{"id":621391,"date":"2024-05-21T18:29:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T18:29:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T15:29:40","slug":"ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413336afba8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a413336afba8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#We_asked_11_artists_collaborators_and_associates_of_the_influential_leftfield_label_to_talk_about_their_favorite_records_merch_and_memories_in_honor_of_its_milestone_anniversary\" >We asked 11 artists, collaborators, and associates of the influential leftfield label to talk about their favorite records, merch, and memories in honor of its milestone anniversary.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Matthew_Dear\" >Matthew Dear<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Jakub_Alexander_Heathered_Pearls\" >Jakub Alexander (Heathered Pearls)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Caleb_Braatan_Sacred_Bones\" >Caleb Braatan (Sacred Bones)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Geoff_Rickly_Thursday\" >Geoff Rickly (Thursday)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Bre_Morrell_Shaun_Durkan_crushed\" >Bre Morrell &amp; Shaun Durkan (crushed)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Davon_Bryant-Mason_dreamcastmoe\" >Davon Bryant-Mason (dreamcastmoe)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Steve_Hauschildt_Emeralds\" >Steve Hauschildt (Emeralds)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Jessica_Gentile_Jubilee\" >Jessica Gentile (Jubilee)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Hana_Vu\" >Hana Vu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ghostly-at-25-key-moments-from-the-labels-first-quarter-century-3\/#Margeaux_Labat_Margeaux\" >Margeaux Labat (Margeaux)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"We_asked_11_artists_collaborators_and_associates_of_the_influential_leftfield_label_to_talk_about_their_favorite_records_merch_and_memories_in_honor_of_its_milestone_anniversary\"><\/span>We asked 11 artists, collaborators, and associates of the influential leftfield label to talk about their favorite records, merch, and memories in honor of its milestone anniversary.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261796\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_v1_kk6sig\/ghostly-international-25th-anniversary.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><\/p>\n<p>      Illustration by Cady Siregar<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261797\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            Twenty-five years ago, Ghostly International was born inside a University of Michigan dorm room. Sam Valenti IV was a 19-year-old art history major studying Jackson Pollock by day and DJing warehouses by night; in between, he pressed records and drove around the city to different record stores, selling them copies from the back of his car. The first release was a 12\u201d featuring Matthew Dear\u2019s seminal techno anthem, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zb6XmFUFC18\">Hands Up For Detroit<\/a>,\u201d which went on to be sampled in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cxhab3IMYm0\">Fedde Le Grand\u2019s 2006 worldwide dance hit<\/a>, a culture-shifting moment that Valenti can\u2019t help but feel \u201ctangentially proud\u201d of.<\/p>\n<p>            Since then, Valenti\u2019s influence has only grown thanks to a curiosity that has never waned. Unlike other label heads, he\u2019s never been a fan of creative restrictions, streaming data, or business mandates. Instead, Valenti allows his roster of leftfield artists the creative freedom to experiment and get weird, \u201csurfing on the edges\u201d on the cultural zeitgeist, often to long-standing success.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261819\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/ghostly_logo_lcnb7n\/ghostly-international-s-around-the-world-logo.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Ghostly International&#8217;s &#8220;Around The World&#8221; logo.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Illustration by Michael Eugene Burdick and James Carland Noellert.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261825\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261798\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>His primary focus has always been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ghostly.com\/stream\">the careful curation<\/a> of a label that traverses different genres and mediums. On Ghostly, harpist Mary Lattimore\u2019s ambient soundscapes co-exist with Hana Vu&#8217;s aught-inspired bedroom pop, and the militant synths of coldwave revivalists Xeno &amp; Oaklander. Then, there&#8217;s the recently formed All Flowers Group, Ghostly&#8217;s new hip-hop and R&amp;B label with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/drinksumwtr\/?hl=enin\">drink sum wtr<\/a>; not to mention its affiliation with the ever-growing Secretly Group. And, of course, there&#8217;s the Ghostly offshoot Spectral Sound imprint, which has released some of today\u2019s most forward-thinking dance music from producers like Avalon Emerson, Seth Troxler, and Hieroglyphic Being. Ghostly&#8217;s roster also extends beyond music and includes a number of visual artists like Eric Hu, Shawna X, and Tim Saccenti.  <\/p>\n<p>            In honor of what Valenti refers to as its \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/chaninicholas.com\/saturn-return\/\">Saturn Return moment<\/a>,\u201d The FADER asked 10 artists, friends, and collaborators to reflect upon the past 25 years of Ghostly and share some stories from the label\u2019s consistently exciting quarter century. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261805\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.30_PM_txxcl4\/ghostly-founder-sam-valenti-iv-s-basement-dj-setup-1997.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Ghostly founder Sam Valenti IV&#8217;s basement DJ setup. 1997.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Sam Valenti IV&#8217;s mom.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261806\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Matthew_Dear\"><\/span>\n        Matthew Dear<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            [In 2003], Sam, Tadd Mullinix, and I toured Europe for the first time. I\u2019d never left the country before, and I remember feeling so h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y and proud that our music was now allowing us to see the world and interact with a global community.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261807\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jakub_Alexander_Heathered_Pearls\"><\/span>\n        Jakub Alexander (Heathered Pearls)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            It&#8217;s hard to pick just one without feeling like I&#8217;m hurting a good friend&#8217;s feeling\u2026 but I&#8217;ll go with <i>Galactic Melt<\/i> by Com Truise. I wrote him first on Myspace, and we went in that day mainly talking about his contemporaries, his sound, and, funnily enough, [I signed him when I was doing A&amp;R for Ghostly] that night.<\/p>\n<p>            This record, at the time it came out, was unmatched in its [sound], it felt like Seth [Haley] created a whole world out of something as simple as paint swatches\u2026 via his mid-tempo approach to synthwave. [There was also] the pleasure of experiencing a new take on something that felt familiar.<\/p>\n<p>            Go put on the \u201cBrokendate\u201d music video and try not to tear up. People would sell a kidney to have written that song. And \u201cFutureworld,\u201d what is happening in that song? Even if you make synthesizers for a living, you couldn&#8217;t explain what Seth did there. Maybe you could, but it wouldn&#8217;t sound as elegant.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261800\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/sam_fader_qrc3hl\/sam-valenti-iv-in-ghostly-s-ann-arbor-michigan-office-2003.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Sam Valenti IV in Ghostly&#8217;s Ann Arbor, Michigan office. 2003.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Martin Thoburn \/ The FADER issue #19<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261808\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caleb_Braatan_Sacred_Bones\"><\/span>\n        Caleb Braatan (Sacred Bones)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            The idea of an independent record label existing for 25 years alone is [incredible], and Ghostly has not only been able to do that, but they have thrived, continuing to be fertile ground for some of the best current music\u2026 I\u2019d also be remiss if I didn&#8217;t mention Sam&#8217;s keen eye for beautiful merchandise. I myself am a man who likes things, and Sam knows how to make nice things.<\/p>\n<p>            [When it comes to releases], the catalog is deep and wide. But if I had to pick one album that I\u2019ve gone back to over the years, it&#8217;s likely HTRK\u2019s <i>Work (work, work<\/i>), a true genre-defining album that sounds as fresh today as it did in 2011. Black Marble <i>It&#8217;s Immaterial<\/i> and Mary Lattimore\u2019s <i>Silver Ladders<\/i> are tied for a close second.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261802\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.24.56_PM_z4csmo\/jakub-alexander-heathered-pearls-in-the-ann-arbor-mailroom-2003.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Jakub Alexander (Heathered Pearls) in the Ann Arbor mailroom. 2003.