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
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,
Iceland
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, the duo received a recording contract with the British
Sunday Best record label.
The duo also appeared at the
G! Festival
The G! Festival (commonly known as G!, in Faroese also called G! Festivalur or G! Festivalurin) is a Faroese musical festival, held annually at the seaside village Gøta on Eysturoy in mid or late July, but always before the Ólavsøka. It is one ...
, 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
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band; and
Vampire Weekend
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, an
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indie-rock band.
In 2010, they released their debut album ''War Kids''.
See also
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* List of 1970s Christian pop artists
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* List of acid rock artists
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List of synthpop artists
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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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