Ghost Beach (band)

Ghost Beach
Origin Brooklyn, NY
Genres Electronic Pop
Years active 2013-Present
Labels Nettwerk Records
Website ghostbeachmusic.com
Members Josh Ocean, Eric "Doc" Mendelsohn

Ghost Beach is a New York-based live electronic music duo of Josh Ocean (vocals, bass, synths) and Eric “Doc” Mendelsohn (guitars, synths, MPC sampler). Their sound is self-described as "Tropical Grit Pop”[1] and is influenced by Peter Gabriel, The Police, The Talking Heads, and other popular music of the 1980s.[2] The name Ghost Beach is taken from the popular children's book series Goosebumps. [1]

The band's debut album, Blonde, was released on Nettwerk Records on March 4, 2014.[3] The album contains new material, as well as tracks from the band's self-released EPs. Blonde was Produced by Nic Hard and Dave Weingarten. Blonde was mixed by Nic Hard

Ghost Beach played at the South By Southwest Music Festival 2014.[4] They have also performed with Imagine Dragons, David Guetta, Vampire Weekend, and Robin Thicke.[5]

Artists Vs. Artists

In March of 2013, Ghost Beach employed a Times Square video billboard to publicly test philosophical questions of music piracy. For several weeks the billboard displayed the words "progress," "the future," "criminal," "a fad," "our generation," "harmless," freedom," "robbery" and "inevitable" under the words "Piracy is," and asked viewers to take a side by posting their opinions to social media using the hashtags #ArtistsForPiracy or #ArtistsAgainstPiracy.[6] A related website aggregated public opinion.[7] The campaign was carried out by TBWA\Chiat\Day in conjunction with American Eagle Outfitters, who paid for the use of the billboard.[8]

Discography

LPs

EPs

References

  1. 1 2 Moraski, Lauren. "Ghost Beach: A summery musical mix of "tropical grit-pop"". CBS News.
  2. ↑ Murray, Robin. "Track Of The Day 14/10 - Ghost Beach". Clash.
  3. ↑ Lampe, John. "Ghost Beach - "On My Side"". Earmilk.
  4. ↑ "Ghost Beach". SXSW.
  5. ↑ "Ghost Beach Gigography". Songkick.
  6. ↑ Kaufman, Gil. "Ghost Beach 'Piracy' Billboard Asks: What Side Are You On?". MTV News.
  7. ↑ "Artists Vs. Artists".
  8. ↑ Sisario, Ben. "Debate Over Music Piracy Writ Large, on Billboard". The New York Times.


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