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Encyclopedia > Ghostigital

Ghostigital is the musical project of Icelandic singer/poet Einar Örn. Einar Örn Benediktsson is a popular music singer and trumpet player from Iceland who has worked with Björk and The Sugarcubes. ...


Einar is better known for his vocal and trumpet work with The Sugarcubes in the late 1980s/early 1990s, where his rapped exhortations served as a kind of running commentary on the lyrics sung by Björk, the group's focal point and future megastar. In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Trumpeter redirects to here. ... The Sugarcubes were an Icelandic rock-pop band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. ... Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( ) (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a Brit Award-winning Icelandic singer/songwriter and composer (formerly the lead singer of alternative rock band The Sugarcubes), with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including pop, alternative rock...


The debut Ghostigital album, recorded with producer Curver, was released by Honest Jons Records in December 2003. The music is described as "electronic beat music", drawing in elements of dub, hip-hop, rock and noise, combined with Örn's idiosyncratic worldview. In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Curver (full name Curver Thoroddsen) is an Icelandic artist/musician, born in 1976. ... This article is about the Jamaican music genre. ... Hip hop music, also referred to as rap or rap music, is a style of popular music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... NOiSE is a one volume manga created by Tsutomu Nihei as a prequel to his acclaimed ten-volume work, Blame!. It offers some rather sketchy information concerning the Megastructures origins and initial size, as well as the origins of Silicon life. ...


In 2005, Ghostigital signed with Ipecac Recordings, the label run by former Faith No More singer Mike Patton. Their first Ipecac release, In Cod We Trust, is slated to be released in March of 2006. Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in Orinda, California. ... Faith No More was a highly influential experimental alternative metal/alternative rock group that formed in San Francisco, California in 1982 and disbanded in 1998. ... Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Arcata, California) is an American musician. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

  • Official website
  • Ghostigital interviewed in Chaos Control Digizine

  Results from FactBites:
 
Ghostigital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (196 words)
Ghostigital is the musical project of Icelandic singer/poet Einar Örn.
Einar is better known for his vocal and trumpet work with The Sugarcubes in the late 1980s/early 1990s, where his rapped exhortations served as a kind of running commentary on the lyrics sung by Björk, the group's focal point and future megastar.
The debut Ghostigital album, recorded with producer Curver, was released by Honest Jons Records in December 2003.
Icelandairwaves 2005 (353 words)
What Ghostigital makes so valuable is their mesh of simple funky pedestrian sound, clever and sometimes humorous observation, and non-threatening aesthetic theory.
Ghostigital expects you to experience your world as you live it and see life as a blast: it's what the noise is trying to tell you with a minimum of language and a maximum of integrity and heart.
Ghostigital’s music has heavy industrial overtones, sounding at times like a giant angry robot crushing buildings as it stomps its way over the city, and every musician on stage delivered this assault with passion.
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