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Martin Thoburn \/ &lt;i&gt; The FADER&lt;\/i&gt; issue #19. <\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261826\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261809\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Geoff_Rickly_Thursday\"><\/span>\n        Geoff Rickly (Thursday)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            For me, I\u2019d have to give my favorite Ghostly release to HTRK\u2019s <i>Psychic 9-5 Club<\/i>. This record was such a departure from earlier HTRK stuff that it took me a moment to connect with, but, once I did, I became obsessed with the band. I listened to it almost everyday for an entire summer and wore out the grooves on the record. I bought the peach vinyl pressing after the black one wore out and am about to buy the anniversary pressing.  <\/p>\n<p>            <i>Venus in Leo<\/i> has my two favorite HTRK tracks \u2014 \u201cNew Year\u2019s Day\u201d and \u201cNew Year\u2019s Eve\u201d \u2014 but <i>Psychic 9-5<\/i> is an entire world. It\u2019s a place I know I can always go to. The neon sign is always lit, the sleepy attendant is always reading a book in the front window, [and] the curtains are always whispering a healthy dose of inner peace.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261810\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bre_Morrell_Shaun_Durkan_crushed\"><\/span>\n        <b>Bre Morrell &amp; Shaun Durkan (crushed)<\/b><br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <b>Bre Morrell<\/b>: It has to be <i>Psychic 9-5 Club<\/i>. Not only is it my favorite record Ghostly has put out, it&#8217;s very easily one of my favorite and most influential records of all time. This release was my introduction to HTRK and it completely blew me away. The minimalist production and the intimacy of Jonnine [Standish]\u2019s vocals are so hauntingly beautiful and have been stuck in my head forever. A total heartbreaker and an instant classic.  <\/p>\n<p>            <b>Shaun Durkan<\/b>: My fave release is [Kllo\u2019s] Backwater.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261817\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/63uApQWANRblvR1VCtxyY3?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261811\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Davon_Bryant-Mason_dreamcastmoe\"><\/span>\n        Davon Bryant-Mason (dreamcastmoe)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            <i>The New Monday<\/i> by Shigeto. This was my first introduction to the label back in 2017, and I ended up playing \u201cDetroit Part II\u201d over and over again that year. <\/p>\n<p>            It gave me a sense and ear for musicianship within house music, a genre that had been saturated with Splice samples and stepped-on ideas. Shigeto gave my ears new life with this record.  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261812\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Steve_Hauschildt_Emeralds\"><\/span>\n        Steve Hauschildt (Emeralds)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            My favorite Ghostly release also happens to be the first release I heard on the label nearly two decades ago, which is Audion&#8217;s <i>Suckfish<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>            This particular record by Matthew Dear holds up quite well in the pantheon of mid-\u201900s post-minimal Detroit techno. I think the reason it succeeds is that it doesn&#8217;t fall into a lot of the tropes of \u201ccommon techno\u201d [from that] time. Instead, it employs more of an emphasis on texture and spatiality than simple repetition or some impetus towards pop music. A lot of great pseudo-metallic and rubbery sounds that anticipate some of the later work of SOPHIE or Rrose. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261799\" class=\"content_block paragraph image triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/image013_gorpr4\/matthew-dear-in-upstate-new-york-2010.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Matthew Dear in upstate New York. 2010.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Will Calcutt<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261813\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jessica_Gentile_Jubilee\"><\/span>\n        Jessica Gentile (Jubilee)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            ADULT.\u2019s \u201cShari Vari\u201d single! I am a huge fan of ADULT. and really associate them with my move to N.Y.C. in the early \u201800s, discovering new music, and remembering the way I felt the first time I listened to them. <\/p>\n<p>            Then, they kind of stopped making music for a few years, so when they made their return, I was not only excited, but I was thinking, \u201cOh, sick, and they are back on Ghostly? Let\u2019s fucking go!\u201d I just remember being so happy to have them back. <\/p>\n<p>            When an artist or band whose records you have listened to a million times comes out with new music after a break, you never know how you are gonna feel\u2026 But I remember loving it. Now, I&#8217;m listening again at 9 a.m. with my coffee\u2026 and I\u2019m gonna have a good day.