Koushik Ghosh (known professionally simply as Koushik) is a

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musician from

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, Ontario.Brown, Marisa
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, retrieved 2011-06-11 Koushik is signed to

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and has released a collection of singles and EPs from 2001–2005 on that label, ''

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'' (2005), and the debut full length, ''Out my Window'' (2008). He has worked with

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, and remixed

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Career

Koushik's music has been described as "1960s psychedelic pop" tinged with "spacey soul," "ethereal," and "frugal astral jazz, gentle funk ... and folk" cobbled together. His recordings are notable for his "breathy," heavily processed vocals laid over instrumental tracks with a hip-hop feel. While his earlier releases on EP, and the collected release ''Be With'', received less enthusiastic reviews and was described as "a nascent musician finding his feet," the LP ''Out My Window'' received a 7.9/10 from

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, a 7/10 from

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, and an 8/10 from

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. This later sound was described as "a candyland of lilting psychedelic moods and stoner nostalgia where songs undulate, shift form, and drool into one another..." Outside of Ghosh's solo project, he also performs with Caribou as part of the Caribou Vibration Ensemble.

Personal life

Ghosh is a first-generation Canadian who studied classical Indian music as a child. Ghosh has master's degrees in biostatistics and ethnomusicology from the

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. In 2008,

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reported that Koushik was living in upstate Vermont.

Discography

Albums

*''

'' (collection of singles and EPs) *''Out My Window'' *''KG Rhythm Trax'' *''Beep Tape'' *''Out My Window: Ghostless Edition (Instrumentals & Bonus Beats)''

EPs

*''Battle Times EP'' *''One In A Day EP'' *''Stones Throw White Label Remixes'' *''Madvillain: Koushik Remixes'' *''Cold Beats / Cold Heat'' (with Percee P)

References

External links

Koushik at Stones Throw Records
* Koushik Allmusic.com profile
Koushik interview with Pardon My Hindi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koushik Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Dundas, Ontario Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian people of Bengali descent Canadian Hindus Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian musicians of Indian descent Stones Throw Records artists Bengali musicians