http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14514631&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rssAustin, Texas' Ghostland Observatory revive the same tinny synths and clunky electro-funk as plenty of their '80s-loving peers; what sets this two-piece apart is its will to rock out. The spirit filling their eyepiece is undoubtedly Freddie Mercury's, with frontman Aaron Behrens copping the Queen singer's every shriek and howl on songs like "Dancing on My Grave" and "Sad Sad City." Drummer and beatmaker Thomas Turner focuses his lens on the ghosts in the machine, crafting rubbery basslines and big, splashy synths indebted to robo-funkers like the Time and Daft Punk. (Both of them jack Mercury's fashion sense, preferring capes and white flares to the electro scene's pegged-jeans aesthetic.) <P> The duo kicked off its career in 2005 with the self-released <I>Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat...</I>, a 10-song blast of sawtooth synths, distorted drums and yelp-along vocals, and it has gone on to develop its sound with three more albums in as many years, all on its own Trashy Moped label. The template has remained the same, but the sounds become fatter with every record, soaking up classic-rock organ riffs, techno beats and R'n'B flourishes. It's suave and goofy all at once.</P> - Philip SherburnePunk-Funken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:55:18 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14514631&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Austin, Texas' Ghostland Observatory revive the same tinny synths and clunky electro-funk as plenty of their '80s-loving peers; what sets this two-piece apart is its will to rock out. The spirit filling their eyepiece is undoubtedly Freddie Mercury's, with frontman Aaron Behrens copping the Queen singer's every shriek and howl on songs like "Dancing on My Grave" and "Sad Sad City." Drummer and beatmaker Thomas Turner focuses his lens on the ghosts in the machine, crafting rubbery basslines and big, splashy synths indebted to robo-funkers like the Time and Daft Punk. (Both of them jack Mercury's fashion sense, preferring capes and white flares to the electro scene's pegged-jeans aesthetic.) <P> The duo kicked off its career in 2005 with the self-released <I>Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat...</I>, a 10-song blast of sawtooth synths, distorted drums and yelp-along vocals, and it has gone on to develop its sound with three more albums in as many years, all on its own Trashy Moped label. The template has remained the same, but the sounds become fatter with every record, soaking up classic-rock organ riffs, techno beats and R'n'B flourishes. It's suave and goofy all at once.</P> - Philip Sherburne http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514190&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16514190 tra.16514190 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat alb.16496848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/1/0/1300173_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true Silver City tra.16514190 238000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514190&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514190&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513849&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513849 tra.16513849 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Sad Sad City tra.16513849 185000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513849&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513849&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396999&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18396999 tra.18396999 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true Dancin On My Grave tra.18396999 176000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396999&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396999&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513853&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513853 tra.16513853 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Piano Man tra.16513853 203000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513853&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513853&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396996&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18396996 tra.18396996 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true Heavy Heart tra.18396996 250000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396996&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396996&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513846&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513846 tra.16513846 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Midnight Voyage tra.16513846 304000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513846&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513846&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514193&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16514193 tra.16514193 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat alb.16496848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/1/0/1300173_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true Rich Man tra.16514193 157000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514193&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514193&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397000&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18397000 tra.18397000 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true Robotique Majestique tra.18397000 301000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397000&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397000&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513848&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513848 tra.16513848 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Vibrate tra.16513848 187000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513848&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513848&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514188&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16514188 tra.16514188 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat alb.16496848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/1/0/1300173_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true Shoot 'em Down tra.16514188 169000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514188&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514188&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397001&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18397001 tra.18397001 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true The Band Marches On tra.18397001 228000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397001&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397001&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513850&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513850 tra.16513850 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Stranger Lover tra.16513850 219000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513850&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513850&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513851&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513851 tra.16513851 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Paparazzi Lightning tra.16513851 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513851&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513851&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513854&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513854 tra.16513854 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Ghetto Magnet tra.16513854 145000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513854&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513854&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396998&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18396998 tra.18396998 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true Freeheart Lover tra.18396998 247000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396998&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396998&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396997&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18396997 tra.18396997 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true No Place For Me tra.18396997 278000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396997&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396997&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513855&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Wed, 30 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16513855 tra.16513855 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true Move with your Lover tra.16513855 166000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513855&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513855&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397004&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18397004 tra.18397004 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true Club Soda tra.18397004 266000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18397004&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Paparazzi Lightning alb.16496816 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/1/9/9/1299913_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2005-11-30 00:00:00.0 true All You Rock & Rollers tra.16513847 141000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513847&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16513847&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514191&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16514191 tra.16514191 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat alb.16496848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/1/0/1300173_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true Cause a Scene tra.16514191 224000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514191&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514191&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514192&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16514192 tra.16514192 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat alb.16496848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/1/0/1300173_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true Black Box tra.16514192 223000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514192&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514192&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396995&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 18396995 tra.18396995 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Robotique Majestique alb.18396327 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/1/1371566_170x170.jpg 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 2008-02-26 00:00:00.0 true Opening Credits tra.18396995 156000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396995&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.18396995&variant=data&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514189&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss Punk-Funk Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Ghostland Observatory on Rhapsody Online 16514189 tra.16514189 Ghostland Observatory art.14514631 0.99 Delete.Delete.I.Eat.Meat alb.16496848 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/1/0/1300173_170x170.jpg 2007-10-02 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true Edge of Town tra.16514189 166000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16514189&variant=play&rws=%2Fghostland-observatory%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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