DE GHOST is the new solo electronica/ambient project of Swiss electrojazz producer Sknail. The track “Luxe”, 2nd prize in the Electron Festival Track Contest 2020, is the 1st single from the forthcoming album (fall 2021).
De Ghost's sound is a clever mix of rhythmic glitch, deep bass and atmospheric pads. His music with its sober and minimalist aesthetic, charged with an ethereal atmosphere, evokes a near future in which the ultimate luxury will be silence, freshness and purity.
Check out De Ghost website : https://deghost.net/

DE GHOST - Luxe

« 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙞𝙪𝙨 » is taken from the brand new album, 𝗟𝗨𝗫𝗘 by DE GHOST. OUT NOW!
𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 / 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄 (download and streaming): lnk.site/de-ghost-luxe
𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼: release on Youtube December 2, 2021. Stay tuned!

DE GHOST is the new solo electronica/ambient project of Swiss electrojazz producer Sknail.
De Ghost's sound is a clever mix of rhythmic glitch, deep bass and atmospheric pads. His music with its sober and minimalist aesthetic, charged with an ethereal atmosphere, evokes a near future in which the ultimate luxury will be silence, freshness and purity.
Check out De Ghost website : deghost.net/

DE GHOST - Celsius

« 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 » is taken from the brand new album, 𝗟𝗨𝗫𝗘 by DE GHOST. 
𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 / 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄 (download and streaming): lnk.site/de-ghost-luxe

DE GHOST - September

"Ouija" is the 1st single from the SKNAIL's 9-track album of the same name, to be released on November 17, 2023.

SKNAIL : production, electronics
Amine Mraihi : acoustic and electric Oud
Yannick Barman : trumpet, electronics
Cyril Regamey : drums
Guy-François Leuenberger : piano
Mix/Mastering : Lad Agabekov

Ouija is a classic way of entering into communication with the spirit world, a communication modus according to parapsychology without particular danger. SKNAIL however here presents another way of communicating with spirits, with Swiss precision, all in finesse, associated with a lot of energy and emotions, in a clockwise direction.

Ouija

"The Call" is the 2nd single from the SKNAIL's 9-track album of the same name, to be released on November 17, 2023.

SKNAIL : production, electronics
Amine Mraihi : Oud, "The Call" composition
Yannick Barman : trumpet
Cyril Regamey : drums
Guy-François Leuenberger : piano

Mix/Mastering : Lad Agabekov
Photos by Mehdi Benkler

Ouija is a classic way of entering into communication with the spirit world, a communication modus according to parapsychology without particular danger. SKNAIL however here presents another way of communicating with spirits, with Swiss precision, all in finesse, associated with a lot of energy and emotions, in a clockwise direction.

The Call

"Cellar Of Heaven" is a track from the SKNAIL's 9-track album "OUIJA", to be released on November 17, 2023.
Link to the album: https://orcd.co/0ao3xkn
Link to the video: https://youtu.be/PKPvK4WWocY?si=IkuJ2DfV0OuSgMxq

SKNAIL : production, electronics
Amine Mraihi : acoustic and electric Oud
Yannick Barman : trumpet, electronics
Cyril Regamey : drums
Guy-François Leuenberger : piano
Mix/Mastering : Lad Agabekov

Ouija is a classic way of entering into communication with the spirit world, a communication modus according to parapsychology without particular danger. SKNAIL however here presents another way of communicating with spirits, with Swiss precision, all in finesse, associated with a lot of energy and emotions, in a clockwise direction.

Cellar Of Heaven

"W.A.Y." is a track from the SKNAIL's 9-track album "OUIJA", released on November 17, 2023.
Link to the album: https://orcd.co/0ao3xkn

SKNAIL : production, electronics
Amine Mraihi : acoustic and electric Oud
Yannick Barman : trumpet, electronics
Cyril Regamey : drums
Guy-François Leuenberger : piano
Mix/Mastering : Lad Agabekov

Ouija is a classic way of entering into communication with the spirit world, a communication modus according to parapsychology without particular danger. SKNAIL however here presents another way of communicating with spirits, with Swiss precision, all in finesse, associated with a lot of energy and emotions, in a clockwise direction.

W.A.Y. (Where Are You)

"Frozen Embers" is a track from the SKNAIL's 9-track album "OUIJA", released on November 17, 2023.
Link to the album: https://orcd.co/0ao3xkn

SKNAIL : production, electronics
Amine Mraihi : acoustic and electric Oud
Yannick Barman : trumpet, electronics
Cyril Regamey : drums
Guy-François Leuenberger : piano
Mix/Mastering : Lad Agabekov

Ouija is a classic way of entering into communication with the spirit world, a communication modus according to parapsychology without particular danger. SKNAIL however here presents another way of communicating with spirits, with Swiss precision, all in finesse, associated with a lot of energy and emotions, in a clockwise direction.

