I just wanted to post this message someone sent me on soundcloud today, i’m not one to ever self congratulate. I don’t often really sit down and think about my achievements as i’m usually looking and thinking about what i plan to do next, thats just the way i am.

Anyway you know how it is we all like to get nice messages : ) Especially as artists, it’s nice to feel that we made a difference and people feel what we do. Outside of music we’re as normal as everyone else. (actually, that might not be 100% true)

So i see this in my inbox…

Hey man… I just wanted to let you know that Seldom Seen Often Heard was pretty much the soundtrack to my young teenage hood, it’s still one of my favourite albums of all time. Basic Instinct is quite possibly my favourite song of all time. I just recently signed up to sound cloud to put up a tune I made with my cousin, and realised i could follow everything new you’re doing. And I wanted to write you a message just to let you know the influence you had on me musically. I’m living in California right now and I’ve been using you’re stuff to show everyone what UK hip hop is all about.

Not that i needed cheering up as such but that cheered me up! Sometimes i get the best messages from real music fans and i get all humble thinking about what i do. I swear to you this is the kind of thing that always keeps me going in music. if you ever messages me and i didn’t reply i apologise! Don’t think i didn’t appreciate it, i was probably to busy to respond, i always try and respond and say thanks, it means a lot.

I’m going to reply to this dude right now!

If you were wondering he meant this tune..

http://ghost.bandcamp.com/track/basic-instinct

Ghost

Enjoy.. And please spread ur social networks : )

It really has been quite something else going through this and i couldn’t ever explain verbally how i felt any better than what i’ve done with the EP. The EP manages to make sense of a lot of stuff. It’s pretty selfish of me in some ways to make this EP, musically i did it for me and no one else, it wouldn’t make the slightest bit of difference if no one liked it, but i hope people do haha. The music is the backdrop to life over the last 3 months and it just so happened to last 6 tracks, anymore than this it would of been a pretty intense listen, i think it is at 22 mins still.

The reason it sounds the way it does is because it is an actual soundtrack to my life. I could of made some wonky beats, or electronic stuff but it wouldn’t of had the same impact or hit the right spot for me. Classical soundtrack music has real instruments so i needed to take it to that level. Granted i got some dope electronic soundtracks ok, but not for some real life shit. Some people might scoff at me taking it back to real instruments but i got all that electronic stuff on my 3rd album and my alter ego Geesus Host has got that sound on lock now.

i know the way music is these days and peoples’ attentions spans are short so at 22 mins i think it’s a good length. Hopefully people will also give the EP a bit of time to sink in, i always say this about my music is it’s not going to be an instantly fulfilling experience! My music gets better with repeated listens, shit it usually takes me time to fully appreciate it myself so i understand. So many times people send me messages saying ‘at first i thought this is ok, then a year later i’m totally hooked on it’.

I’ll have some audio snippets for you soon…

I was chatting to Conspicuous today on facebook and it’s been a good few years since we spoke. Reminded me about this tune i did for his album so i thought i’ll blog it! Cons is a real dude who gets shit done so i got a lot of respect for him. And his crew The Colony are working on some new material so i cant wait to hear what they got cookin’..

Any here’s the track i produced called Colonize The Sky..

GHOST  ‘A TALE OF LIFE IN VI PARTS’ EP

release date: March 19th 2012

They say the best music is created in times of hardship. Hardship can be many different things in many different ways but everyone experiences hardship in one way or another over the course of a lifetime.

We all know music has the ability to influence the way people feel and for musicians it can be a way for them to deal with situations in life. Countless artists have produced music reflective of what’s happening around them, inside them, it’s the expression that’s important.

Now we’ve set the scene lets talk about the release..

As an artist Ghost has released 3 albums, multiple EP’s, singles, mix CD’s and remixed the likes of Benny Tones, Nicole Willis, Jehst, The Heavy, Coldcut, Bonobo, Verb T. His music has featured in films, he’s had remixes on PS3 games (The Heavy), he’s DJ’d and toured all over Europe and the UK, played Glastonbury, Hip Hop Kemp and DJ supported the likes of Public Enemy. He regularly gives away music as a thank you to the army of fans who have brought up more than 10,000 copies of his releases over the last 7 years. If you’ve listened to the music or seen any of the hundreds of reviews for those albums you’ll know Ghost has the ability to draw the listener into his multi layered beats and engage them on a deeper level than most. 2nd album ‘Freedom of Thought’ was critically acclaimed and took him out of his straight Hip Hop listenership into a wider audience without sacrificing his trademark melodic beats.

