Koushik Ghosh (known professionally simply as Koushik) is a
Bengali-
Canadian electronic
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musician from
Dundas, Ontario.
[Brown, Marisa]
Koushik Biography
, Allmusic
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, retrieved 2011-06-11 Koushik is signed to
Stones Throw Records and has released a collection of singles and EPs from 2001–2005 on that label, ''
Be With'' (2005), and the debut full length, ''Out my Window'' (2008). He has worked with
Four Tet,
Caribou,
and remixed
Madvillain
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.
Career
Koushik's music has been described as "1960s psychedelic pop" tinged with "spacey soul," "ethereal," and "frugal astral jazz, gentle funk ... and folk" cobbled together.
His recordings are notable for his "breathy," heavily processed vocals laid over instrumental tracks with a hip-hop feel.
While his earlier releases on EP, and the collected release ''Be With'', received less enthusiastic reviews and was described as "a nascent musician finding his feet," the LP ''Out My Window'' received a 7.9/10 from
Pitchfork
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, a 7/10 from
Pop Matters
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, and an 8/10 from
Drowned in Sound.
This later sound was described as "a candyland of lilting psychedelic moods and stoner nostalgia where songs undulate, shift form, and drool into one another..."
Outside of Ghosh's solo project, he also performs with Caribou as part of the Caribou Vibration Ensemble.
Personal life
Ghosh is a first-generation Canadian who studied classical Indian music as a child.
Ghosh has master's degrees in biostatistics and ethnomusicology from the
University of Vermont.
In 2008,
NPR
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reported that Koushik was living in upstate Vermont.
Discography
Albums
*''
Be With'' (collection of singles and EPs)
*''Out My Window''
*''KG Rhythm Trax''
*''Beep Tape''
*''Out My Window: Ghostless Edition (Instrumentals & Bonus Beats)''
EPs
*''Battle Times EP''
*''One In A Day EP''
*''Stones Throw White Label Remixes''
*''Madvillain: Koushik Remixes''
*''Cold Beats / Cold Heat'' (with Percee P)
References
External links
Koushik at Stones Throw Records*
Koushik Allmusic.com profileKoushik interview with Pardon My Hindi
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Dundas, Ontario
Canadian people of Indian descent
Canadian people of Bengali descent
Canadian Hindus
Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario
Canadian musicians of Indian descent
Stones Throw Records artists
Bengali musicians