Caught A Ghost is an indie electro soul band based in Los Angeles, California. The band is a project from Los Angeles singer, songwriter and producer Jesse Nolan and kindergarten classmate Stephen Edelstein. Their debut album, ''Human Nature'', was released 1 April 2014.

Career

Caught A Ghost is signed with

+1 Records +1 Records was founded in 2008 as a music management, publicity & marketing company. From 2014, +1 Records was distributed by Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment. In 2018, +1 Records partnered with Empire Distribution. Notable artists * Anna of the No ...

and released their debut full-length album, ''Human Nature'', on 1 April 2014. The band has performed live to sold-out shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City. This included three national tours supporting fellow musicians

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and He's My Brother She's My Sister. The band provided two songs for the '' Dear White People'' soundtrack. Caught A Ghost provided a remix to their song "Sleeping At Night" that was featured in the film's trailer. The band also produced a new song, "Get Your Life", for the film. Additionally, the song's music video was directed by Justin Simien (the director of ''Dear White People'') and features the cast of the film.

Style

The band identifies themselves as an indie electro soul band. Their sound is a modern take on

blue-eyed soul Blue-eyed soul (also called white soul) is rhythm and blues (R&B) and soul music performed by white artists. The term was coined in the mid-1960s, to describe white artists whose sound was similar to that of the predominantly-black Motown and Stax ...

; the tracks feature elements of classic

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and Stax/Volt compositions with influences from dubstep, 1990s rap, and contemporary electronica. Their sound reaches into the past, grabs hold of images and sounds that resonates, and complements them with modern samples, synths and beats. The band's live shows often consist of an 8-piece band with 3-piece horn section and tailor-made projections for each song. The band engages the audience with mixed media, dancers, projected images, performance art, and audience participation.

Film and television licensing

Several singles from the band's album, ''Human Nature'', can be heard in Hollywood films and television series: * Their song "No Sugar In My Coffee" was featured in ''

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'', '' Vampire Diaries'', '' The Blacklist'', and '' A Way Out'' trailer. * Their song "Footsteps" can be heard in season 6
episode 3 ("The Pharmacist")
of ''The Blacklist''. * Their cover version of the

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song " You Send Me" was featured in ''Vampire Diaries'' and advertising for Victoria's Secret. * Their song "Somehow" was featured on ''

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''. * The song "Connected" was featured in '' Grey's Anatomy'', '' Suits'', '' Mistresses'', a Friskies commercial and a BlackPeopleMeet commercial. * "Time Go" was featured in ''Suits''. * The song "Sleeping At Night" has been featured in ''Suits'' and ''

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'' (promo). * Their covers for " Like A Virgin" and "Portions For Foxes" have both been featured in ''Grey’s Anatomy''. * The song "Like No One" was featured in '' The Originals''. * Two of their songs are part of the ''Dear White People'' soundtrack: "Can't Let Go" and "Sleeping At Night (Dear White People Remix)". * The

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original series '' Bosch'' uses the band's song "Can't Let Go" as its theme song. * The song "Hold Out" was featured in the movie '' Good Kill''.

Albums

* 2014: ''Human Nature''; Label: +1 Records

References

External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups from Los Angeles American electro musicians Musical groups with year of establishment missing