Stray Ghost is the artist name of the English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

 and sound artist, Anthony Saggers. He has released music through the record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

s, Hidden Shoal, Highpoint Lowlife, Dead Pilot and Phantom Channel.

Release history

In 2008, the English label Highpoint Lowlife released two Stray Ghost album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

s, Stray Ghost and Losthilde, the latter of which received wide-spread acclaim, and was included in Textura's 'Top Albums of 2008'. Also released in 2008 were the EPs

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Fabula/Sjuzhet (Dead Pilot Records) and A House Of Gold And Oak (Phantom Channel).

In September 2009, Dead Pilot Records released the album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues.

Also, in 2009 Stray Ghost was signed by the Australian record label, Hidden Shoal Recordings, with the EP Each Paradise is a Lost Paradise being released on 28 October that year.

On 4 March 2010, Stray Ghost released his second album. Nothing, but Death. Stray Ghost also announced that he is currently working on a collaborative album, for release in 2010, with Eugene S. Robinson of the band Oxbow

Oxbow

An oxbow is a U-shaped wooden or metal frame that fits under and around the neck of an ox or bullock, with its upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke and held in place with a metal key, called a bow pin. The wood most often used is hardwood steamed into shape, like elm or hickory and...

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Discography

Stray Ghost, Highpoint Lowlife Records, (2008) Losthilde, Highpoint Lowlife Records, (2008) Fabula/Sjuzhet, (EP), Dead Pilot Records, (2008) A House of Gold and Oak, (EP), Phantom Channel, (2008) An Avalanche of Swollen Tongues, Dead Pilot Records, (2009) Each Paradise is a Lost Paradise, Hidden Shoal Recordings, (2009) Nothing, but Death, Hidden Shoal Recordings, (2010)