Ghostpoet sheds light on new album

POETRY IN MOTiON: Londoner Ghostpoet and (below) his new album Shedding Skin

LONDONER Ghostpoet is coming to Dublin for a show off the back of the recent release of his third album Shedding Skin his first LP with a full backing band.

The 32-year-old, real name Obaro Ejimiwe, explains: On tracks Ive had bits of electric guitar, bits of bass, live drums, but never all together on one track, apart from a couple on the first record [2011s Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam].

But not over the course of a whole record, and I thought it felt like the right time to do it.

Asked if this will be the way he records his music from now on, Ghostpoet hints that he may be continuing in this vein for a little while.

Overall with the three records I have to date, theyve all been slightly different, and I feel like I wanted to stay in a particular spot for a while.

Its like moving house. I think I want to get comfortable in a zone for a while.

Not too long, but enough to squeeze out as much creativity out of it as possible and then see where it takes me from there, he explains.

And he believes the new record is tailor-made to work well in the live setting.

Ghostpoet explains: It was definitely on my mind when making the record I wanted to make a record that would translate well live.

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