Caught A Ghost is an

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electro soul band based in

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. The band is a project from Los Angeles singer, songwriter and producer Jesse Nolan and kindergarten classmate Stephen Edelstein. Their debut album, ''Human Nature'', was released 1 April 2014.

Career

Caught A Ghost is signed with +1 Records and released their debut full-length album, ''Human Nature'', on 1 April 2014. The band has performed live to sold-out shows in Los Angeles,

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. This included three national tours supporting fellow musicians

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, Wild Belle and He's My Brother She's My Sister. The band provided two songs for the ''

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'' soundtrack. Caught A Ghost provided a remix to their song "Sleeping At Night" that was featured in the film's trailer. The band also produced a new song, "Get Your Life", for the film. Additionally, the song's music video was directed by

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(the director of ''Dear White People'') and features the cast of the film.

Style

The band identifies themselves as an indie electro soul band. Their sound is a modern take on blue-eyed soul; the tracks feature elements of classic Motown and Stax/Volt compositions with influences from dubstep, 1990s

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, and contemporary electronica. Their sound reaches into the past, grabs hold of images and sounds that resonates, and complements them with modern samples, synths and beats. The band's live shows often consist of an 8-piece band with 3-piece horn section and tailor-made projections for each song. The band engages the audience with mixed media, dancers, projected images, performance art, and audience participation.

Film and television licensing

Several singles from the band's album, ''Human Nature'', can be heard in Hollywood films and television series: * Their song "No Sugar In My Coffee" was featured in '' Boardwalk Empire'', ''

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'', and '' A Way Out'' trailer. * Their song "Footsteps" can be heard in season 6
episode 3 ("The Pharmacist")
of ''The Blacklist''. * Their

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of the Sam Cooke song "

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" was featured in ''Vampire Diaries'' and advertising for

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. * Their song "Somehow" was featured on '' Supernatural''. * The song "Connected" was featured in ''

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'', '' Suits'', ''

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commercial and a BlackPeopleMeet commercial. * "Time Go" was featured in ''Suits''. * The song "Sleeping At Night" has been featured in ''Suits'' and '' Rake'' (promo). * Their covers for " Like A Virgin" and "Portions For Foxes" have both been featured in ''Grey’s Anatomy''. * The song "Like No One" was featured in '' The Originals''. * Two of their songs are part of the ''Dear White People'' soundtrack: "Can't Let Go" and "Sleeping At Night (Dear White People Remix)". * The Amazon Prime original series '' Bosch'' uses the band's song "Can't Let Go" as its theme song. * The song "Hold Out" was featured in the movie ''

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''.

Albums

* 2014: ''Human Nature''; Label: +1 Records

References

External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups from Los Angeles American electro musicians Musical groups with year of establishment missing