The Ghost is a
Faroese electropop duo consisting of Filip Mortensen on vocals and
Urbanus Olsen on electronics.
Following their appearance at the
Iceland Airwaves
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music festival, held in
Reykjavík,
Iceland, the duo received a recording contract with the British
Sunday Best record label.
The duo also appeared at the
G! Festival
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, held in
Syðrugøta, Faroe Islands, in 2009 and 2010. In addition, they have performed as the warm-up band for
The Wombats
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, a British
indie-rock
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band;
Ladytron
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, an
English electronic
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*Electronic co ...
band; and
Vampire Weekend, an
American
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indie-rock band.
In 2010, they released their debut album ''War Kids''.
See also
*
Lists of musicians
*
List of synthpop artists
*
Music of the Faroe Islands
References
External links
myspace.com/theghostband the band's official website
Musical groups with year of establishment missing
Electronic music duos
Faroese musical groups
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