uAPfCcMwYoQtQwaDh2ALLR5SMxT2J/s200/Murphburst.jpg" /></a></div>Wow, that was fun! Felt something like lift-off this last week or so. And if that's is what it was, this is definitely re-entry. Including the after-effects. Bit shaky, run-down, but also very happy and ready to do it again. And again.<br />
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In an intense whirl of a build-up to our show at Satellite, we definitely didn't get a lot of time to think, sleep or bother with food and mundane things like that. Some great bits of press emerged in the process. Here are a couple of them:<br />
<blockquote><a href="http://radiofreesilverlake.typepad.com/rfsl/2011/11/band-spotlight-united-ghosts.html" target="_blank">- Radio Free Silverlake Interview</a><br />
<a href="http://www.la-underground.net/2011/11/los-angeles-loves-night-at-satellite.html" target="_blank">- LA Underground</a></blockquote>The <a href="http://youtu.be/wycW1nY9R3k" target="_blank">video for "Holes Into The Night"</a> was very well received on youtube with quite a few hits (4 figures in the first week) already in.<br />
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Then today we got this really nice <a href="http://www.rocknycliveandrecorded.com/2011/11/united-ghosts-at-satellite-saturday-november-26th-2011-reviewed.html" target="_blank">review on RockNyc</a> by a great writer called Alyson Camus. She also got a cool video of the first song 'Somewhere and a Day' - see below. Thanks so much Alyson!<br />
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We feel really lucky. These are all the kind of things that keep a band going and we are now rearing to go and start recording the album. <br />
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Next LA show is at Bootleg Theatre on January 26. We'll try to hold on to our gear and our marbles in the meantime, and not burn up in the stratosphere. <br />
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Flying DutchmanUnited Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-68654490201052834472011-11-26T05:53:00.000-08:002011-11-29T23:22:45.037-08:00LA Underground presents: Official release show for UNITED GHOSTS 7" tonight 11/26 at the SatelliteCome out and see us play the official release show for our 7" and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wycW1nY9R3k&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">video</a> tonight at the Satellite. The show is <a href="http://www.la-underground.net/2011/11/los-angeles-loves-night-at-satellite.html" target="_blank">presented by LA Underground</a> and we are on a bill with the bolts of melody and noise that make up the sound of Tennis System, the international mystery 2-piece Boxviolet and the dark sassy girl band psych-rock-with-a-harp of LA Witch.<br />
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Details below:<br />
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TENNIS SYSTEM 11pm (RECORD RELEASE)<br />
UNITED GHOSTS 10pm (7" RELEASE)<br />
BOXVIOLET 9pm<br />
L.A. WITCH 12am<br />
plus DJ CRQLR spinning in between bands<br />
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The Satellite<br />
1717 Silverlake Blvd.<br />
Los Angeles, CA 90026<br />
$8/21+/9pm<br />
ADVANCE TICKETS at Satellitela.comUnited Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-41200161784177313622011-11-21T13:27:00.000-08:002011-11-30T21:23:56.950-08:00"Holes Into The Night" video premiere on Buzzbands.la todayThe video for our single “Holes Into The Night” is now live! <a href="http://buzzbands.la/2011/11/21/video-premiere-united-ghosts-holes-into-the-night/">It premiered today on Buzzbands.la.</a> Thanks to Arian Soheili for his amazing direction, to Kevin Bronson of Buzzbands for the support and to Steve "Paynie" Payne for letting us use the amazing Red Loft location. Was a long night. We really look forward to our single release show with Tennis System at The Satellite this Saturday 11/26. Get your tickets at the <a href="http://www.thesatellitela.com/event/75971/" target="_blank">Satellite website</a> or write to Unitedghosts (at) gmail.com to get on a reduced list. And look out for a UG interview on another major LA blog this week.<br />
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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wycW1nY9R3k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-79844763436494503192011-11-21T09:41:00.000-08:002011-11-21T09:43:39.278-08:00REVIEW IN SHOEGAZR (Germany)With our single barely out 24 hours we found some love coming our way from my home of old. Check out this <a href="http://www.shoegazr.de/united-ghosts-holes-into-the-night/#comments">review from Shoegazr Germany</a> and the translation below.<br />
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<i>Wow, what a debut: Holes into the Night is the title of the 7" the girls and boys in United Ghosts released today. Take-no-prisoners-catchy, beautifully melodic, kraut-ey, psychedelic indie gear with a fine hint of shoegaze. Just the way we like it.<br />
Yours truly can't wait to hear the album, which is slanted for release in the early part of 2012. Especially because b-side Mainline to the Sun is so good it's more like another A-side. Available on Vinyl and in digital format, although we're not exactly sure where just yet. In the meantime we'll have to amuse ourselves with the also very appealing video and the Soundcloud Profile of United Ghosts.</i><br />
