Blame it on the Stars

Yes, you heard it correctly. We've been back in the studio. Working as a team and just jamming up some rubbish really.
We recently produced this track, 'Blame it on the Stars'.
Thing is, we're always in the studio but we rarely produce anything listenable. Sometimes we get luckish and you, the listener, get unlucky.
We invited DJ Deaf over, who The General knew from University (Yes, he went to University.. bleh). They both studied music. But problem is, Deaf lost his hearing as soon as he left Uni and so, since then has been trying to play with just the vibrations (Like Beethoven)...
Unfortunately he is not as good as Beethoven and neither are we...

The lyrics are just improvised really. It's literally a jam that came together slightly better than other jams... The lyrics... may mean something. But it is a secret....
We did play it live at a bar recently and one of the peeps in the audience came up and said "Man, you've gone back to Ghostpop, you are the king of that made up Genre."
Thanks Stranger.

Blame it on the Stars

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Lyrics: I'll take you away A campsite in the night I'll take you away Just you and me You and me And we can see the stars in the sky And we can, you and me, see the stars in the sky And all those lies you tried to say And all that blame, that came my way Gets stopped It gets stopped It's never to be Weaker here Trying to see What we can hear In the shadows, in the night It's a fear of height It's a fear of travel It's a fear of the night And we can see the stars in the sky And we can, you and me, see the stars in the sky

Twisted and World Tear us Apart

We've produced two songs recently. One is available online on soundcloud. 'World Tear us Apart' though it may go through another production stage and hopefully get a guest vocalist! A special guest perhaps.

The other track 'Twisted' will be available shortly. It is, once again a demo.

- Pupendai

A NEW SONG! (Kind of)

We've been working on a new track, but unfortunately we don't have the time or budget to complete it right now..
you will have to live with this bad quality demo version

World Tear us Apart (Demo) 2014

Lyrics:

Sitting in a busy bus
so cramped but space is lots
Starring down the lense of my mind
Turn around, see you, im fine

That was years ago
I won't say i'll go
but let me be who i want

and we could be
like we used to be
before the world ripped us apart
its not a easy eat
its a choking feet
but we can land if we jump

and we could find
what we wanna find
be much higher
than we ever were.

and we can see
that we'll never be
like all those couples before


Fantasy is you and me

Wrapped up

Find them yourself Album

Everyones so forceful about an EP or an Album!
Well why don't we say this. There is a full album online of stuff you've probably already heard. The unfinished... jam sessions... So find them all yourself! Nah but seriously.. We compiled some of them together here for you.
There are still some out there missing.. may or may never be found..... I know 2 that are missing right now. Unlistenable Grim Reaper and Outside the Palace Part 2

Album name:
Find Them Yourself


Tracklist:

Telegram. New Retirement Song

I did say we'd retired but the whole point of that is that we won't be making another album... we also won't be doing many .. well structured, well produced songs...

But we did this!
It was not quite jamming. We did write this one a little. Not really lyrics wise, for those I just searched my own emotions. But the music is a bit of a fresh dead ghostpop sound. We love and will never be able to escape the ghostpop sound.

Don't ask what the lyrics are. I have no idea
- Pupendai


Personally I like what Pupendai did with the lyrics.. adds this mysterious mood to the song. We wanted to make some real ghost pop for this short track. We've been hanging around together the last week and I suppose we just needed to make SOMETHING musical before I fly back to New York to continue my Jazz career. After all the Jazz I love coming back to the dark pits of Ekalopse. Its a real experimental sound. I quite enjoy Telegram. Hope you fans do as well. x
- The General



Although the Band have continued to make a few b-side tracks since Retirement there is no sign of another EP or Album.



- Ekalopse

FANS and GIG

Hey you guys! Don't know whether you missed it but yesterday (13/10/2013), Ekalopse (with DJ Koekoe the Koala) played a full 24 hour gig. One of the first in history (probably, who knows!) Anyway.
Ekalopse played songs from their very first album 'Fruit Encyklopedia' to their last 'At our Criminal Worst'.
The crowd was small and underground but WILD.

Anyway after the show we got everyone to vote for their favourite songs!

Most of them said 'Can't get you outa my head' by Kyle Monologue but SOME said Ekalopse songs.

Top Fan Faves:

1. Pirates
2. Magic, you water me
3. Foxtrot
4. Wings
5. Bulldozed
6. This Love is not a Simple Tune
7. Control
8. Lance is not on this Floor
9. Steamtrain


wayhe!

2013, the year of Ekalopse

Hey guys, its me, