Phantoms are a Los Angeles-based
electronic dance music duo. The group consists of former teenage actors
Kyle Kaplan
Kyle or Kyles may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ireland
* Kyle, County Laois
* Kyle, County Wexford
Scotland
* Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshir ...
and
Vinnie Pergola
Vinnie Pergola (born December 9, 1989) is an American actor. Credits to date include ''That's So Raven'', '' Huff'', ''Complete Savages'', ''The Bernie Mac Show'', '' Still Standing'', and ''Miss Behave''.
Music career
Since 2013, Pergola has be ...
.
Career
Their eponymous debut album was released in March 2017. Their song "Just a Feeling", which was downloaded over 5,000 times, charted on the
Dance/Mix Show Airplay
Dance/Mix Show Airplay (formerly Hot Dance Airplay) is a monitored electronic dance music radio chart that is published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine.
History
The chart came about as a result of the small but influential impact of electronic d ...
chart at number 40. The album's first and second singles "Pulling Me In" and "Been Here Before" were released.
Before Phantoms was formed, Kaplan and Pergola listened to
classic rock
Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...
bands such as
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are ci ...
and
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...
. They also had
garage band
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
. In 2007, the duo learnt and began producing electronic music. In 2016, they collaborated with Skylar Astin to release the single "Call My Name".
In 2017, they collaborated with
Giorgio Moroder
Giovanni Giorgio Moroder (, ; born 26 April 1940) is an Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance mu ...
to release the song "Champagne, Secrets, & Chanel".
In October 2018, Phantoms collaborated with
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (; born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in ''Thirteen'' (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006â ...
to release the single "Lay with Me", which came out on October 3, 2018.
On February 22, 2019, Phantoms released the single "Are You Up" featuring Shaylen.
Discography
Singles
References
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Musical groups from Los Angeles
American electronic dance music groups