Warm Ghost
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Warm Ghost is an electronic experimental pop group based out of Brooklyn, New York, specializing in ambient synth pop. Formed by singer / multi-instrumentalist Paul Duncan, Warm Ghost became a duo with Daniel Lewis in 2011. The group pairs spacious synthesizers with skittering, electronic beats, creating a textural sound that is highly eclectic. Their recordings have drawn comparisons to numerous genres and groups, including Autechre, Depeche Mode, Fennesz, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and Cluster. Paul Duncan has said that Arthur Russell is an influence on Warm Ghost.
In 2011, Warm Ghost made their debut with the Claws Overhead EP, released on Geographic North, and followed up later that year with their first full-length effort, Narrows, on Partisan Records. The group is notable for positive attention from avant-garde music critics.
Duncan was born in East Texas, but studied painting and sound design at Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, before moving to Atlanta and then Brooklyn, New York.{{cite news |title= Paul Duncan |publisher= Hometapes Records |year= 2007 |url= http://home-tapes.com/Hometapes/Paul_Duncan.html |accessdate= May 10, 2011 He has collaborated with artists including multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi, Joe Stickney of Bear in Heaven, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, David Daniell{{cite news |title= Warm Ghost |publisher= Partisan Records |date= 2011-05-08 |url= http://www.partisanrecords.com/artists/warm-ghost/bio/ |accessdate= 2011-05-08 |archive-date= 2011-03-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110320034021/http://www.partisanrecords.com/artists/warm-ghost/bio/ |url-status= dead |title= Above the Trees |publisher= Hometapes Records |year= 2007 |url= http://home-tapes.com/Hometapes/HT017.html |accessdate= May 10, 2011 |title= Paul Duncan |publisher= Last FM |year= 2007 |url= http://www.last.fm/music/Paul+Duncan |accessdate= May 10, 2011 |title= Mountain Man - "Play It Right" (Warm Ghost Remix) MP3 (PopMatters Premiere) |magazine= PopMatters |date= March 9, 2011 |url= http://www.popmatters.com/pm/artists/warm-ghost |accessdate= 2011-05-08
Music reviews
Pitchfork reviewer Joshua Love wrote that Duncan's music departed from the chillwave style of artists such as Neon Indian and Washed Out because of Duncan's "sternly romantic voice" which helps give his music a "general smeary, indistinct aesthetic, which is possibly its most alluring strength."{{cite web |author= Joshua Love |title= Warm Ghost -- Uncut Diamond EP |website= Pitchfork |date= March 2, 2011 |url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15164-uncut-diamond-ep/ |accessdate= 2011-05-08 |title= Album Review: Warm Ghost "Uncut Diamond EP" |publisher= The Weird Fishes.com |date= 2011-05-08 |url= http://www.theweirdfishes.com/2011/01/album-review-warm-ghost-uncut-diamond-ep/ |accessdate= 2011-05-08 |author= -brad knain |title= Warm Ghost -- Uncut Diamond (music review) |publisher= hybridmagazine.com |date= 2011-05-08 |url= http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/0511/warmghost.shtml |accessdate= 2011-05-08 |author= Andrew Duncan |title= Warm Ghost – Uncut Diamond (Partisan Records) (music review) |publisher= Zaptown Magazine |date= March 16, 2011 |url= http://www.zaptownmag.com/2011/03/warm-ghost-uncut-diamond-partisan-records |accessdate= 2011-05-08 |title= Warm Ghost -- Uncut Diamond (album) (music review) |publisher= ALTsounds |date= March 21, 2011 |url= http://hangout.altsounds.com/reviews/127533-warm-ghost-uncut-diamond-album.html |accessdate= 2011-05-08}}
Discography
- Claws Overhead (EP), 2011, Geographic North
- Uncut Diamond (EP; reissue of Claws Overhead with two bonus tracks), 2011, Partisan Records
- Narrows (LP), 2011, Partisan Records
References
References
- (4 February 2011). "Interview with Warm Ghost".
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