Ghosting – No Dreams (EP – Alice In… / Dark Dimensions)
Genre/Influences: Gothic.
Format: Digital.
Background/Info: Set up in 1989, Ghosting became a successful formation of the German Goth scene in the 90s. After a long hibernation, the band resurrected and started to compose new music since 2020.This EP features four new songs, which were released by the end of 2021.
Content: Ghosting brings us back to the essence of Gothic music; dark atmospheres accentuated by melodic organ sounds and captivating vocals. The songs feel like little, dark stories. It sounds pretty Ghosting-like with some extra sensibility, which sometimes reminds me to Sopor Aeternus.
+ + + : You don’t really get the feeling Ghosting took a break. This EP features a mature composition filled with delicacy and great sound treatments. The organ sounds reinforce the Gothic exposure. I also have to say a word about the great vocals’ production. Both debut songs are sonic pearls.
– – – : Both last songs sound more like the B-side of the work.
Conclusion: Ghosting is back and this EP is more than just a resurrection, but reveals a band with a creative spirit.
Best songs: “Pastures”, “There Are No Dreams – Epic Mix”.
Rate: 8.
Listen to “No Dreams E.P.”:
Artist: www.facebook.com/Ghosting.Office
Label: www.darkdimensions.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Dark-Dimensions-Label-Group/486014725206
About Ghosting
Ghosting was formed in 1989 in Koblenz, Germany by Sascha Tayefeh and Andreas Rudel, both fifteen at the time. Diana Rappauer, Björn Dingedein and Stefan Buchhofer are also listed among the members. The band paused between 1996 and 1999 and dissolved in 2003 while recording a follow-up to “Disguised In Black”. Tayefeh resumed releasing older and new material in 2020.
The early catalogue runs from the self-released cassette “Brave New World” (1990) through the 7” “Paranoia” (Glasnost Records, 1992), the limited cassette “Pure Romantic” (Ghosting Office, 1992) and the 12” mini-album “Paint It White” (Ghosting Office, 1994) to the album “L’État C’Est Moi” (Synthetic Symphony, 1996) and “Disguised In Black” (Alice In…, 2002).
After the return, Alice In… issued “The Flanders E.P.” in 2020 and the albums “Black Romantic III” and “Black Romantic IV” in 2021. The four-track “No Dreams E.P.” followed on 3 December 2021 with “There Are No Dreams (Epic Mix)”, “Pastures”, “Getting Used” and “The Little Prince”. The remastered compilation “Black Pearls” and the “Der Tod Reit’t E.P.” both appeared in 2022, the latter through Dark Dimensions. Side-Line published the ‘Click Interview’ with Ghosting in June 2022.
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