Koushik Ghosh grew up in Dundas Canada, his mother and brother were and are very musical, the former sings and has released many albums of Indian music, the latter runs a Techno label. At an impressionable age he fell for shoegaze bands both mainstream and obscure (from My Bloody Valentine to Adorable) and around the same time got into beat making through his brother’s influence. A bit later he became friends with fellow Ontarian Dan Snaith (Manitoba, Caribou) and Londoner Kieran Hebden (Four Tet), he guested on Manitoba’s Up In Flames, was asked to re-mix a track from labelmates MF Doom and Madlib’s Madvilliany, and his debut album Out My Window was produced by Peanut Butter Wolf, who’s Stones Throw is the label on which the album has been released, and to which he is signed. This intriguing mix of experiences and interests has been concentrated and filtered into 16 tracks that are like a padded explosion of sound. Continue Reading
