The mysterious Arizonan (Tucsonian?) duo Ghost Flower describe themselves as “ambient classical flamenco laced with hip hop beats,” which is about as accurate and succinct a self-description as I’ve heard from any musician or band (my own projects very much included). That said, there are a lot of musical directions the combination of flamenco and hip hop could go, and I don’t think all of them would necessarily be for me. This, though, is a wonderful meeting of musical minds and worlds. Finger-picked classical guitar, both clean and processed, weaves in and out with ambient hums and drones, electronic beats, and powerful bass (seriously, listen to this tune on a system with a sub-woofer and feel it) to create (you might even say birth) something entirely new, infused with flamenco, post-rock, ambient music, and hip-hop.
Ghostflower is one of several exciting projects from Tucson to grace Ball of Wax collections over the past few years – thanks originally to our old friend Lattney, but very much also to Tony Martinez of Sceneries, Placements, who I believe is also half of Ghostflower. Many thanks to all our Southwestern sonic adventurers! Enjoy that whole non-rain thing you have going down there.