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Jan 12, 2015There's such a beautiful combination of elegance and exploration in this debut--Greenwood has created one of the best and most confident debuts in years, and you'd do well to bend your ears around it's intricate and delightfully planned out wonder.
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Jan 7, 2015Ghost Culture is a house fan's Alice in Wonderland experience--everything is curious, and nothing is quite what it appears to be. But everything is delightful.
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MojoFeb 18, 2015Ghost Culture;s pungent, treacly melodies and fidgety, complex syncopation are a robust blend. [Mar 2015, p.97]
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Jan 21, 2015Even if Alkan's association may suggest something more banging, this debut is perfect for overcast afternoon sessions or anytime the head is melancholy while the feet crave movement.
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Jan 20, 2015From the flicks of tousled hair and being pale and away with the fairies, the end product sounds more masterful and comfortingly in control than other fashion zeitgeists and angular pouters with every listen.
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Jan 15, 2015Greenwood gets the concoction right: all of the above culminate in a strong, memorable debut that leaves the listener aching for more.
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Jan 12, 2015The pleasure, and it’s considerable, is in the detail.
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Q MagazineJan 7, 2015Ghost Culture's self-titled debut often feels like eavesdropping on a late-night confessionary: one where influences such as Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode mastermind Martin Gore and Soulwax are fused into a thundering, fluid whole. [Feb 2015, p.109]
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Jan 7, 2015'The Fog' provides the LP's coda; part of me is surprised by the last-gasp dive into Gruff Rhys-esque psychedelic pop, but the rest of me is too bowled over by its beauty to care. It's the last in a dazzling array of surprises that show exactly why his label were so keen to snap him up in the first place. On this evidence, Ghost Culture is in for a very good year.
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Jan 7, 2015As a producer, this emerging talent thrives on dangerous, surprising turns. But as a singer, he’s not too shy to round out warm, whole moments. It’s a winning combination from a new voice.
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Jan 13, 2015It's clear that he's arranged them with an ear for future extended mixes in which the pop songs fall away, leaving only the shuddering metallic chassis underneath. Maybe, in retrospect, it's his judicious sense of balance that holds him back: a few more extremes, and his next work might really sing.
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Jan 20, 2015Ghost Culture is a good record from an artist who is probably capable of a great one.
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Jan 7, 2015Where the album falters is in his overly ambitious and affected vocals, which fall on the waifish end of 80s new wave.
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