<\/p>\n<p>            When I moved to N.Y.C., it was the age of torrents, Myspace, and forums. I didn\u2019t know anyone. It\u2019s not like I had some musical network to link up [with] when I moved\u2026 like everyone has now. I wasn\u2019t even a DJ yet. I literally had to make friends out in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>            One thing I remember about Ghostly is that I was looking for cool music nights and shows to go to. Everyone whose music I was into had that cute ghost logo in their [Myspace] \u201cTop Friends.\u201d It was just always there and stuck out. So, finally, I was like, \u201cFine, I\u2019ll bite.\u201d And, of course, it was what I needed. Basically, I\u2019m saying I miss Myspace and [that venue] Subtonic on the Lower East Side.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261818\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=934303645\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/htrk.bandcamp.com\/album\/psychic-9-5-club-2\">Psychic 9-5 Club by HTRK<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261814\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hana_Vu\"><\/span>\n        Hana Vu<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            My favorite Ghostly release I think is this big ass <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ghostly.com\/products\/ghostly-x-liquid-sky-tote-bag\">Liquid Sky x Ghostly bag<\/a> and also the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ghostly.com\/products\/phonon-4400-headphones-ghostly-edition\">Ghostly headphones<\/a>. Truly amazing, high-quality products. And also both fleeting for me. My prized liquid sky Ghostly bag was stolen out of my car, along with many other things, but none more sentimental to me than that extremely practical bag. and then also I think I sat or stepped on the headphones or something and they are now broken but I remember the quality of sound from them was like nothing else I have experienced. I also must briefly mention my <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ghostly.com\/products\/ghostly-coffee-canister\">Ghostly rice container<\/a> as another amazing piece of decor for my rice. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261804\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Screen_Shot_2024-05-20_at_1.23.59_PM_kyfdfd\/shigeto-playing-ghostly-international-s-20th-anniversary-celebration-at-movement-detroit-2019.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"Ghostly at 25: Key moments from the label\u2019s first quarter century\"><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Shigeto playing Ghostly International&#8217;s 20th anniversary celebration at Movement Detroit. 2019.<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      Photo by Polish Katie<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261815\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<h5 class=\"headline\" style=\"margin-bottom: 30px;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Margeaux_Labat_Margeaux\"><\/span>\n        Margeaux Labat (Margeaux)<br \/>\n      <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>            One of my all-time favorite Ghostly releases is Khotin&#8217;s <i>Finds You Well <\/i>from 2020. I remember discovering it from its review on<i> Pitchfork<\/i>, as I was im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely intrigued by the pixelated album cover. Looking at it filled me with nostalgia without even having listened to the music yet. In hindsight, it reminds me of the cover of Sora&#8217;s <i>Re.sort<\/i> from 2003, [which was] one of my all-time favorites and an album that gives me similar feelings, both aesthetically and musically. <\/p>\n<p>            <i>Finds You Well<\/i> came out in the fall of 2020, and I can vividly remember listening to it on late, humid nights in my childhood bedroom after moving back to my hometown of New Orleans, LA, during COVID craziness. I especially remember listening to &#8220;Ivory Tower&#8221; on loop, which is now one of my favorite songs. I just love how Khotin is such a low-key, seemingly introspective artist. He makes the kind of atmospheric, nostalgic, ambient house music that I am always seeking out and naturally gravitating towards. That record was my intro to his musical world \u2014 I also love  Release Spirit from last year as well. I haven&#8217;t gotten a chance to see him live yet, but I&#8217;m dying to!<\/p>\n<p>            <i>*Quotes have been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261827\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-261816\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?p=TFI7834680816&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"482\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Sandra Song<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Illustration by Cady Siregar Twenty-five years ago, Ghostly International was born inside a University of Michigan dorm room. 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