Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Face the music.


British electro-rockers The Black Ghosts began splintering into existence in 2005. That's when Simian's Simon Lord and The Wiseguys' Theo Keating met with the intention of doing a few songs together. Two years later, the duo are working on an LP and have released a handful of singles and remixes. "Face," released late last year, is a tasty teaser limited to only 500 copies. Guess who's got it?

MP3: The Black Ghosts - "Face"

"Anyway You Choose to Give It," released on limited 12" in late 2006, is the first official single from the forthcoming album. This is the one we just can't seem to stop playing. A remix EP released earlier this year finds the Midas-esque Playgroup re-working the cut with that Lyn Collins/Rob Base drum track, James Brown samples, and air raid sirens. Seriously.


MP3: The Black Ghosts - "Anyway You Choose to Give It"
MP3: The Black Ghosts - "Anyway You Choose to Give It" (Playgroup Remix)

Remember Olivia Newton-John's 1982 classic "(Let's Get) Physical," in which she all but begs her date to just stick it in already? A compilation released in March (mind-blowing not so much in execution as in concept) revives the sexytime single with 12 exclusive covers done in alternating degrees of awesome. Let's Get Physical with Wesc was doled out by the shop at their store openings. The Black Ghosts' cover is, not surprisingly, the album's best.

MP3: The Black Ghosts - "Let's Get Physical"

The Black Ghosts' full-length debut, courtesy of Southern Fried, is due out later this summer. Tour dates, no doubt and hopefully, are sure to follow. Listen to their summer mixtape while you wait.

MP3: The Black Ghosts - Summer Mixtape, July 2007

Tracklist:
Syclops - "Mom the Video Broke"
Beckett and Taylor - "You Gotta Work"
Vincent Markowski - "The Madness of Moths" vs. The Black Ghosts - "Repetition Kills You"
Lindstrom - "I Feel Space" vs. The Black Ghosts - "Something New"
Noze - "Remember Love"
Cursor Minor - "Hair of the Dog"
Gossip - "Listen Up" (The Black Ghosts Remix)
Bass-a-rani & Dexter - "Boogie Chasers" vs. The Black Ghosts - "Face"
Ear Pwr - "Jack & Jill"
The Black Ghosts - "Some Way Through This" (Plastician & Skream Remix)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I was totally lying earlier, I actually love that song! shhh! it's a secret.