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Isn't it lucky I used to do this for a living? Thanks Shogazr, Danke!United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-63717955027529876022011-11-21T00:53:00.000-08:002011-11-21T00:55:34.842-08:00SPACEBRAIN GOES TO ORIGAMI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wqummgC_ieck6nqEMt2LUhX81JFrlXYcr7bVkJw9whSPf49XQ_dagGdw2AU8x6ASH1Y5l-_m2y9tw6_n5niptDXP7sptgvtBjFkRX3A5k4TFMiN6e2bwlsPg5B43j7yIb5Y7_D69WmIH/s1600/Presshotcamera.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="136" width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8wqummgC_ieck6nqEMt2LUhX81JFrlXYcr7bVkJw9whSPf49XQ_dagGdw2AU8x6ASH1Y5l-_m2y9tw6_n5niptDXP7sptgvtBjFkRX3A5k4TFMiN6e2bwlsPg5B43j7yIb5Y7_D69WmIH/s200/Presshotcamera.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Some days are just buggers, yet there's always hope. Believe me and read on, comrades. This Friday started out as one of those, then ended with a good show and an incredible piece of luck and loyalty. But I'm jumping ahead a bit. <br />
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First of all thanks to everyone (and there were quite a few of you) who showed up, watched our show and bought our records at the <a href="http://origamimusic.blogspot.com/2011/11/tonight-in-store-w-united-ghosts-7pm_18.html">Origami Vinyl in-store</a> on Friday!<br />
We had a blast, especially since, as mentioned above, this was one of those days.<br />
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The hours leading up to the show were marred by some horrid Friday LA traffic making everyone late. On top of that, I got stuck at the postal facility finishing a big mail-out of promo packages, gluing my fingers to envelopes and making a general mess of things. Why? Because mailing things seems to me to be one of the most stressful times in the human experience, always has. I mean right up there with moving, divorce and the DMV! I'm mailophobic, just can't get it together. Needless to say by the time I got out of there I was running well late for the gig. <br />
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Then, loading my gear at the practice space, I made the near-fatal mistake of getting my laptop out of the trunk of the car and setting it on the ground so it wouldn't get crushed by equipment. After a brief chat with fellow Silverlake lads Vanaprasta yours truly drove off, after securely loading all the musical gear , but not the Macbook sitting right next to it.<br />
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That's when Vanaprasta stepped in like proper stars and saved my arse by handing in said laptop along with some all-important X-mas lights. Much appreciated, fellas. Your super-hero outfits are in the mail, as soon as I get to a post office again. <br />
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What a relief that after that, everyone made it just in time, the gig rocked, I got my computer back and everyone lived happily ever after. The end.<br />
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Ready for re-entry<br />
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Brain in SpaceUnited Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-51114931204995475012011-11-16T13:32:00.000-08:002011-11-22T13:35:13.529-08:00LOVE FROM NEON REVERB RADIOCheck out a soundbyte below from Neon Reverb Radio's 2nd anniversary show on 11/11/11. Hosted by Donald Hickey and Ginger Bruner on 91.5FM KUNV in Las Vegas. Nice review of United Ghosts upcoming single 'Holes into the Night'!<br />
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<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28187984"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28187984" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts/neonreverbradio_111111">Neon Reverb Radio - United Ghosts Review - 11/11/11</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/unitedghosts">United Ghosts</a></span>United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-47272669826710605462011-11-09T12:50:00.000-08:002011-11-09T13:25:25.540-08:00NOVEMBER SPAWNED A SINGLE (7" release date and shows confirmed)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9fzQo6A4nDW12KS1TUGm1LiYntidAov9Rd2-jj3-r9-Hex0FNNRP_M59eRr4PXCVwrrwtZAcczLR6-wL7JFK_vcixCT-olzU2zLvNSEl4BUHV-gjlXuOT8Q_DmezRNUHunk6TFix3bY1/s1600/%2522+sleeve.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:left; float:left;margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="320" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9fzQo6A4nDW12KS1TUGm1LiYntidAov9Rd2-jj3-r9-Hex0FNNRP_M59eRr4PXCVwrrwtZAcczLR6-wL7JFK_vcixCT-olzU2zLvNSEl4BUHV-gjlXuOT8Q_DmezRNUHunk6TFix3bY1/s320/%2522+sleeve.jpg" /></a></div><br />
After a few heavy bumps in the road, we are proud to announce that <b>our first single</b> is finally ready to launch. The vinyl and digital versions of <b>Holes into the Night</b>, backed by <b>Mainline to the Sun</b> are finally ready to go and will be <b>out on </b><b>NOV 17th</b>.<br />
