Ghostland Observatory

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Ghostland Observatory
Ghostland Observatory live at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium, University of Texas at Austin on January 19, 2007.
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas, USA
Genre(s)	Electro Rock Funk
Years active	2004–present
Label(s)	Trashy Moped
Members
Aaron Behrens Thomas Ross Turner

Ghostland Observatory is an American music duo based in Austin, Texas. Their music is difficult to classify, but has been described as a combination of electro, rock and funk by Allmusic,^[1] and "electro-dance soul rock" by Gothamist.^[2] The band describes their sound as "A robot making love to a tree!!" on their MySpace profile.^[3]

Front man Aaron Behrens provides vocals in addition to occasionally playing the guitar. Thomas Ross Turner, who often wears a cape onstage, plays the drums or synthesizer.

The band released their first full-length album, delete.delete.i.eat.meat, in 2005 on Turner's Trashy Moped Recordings. Within a year, the band also released their second CD, Paparazzi Lightning, on the same label in January 2006. On October 16, 2007, they made their national television debut on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, performing the song "Sad Sad City". They appeared on Austin City Limits in 2007, and released their first live DVD, Live from Austin, TX on November 13, 2007. In a video shot at the Vegoose Music Festival, they announced their album Robotique Majestique, later released on March 4, 2008.^[4] On December 26, 2007, Austin newspaper, the Austin American-Statesman, announced Ghostland Observatory as their band of the year.^[5]