So December 2011, Ghost, now a proud father of 2 boys (one 2 years old and the other 5 months old) heard the news that his love and partner had a rare form of cancer. Although treatable, ahead lies 6 months of treatment and hopefully a happy outcome.

‘A Tale of Life in VI Parts’ was started when it became clear something might be wrong and tracks the emotional journey of contemplating life whilst waiting for results. Taking inspiration from composer Philip Glass, Ghost takes you to deep and dark places but maintains a strength of character throughout its 22 minutes. Heavily orchestrated strings, pianos and drums are the backdrop to the EP giving it a genuine cinematic feel.

‘A Tale of Life in VI Parts’ was made for the listener to enjoy from start to finish without pause, so we highly recommend you find a spot of quiet time in your schedule and turn off your mobile volume, switch the TV off, maybe even grab the headphones and enjoy.

This is ‘A Tale of Life in VI Parts’

This will be a name your price release with proceeds going to the appropriate Cancer charity, the emphasis being to raise awareness about cancer and the importance of seeing your doctor if you’re worried about a lump anywhere, do not think it will go away it won’t.

Ghost..

We’re flying Lithuanian Airways and i’m not the best flyer at the best of times, i was glad when 4 hours later we arrived. So we’re picked up and dropped off at the hotel which is TIDY! i had 2 double beds in my room haha. The people who took us out were amazing, so friendly, helpong out in every way and i wish i wasnt so mashed that i could remember them now and thank them for everything.

So they suggest we go have a look at the place we’re playing before we eat on the friday, we were playing on the saturday night, as the mini van gets close we see loads of people walking to this place, we were thinking it was just a small thing. So we get there and we’re ushered by security backstage amid hoards of people, it was an outdoor festival in an amphitheatre and was RAMMED.

i shit myself then and there almost, so we have a drink and leave pretty bewildered. the next day we do soundcheck and everything is all good, we rcoked out the crowd in the short time we had, Kash even learning a little Lithuanian to get the crowd on side worked a treat, even i did his back up vocals. I was so nervous i was fully pissed by the time we played but held it together.

After we played we were taken backstage where we were interviewed live on Lithuanian TV and that was weird haha.

Then they took us to some club at which point i can only remember we did an impromptu set of an hour rocked it the fuck out then i was totally pissed, it must of been 5am by that point and we were taken back to the hotel.

I remember when me and Kashmere got back to the UK we were walking down Brixton saying did that just happen? That was some crazy shit, and believe me it was. Very memorable and i’ll always remember the hospitality they treated us with, if they happen to read this thanks again for an amazing weekend.

I’M BACK!!!!!!

My apologies for being on a long ting, to say i’ve had a busy few months would be a massive understatement. So here is my first proper show of 2012, I edited out as much talking and adverts as i had time to do.

For the show i decided to do the 1st hour classic golden age Hip Hop, the 2nd hour was a mix of new (ish) UK Hip Hop, some juke, jungle and then some UK Bass stuff to finish off the show. All of the mixes were just free styled as i always do just trying to get in a zone and see where it takes me.

Music from O.C, Above the Law, Big Daddy Kane, Ghetts, Four Owls, Plug, Photek and tons more, enjoy!!

Ghost

http://www.mixcloud.com/musicbyghost/postcards-from-the-edge-radio-15/

So back with another remix for you lot, this was done around the same time as the Slum Village x Ghost remix which has now reached it’s download limit so grab them while you can, i won’t be re-uploading!

Anyway i was in the states years back and i traded some vinyls for the Gods Son acapella vinyl, Nas was and is still in my top 3 G.O.A.T so to have some acapellas to work with was amazing.

I built this pretty epic beat, epic in a sense it had loads of bagpipes and shit in it and was some old scottish record i think. I chopped the samples into tons of pieces and replayed everything. Anyway i hope you enjoy this one, bring the Braveheart out in you!

So i did this edit way back when, in say 2005. Was floating on my old drive and i thought it’s a pretty decent little effort so lets just let some people enjoy it. I remember happy the vocals were so in key with the beat cause aint nothing worse when you hear a remix and some shit is out of key.

Anyway enjoy this shit and spread the love innit, aight!!!!!!!

Just caught up on this guy and i’m glad i did. First caught my attention with his feature ’Brand New Guy’ on the ASAP Rocky album. Funnily enough as i was writing this post Pitchfork came up on my twitter feed saying the new Schoolboy track feat ASAP Rocky was the hottest track of the day. He has a hint of Freestyle Fellowship about his, must be an L.A thing.

Anyway here’s a couple of tracks i was feeling from the album.. If you dont know get to..