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The two tracks, written in the early period of United Ghosts by Axel Steuerwald and Sha Sabi, were recorded by the full band in early 2011. Scott Gilman once again (co-)produced and mixed. The luscious artwork is courtesy of London artist Paul Kelley, also known for his work for St. Etienne and Heavenly Records.<br />
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Needless to say we are proud of our baby. A small-but-perfectly-formed first outing we feel and hope you will agree once you get your hands on it next week. There's an iTunes release for those among you who do not own a record player. For those who do, the 7" will of course be carried by local vinyl stores, as well as being available on mail order from our site and, of course, from our merch table at shows. Speaking of which, two LA dates are booked to mark the occasion! <br />
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The first is an <b>in-store appearance at</b> the one and only <a href="http://www.origamimusic.blogspot.com/"><b>Origami Vinyl</b></a>. on <b>NOV 18th</b>. We will be on at 7pm and you can buy the single at the store. The following week will see the <b>official single release show on Saturday NOV 26th at <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1130783431717168357">The Satellite</a></b> in Silverlake. The video for "Holes into the night" is also out next week with a premier on one of LA's major music blogs. Details to follow. <br />
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Hope you enjoy and see you all soon!<br />
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Sincerely<br />
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Flying DutchmanUnited Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-30842095409293452402011-10-31T11:25:00.000-07:002011-11-06T17:20:59.869-08:00DOWN A DARK ALLEY WITH SOME GHOSTS (video)Christmas lights and living room lamps illuminated the scene last weekend at Old Style Guitars, where we played an (almost) acoustic set in the by-now-somewhat-famous alley behind Reuben Cox's ace little music store.<br />
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Despite freezing fingers and a missing Sean Burgess on drums, we had an amazing night. Beate, my sister-in-music and life from back in the London days, filled in beautifully on percussion and quite a few people showed up to make this a very cool night for UG indeed. The sound was helped by a special warm "alley reverb" that is hard to describe and probably impossible to reproduce anywhere else (although it would make a great name for a stomp box).<br />
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One slightly older gentleman was so moved by the performance, he stuck a twenty in my pocket! Unusual, but definitely not unwelcome for the after-party beer fund. <br />
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All in all a great time. Thanks to Reuben and Kelly Jones, who was the other act playing that night, for having us. If you missed it, lucky for you here is video evidence! Check out three songs filmed that night below and enjoy.<br />
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-<a href="http://youtu.be/UaGc1QSVjC4" target="_blank">MAINLINE TO THE SUN</a> (acoustic 10/21/11 Old Style Guitar Store)<br />
-<a href="http://youtu.be/-rnbcVb49wc" target="_blank">THE REVOLUTION WAITING</a> (acoustic 10/21/11 Old Style Guitar Store) <br />
-<a href="http://youtu.be/PUNsg_hyTJk" target="_blank">AFTERSHADOWS</a> (acoustic 10/21/11 Old Style Guitar Store) <br />
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Next week will see the official release of the 7" and an in-store at Origami records on <strike>Friday 11/4 at 7pm</strike>. <i>UPDATE: In-store at Origami Records is now scheduled for Friday 11/18 at 8pm.... and the Official 7" Release Party is at the Satellite on 11/26 with Tennis System.</i><br />
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See you there!<br />
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Flying DutchmanUnited Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1130783431717168357.post-74933962575863304292011-10-25T20:00:00.000-07:002011-10-25T20:00:40.994-07:00Buzzbands piece on United Ghosts today!Buzzbands piece on United Ghosts today! Thanks Mr. Bronson. Great show at Old Style guitars last weekend, too. Thanks to all who came out. We are liking this bit of LA-ghost-buzz.<br />
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When he fronted the lamentably overlooked <a href="http://buzzbands.la/2011/07/20/mere-mortals-bidding-farewell-with-love-x/" target="_blank">Mere Mortals</a>, Axel Steuerwald fashioned tunes that seemed beamed across the Atlantic from Manchester and sprinkled with garage-rock fairy dust. His new quartet <a href="http://facebook.com/unitedghosts" target="_blank">United Ghosts</a>, founded with Sha Sabi, build on that approach — driving Euro dance rhythms, hazy guitar and synth textures and boy/girl vocals straight out of the jetstream. United Ghosts’ debut 7-inch, “Holes Into the Night,” is like a dream in fast motion, the kind of roll-the-windows-down psych-rocker you used to hear on the radio in 1990s, and would welcome today.United Ghostshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15783599389507117453noreply@blogger.com0