Ghost Against Ghost-Unarm EP
Release Date: January 22, 2016

Order on Artist Site:
ghostagainstghost.com

Ghost Against Ghost offer the second EP in their dark-romantic conceptual series with the thunderous opus, Unarm.

The Unarm EP focuses on the transformation of dark/negative energy into a positive/life-giving energy by referencing and reflecting on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tonglen, in which the practitioner envisions taking on a thick black cloud of smoke consisting of the pain and suffering of a concentrated other, and exhaling a stream of golden light that saturates the body and mind of the recipient with peace, wisdom and resolution.

The first track entitled, “Your Secret Ocean” is a dense web of swelling modular synths and otherworldly electronic noises over waves of electric bass that places the listener in a strange, unresolved landscape, navigating an inexplicable swim through a conflicted and confused human consciousness.

The ambient, shoegaze world of the title track “Unarm”, showcases Bono’s complex and varied dream-like production. Bono’s operatic post-rock writing utilizes dense walls of guitars, ambient synths, and washed out vocals along with the diverse talents of two drummers. Jason Molina (Dead Heart Bloom, Longwave) provides the downtempo rock groove for the first half and Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta, Trash Talk, Suicidal Tendencies) enters 6 minutes into the 8.5 minute track to lay down driving, colossal beats that carry through to the heavy climactic ending.

With the Unarm EP, Ghost Against Ghost continues to showcase their unique combination of monolithic, dynamic post-rock, but here expanding further into melodic experimentalism along the lines of Peter Gabriel’s and Brian Eno’s early solo work, building to heavy climaxes reminiscent of Spiritualized and Muse. Unarm is the third release for Ghost Against Against and is slated for release January 22, 2016 via Our Silent Canvas.

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written, arranged and produced by Christopher Bono
Mixed by Christopher Bono
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Recorded at Our Silent Canvas’ Apollo 37 Studios
--
Christopher Bono- Vocals, synths, bass, guitars, piano, programming, mixing, engineer
Thomas Pridgen- Drums
Jason Molina- Drums
Anthony Molina-Engineer
Jeremy Kinney- assistant engineer, editing
--
Lyrics

Come on, 
Unarm yourself.
And break through your frozen doors.

Come on, 
Unarm yourself,
and let your consciousness unfurl.

You’re running through,
A hell of halls,
Where every bliss hides a deep abyss.

Looking deep a lantern may come to shine.
The way out emits from the center of your mind.

Please unarm, we’re suffering.
The night has spoken.
The dark exists to liberate you.

And come on and transform,
Breathing in the black sins,
While breathing out the golden wind.

A symptom of sad, layered laws,
A heart closed, dull, dead.
Within your gaze the red revealed.

But in the black I still feel a halo,
Relax and let your Soul return.

And sail through the lonely,
And unarm to pass through the gate,
Now celebrate the Holy,
Surrender to this self-less state.

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Ghost Against Ghost- Unarm EP

Gareth Jones and Christopher Bono return with their second album as Nous Alpha, ‘A Walk In The Woods’. Hear the rustling electronic opener, ‘Important Moments’, now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-nous-alpha-important-moments

A Walk in the Woods

Premiere: Nous Alpha ‘Important Moments’

Squid - G.S.K.
Nous Alpha - Golden Lemon
LUMP - Animal
Rodrigo Amarante - Mare
Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Jimmy 'Preacher' Ellis - Hard Times
Winter McQuinn - Huxley 
Trees Speak - Scheinwelt
Ducks Ltd. - Oblivion
DUMB - Pizza Slice
That Hideous Sound - Always To Blame 
Kolonel Djafaar - Recording 68 
Anthony Joseph - Swing Praxis
Lucas Santtana & Selecao Natural - Lycra-Limao
The Gripsweats - G'on Use It 
TEKE TEKE - Sarabande
AIM LOW - Broken Sundial
Rainy Day People - If Not Now, When
Tough Age - Giuseppe Pizzeria
Tommy McCook's Orchestra - Sampson
Grace Jones - Pull Up Tp The Bumper

Pressure Drop Show, 10th May 2021

Laraaji (born as Edward Larry Gordon) may be most well-known for his 1980 album Ambient 3: Day of Radiance, a collaboration with Brian Eno for his legendary ambient series of recordings, but Laraaji's career has actually spanned more than 40 years and includes over 50 releases. However, music is only one element of this laughter artist, meditation practitioner, and mystic traveler. As Eno says, "Laraaji is one of the calmest and most serious people I have ever met, and also one of the most lighthearted. It's an unusual combination, but somehow both qualities show in his work – it's deep and bright at the same time." Geoff Stanfield had a conversation with Laraaji from which excerpts were pulled for an article in Tape Op issue #141, but actually hearing the words and wisdom is an experience all its own. Enjoy!

