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The Black Ghosts

Here’s the new video for Repetition Kills You by The Black Ghosts. Recognize any of the vocalists on this track?One of them isDamon Albarn.

The britisth duo The BlackGhosts is one halfSimon Lord from Simian and the other Theo Keating from the Wiseguys. This pair met through the internet and starting working togetherright away (without actually meeting in person until a time later on after they had donesignificant work together). The self-titled album will hit shelves on July 8th; pick it up if you’re looking for listenable music with disturbing lyricsand tales of modern gothic romance.

I think itssome solid electro dance with hooks. Ask yourself, does your discotheque need haunting?

Check out Any Way You Choose To Give It.

Tourdates below.

7/19 – Brooklyn, NY @ Studio B

7/22 – Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar

7/24 – Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar

7/25 – San Francisco, CA @ Mighty

7/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

7/27 Los Angeles, CA @ Turntable Lab (Album Release Party) * Black Ghosts Will Not Be Playing *

Justice (Juice – teese) at CIRCA

Check out some footage of Justice at CIRCA from last week.

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If you’ve never heard of CIRCA before, its Toronto’s newest downtown club. Its a beast of a complex; 8 bars, 4 finished floors, touch sensitive light bars, 2,800 capacity, models as mannequins in art displays and 6.3 million to put it all together. And I’ve gotta say, some pretty good sound to see bands/DJs. Read more about CIRCA here.

The Justice show was amazing. Instead of joining the hoards of kids on the floor, we sought out the best balcony spot to get a good look at what Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Auge were up to behind their cross-lit DJ console. They were quite busy. Turning knobs, tweaking effects and controlling samples from their matching laptops…. oh, and chain smoking. As soon as one went out, another was lit.

Huge hits for the crowd were D.A.N.C.E and Phantom after the crowd started off their groove with album opener track Genesis. I think the dance floor totally lost it in a sing-a-long to Justice‘s remix of Simian‘s Never Be Alone. You know, that Virgin ad?

I’m a big fan of Phantom, pt. 2. Amazing track, find it here. **If you can, also look for the Soulwax remix, its solid.