Frozen Embers

"Cone and See" is a track from the SKNAIL's 9-track album "OUIJA", released on November 17, 2023.
Link to the album: https://orcd.co/0ao3xkn

SKNAIL : production, electronics
Amine Mraihi : acoustic and electric Oud
Yannick Barman : trumpet, electronics
Cyril Regamey : drums
Guy-François Leuenberger : piano
Mix/Mastering : Lad Agabekov

Ouija is a classic way of entering into communication with the spirit world, a communication modus according to parapsychology without particular danger. SKNAIL however here presents another way of communicating with spirits, with Swiss precision, all in finesse, associated with a lot of energy and emotions, in a clockwise direction.

Come And See

Imagine an old-fashioned jazz club, dark and filled with smoke. A singer, five top notch musicians, breathtaking improvisations. Now transpose the same scene into the year 3147! SKNAIL, a Swiss composer and producer, has done just that and presents a 2nd album of visionary, organic jazz, some sort of a musical sci-fi novel, in which the « not-quite-humans-anymore » play the music of their ancestors, digging it up from some faraway place in their memory. The warmth of the acoustic instruments confronts cold electronics and takes the listener on a journey into the jazz of the distant future, delicate and pure. From their futuristic and ultra-technological world the Snail Charmers are transmitting an important message with the help of Nya’s voice. 

SKNAIL - Something's got to give

Imagine an old-fashioned jazz club, dark and filled with smoke. A singer, five top notch musicians, breathtaking improvisations. Now transpose the same scene into the year 3147! SKNAIL, a Swiss composer and producer, has done just that and presents a 2nd album of visionary, organic jazz, some sort of a musical sci-fi novel, in which the « not-quite-humans-anymore » play the music of their ancestors, digging it up from some faraway place in their memory. The warmth of the acoustic instruments confronts cold electronics and takes the listener on a journey into the jazz of the distant future, delicate and pure. From their futuristic and ultra-technological world the Snail Charmers are transmitting an important message with the help of Nya’s voice. 

SKNAIL - Lacrima

Solo glitch jazz live performance, 2nd part - short sample from September 2016 concert in Zagreb (Croatia)

Solo glitch jazz LIVE performance, 2nd part

SKNAIL feat. Yannick Barman
China Tour 2018 :
27/06 - Shanghai, YUYINTANG
01/07 - Xi'an, WUQIONG CLUB
07/07 - Beijing, DUSK DAWN CLUB

SKNAIL & YB - Digital Decay

For their third album "Mutation", SKNAIL continues the exploration of their pioneering avant-garde glitch jazz by integrating into the band female vocalist Billie Bird, a bandoneon player, and a guest drummer on one of the tracks. 
This time, more than ever with the fusion of timbres and styles of the past and future, they are taking jazz to unexplored territories. These musical mutations will be part of the new 10 track album. 
The artwork and video is realized by visionary Turkish artist Can Pekdemir.

Mutation

SKNAIL - A Storm

From minimal electronica, heated to contemporary jazz, led by a folk singer.

SKNAIL - Rooms (feat. Billie Bird)

SKNAIL is a Swiss composer and music producer. In collaboration with 6 professional jazz and classical musicians, he has reinvented the jazz band by replacing the drummer with the sighs of broken printers, the creaking of worn out machinery, computer crashes and other sounds generated by mistreated machines. SKNAIL composes and arranges everything, and records the confrontations between musicians and machines. He will let both sides improvise and experiment with the cutting-edge. These unbridled fights, included in the first album, called “glitch jazz”, have lead to totally new and amazing sounds different from what we have heard until now, varying from jazz and free jazz to contemporary and minimal electro to glitch electronica music. All the musicians take part in a duel against a machine without ever meeting one another ! 

SKNAIL - The Other Side

SKNAIL - The Way Part. 1

SKNAIL - The Snail Part. 2

Sknail is a music producer and composer @ SKNAIL (glitch jazz) and DE GHOST (electronica)


SKNAIL is a jazz project based in Switzerland, a pioneer in its field: the spearhead of a musical movement combining contemporary jazz and minimal electronica music called "glitch".
This combo of five virtuoso musicians, all hailing from jazz, is about to release its fourth album entitled "Ouija". This new opus evolves through nine tracks mixing acoustic purity and post-electronica vibrations.

Contact : info@sknail.com
Agent : dzenan@diapazona.art

DE GHOST is the new solo electronica project of Swiss producer Sknail.
The track “Luxe”, 2nd prize in the Electron Festival Track Contest 2020, is the 1st single from the forthcoming album.
De Ghost's sound is a clever mix of rhythmic glitch, deep bass and atmospheric pads. His music with its sober and minimalist aesthetic, charged with an ethereal mood, evokes a near future in which the ultimate luxury will be silence, freshness and purity.

Contact : contact@deghost.net

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