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Episode 61: Laraaji

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Samer Soltan - Close to you (Meera remix) - Anime
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Fjordfunk - Forever More - ALO
Third Attempt - People Are Beautiful - Beatservice
Maya Vik - Friction Addiction - Oslo Records 
Maya Vik - Reverie - Oslo Records 
Boblebad - Mermaid feat. Guro - Beatservice 
Neon Streams - Ataraxia - Music Nordics
Casablanca 303 & Voodoo Meluk - Insollino 
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Ghost Against Ghost- Your Secret Ocean

Ghost Against Ghost-Unarm EP
Release Date: January 22, 2016

Pre-Order on Artist Site:
http://ghostagainstghost.com

Ghost Against Ghost offer the second EP in their dark-romantic conceptual series with the thunderous opus, Unarm. 

The Unarm EP focuses on the transformation of dark/negative energy into a positive/life-giving energy by referencing and reflecting on the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Tonglen, in which the practitioner envisions taking on a thick black cloud of smoke consisting of the pain and suffering of a concentrated other, and exhaling a stream of golden light that saturates the body and mind of the recipient with peace, wisdom and resolution. 

The first track entitled, “Your Secret Ocean” is a dense web of swelling modular synths and otherworldly electronic noises over waves of electric bass that places the listener in a strange, unresolved landscape, navigating an inexplicable swim through a conflicted and confused human consciousness. 


The ambient, shoegaze world of the title track “Unarm”, showcases Bono’s complex and varied dream-like production. Bono’s operatic post-rock writing utilizes dense walls of guitars, ambient synths, and washed out vocals along with the diverse talents of two drummers. Jason Molina (Dead Heart Bloom, Longwave) provides the downtempo rock groove for the first half and Thomas Pridgen (Mars Volta, Trash Talk, Suicidal Tendencies) enters 6 minutes into the 8.5 minute track to lay down driving, colossal beats that carry through to the heavy climactic ending. 

With the Unarm EP, Ghost Against Ghost continues to showcase their unique combination of monolithic, dynamic post-rock, but here expanding further into melodic experimentalism along the lines of Peter Gabriel’s and Brian Eno’s early solo work, building to heavy climaxes reminiscent of Spiritualized and Muse. Unarm is the third release for Ghost Against Against and is slated for release January 22, 2016 via Our Silent Canvas.

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written, arranged and produced by Christopher Bono
Mixed by Christopher Bono
Mastered by Greg Calbi
Recorded at Our Silent Canvas’ Apollo 37 Studios
--
Christopher Bono- Vocals, synths, bass, guitars, piano, programming, mixing, engineer
Thomas Pridgen- Drums
Jason Molina- Drums
Anthony Molina-Engineer
Jeremy Kinney- assistant engineer, editing
--
Lyrics

Come on, 
Unarm yourself.
And break through your frozen doors.

Come on, 
Unarm yourself,
and let your consciousness unfurl.

You’re running through,
A hell of halls,
Where every bliss hides a deep abyss.

Looking deep a lantern may come to shine.
The way out emits from the center of your mind.

Please unarm, we’re suffering.
The night has spoken.
The dark exists to liberate you.

And come on and transform,
Breathing in the black sins,
While breathing out the golden wind.

A symptom of sad, layered laws,
A heart closed, dull, dead.
Within your gaze the red revealed.

But in the black I still feel a halo,
Relax and let your Soul return.

And sail through the lonely,
And unarm to pass through the gate,
Now celebrate the Holy,
Surrender to this self-less state.
 

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Ghost Against Ghost- Unarm

Composed & Arranged by Michael Hewett (Being in Dreaming Music/BMI)
Guitars - Michael Hewett
Tracking Engineer - Michael Hewett
Mix Engineer - Michael Hewett
Cover Art Design - Carol Issa

Available for download at https://michaelhewett.bandcamp.com/track/gold-acoustic-instrumental-version-2

Muses

Gold

GOLD (Acoustic Instrumental Version)

Hollow Ship - Magic Mountain
Kelly Finnigan - I Called You Back Baby
Paddy Hanna - Cannibals
Flaming Lips - Flowers Of Neptune 6 (feat. Kacey Musgraves)
Mong Tong - A Nambra
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Band - Up On Cripple Creek
Navet Confit - OK
PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - London Can Take It
The Kinks - Brainwashed
NOUS - We Hope The Weather Can Continue
TJ Roberts - Sinceridipity
Protomartyr - Michigan Hammers
Hater - Sift
Viscardi & Alano Santo - Biologia Urbana
The Bamboos - Hard Up
REPO - Canyon
Jade Hairpins - Father Coin
Tim Presley - Must Go
Thee Sinseers - What's His Name
Tommy McCook - Two For One
Billy Stewart - Summertime

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