Robo Ghost
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Robo_Ghost is the second studio album
Studio album
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 by Scottish
Scotland
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 rock and electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...

 band Keser
Keser
Keser are a Scottish band from Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. The name Keser was chosen from a graffiti tag seen around Edinburgh. Keser consists of Gavin Clark and Kevan Whitley, and they debuted in 2005...

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Overview

Robo_Ghost was recorded in 2008/2009 at the studio of Alex Tronic Records
Alex Tronic Records
Alex Tronic Records is a record label based in Scotland who primarily release electronic music. Their current artists include Alex Tronic, ÅsA, Keser, Pockets of Resistance, Binary Zero, Iain Carnegie, Marvin Wilson, Neu Gestalt, The Psychedelic Manifesto, Roys Iron DNA, 30K, Integra TV, Forward...

 in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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, Scotland, and was produced by Paul Croan. The album features guitar-driven Electronic music and it is predominately instrumental
Instrumental
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Track listing

  1. "Jimmy Wah" – 4:56
  2. "Chiaroscuro" - 5:08
  3. "Splice the Glitch" - 4:33
  4. "If I Only Took a Photograph" - 4:08
  5. "Acts of Dog" - 6:13
  6. "Sesevenen" - 3:37
  7. "Shiny Green Suit" - 3:05
  8. "Diablo Canyon 1" - 3:43
  9. "3 Point Play (Set Piece)" - 3:19
  10. "Nonchalant Repartee" - 4:04
  11. "Nerd Ensemble" - 3:11
  12. "Arizona State" - 11:22

Personnel

  • Paul Croan - Producer
    Record producer
    A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

  • Gavin Clark - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , Programming
  • Kevan Whitley - Guitar
    Guitar
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    , Keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , Programming
  • Dan Bartley - Album Artwork
    Cover art
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Trivia

Most of the song titles on the album are references/tributes to basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, football
Football
Football may refer to one of a number of team sports which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...

, The Simpsons
The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...

, the American humourist Maddox
Maddox (writer)
Maddox is the pen name of George Ouzounian, an American humorist, satirist, Internet personality, and author. He gained fame on the Internet in the early 2000s for his opinion-oriented website, The Best Page in the Universe, which he still maintains. His first book, The Alphabet of Manliness ,...

, and several movies, including Seven
Seven (film)
Seven is a 1995 American thriller film, which also contains horror and neo-noir elements, directed by David Fincher and written by Andrew Kevin Walker. It was distributed by New Line Cinema and stars Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R...

, The Matrix
The Matrix
The Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...

, and Good Morning, Vietnam
Good Morning, Vietnam
Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American comedy-drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service , who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they call...

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Release history

Robo_Ghost was released worldwide in 2009 via UK label Alex Tronic Records
Alex Tronic Records
Alex Tronic Records is a record label based in Scotland who primarily release electronic music. Their current artists include Alex Tronic, ÅsA, Keser, Pockets of Resistance, Binary Zero, Iain Carnegie, Marvin Wilson, Neu Gestalt, The Psychedelic Manifesto, Roys Iron DNA, 30K, Integra TV, Forward...

. The label's distribution includes Cargo Records for the UK and Arabesque for the rest of the world.
Country Release date Record label Format Catalogue number
UK/Europe November 2009 Alex Tronic Records CD ATRCD117
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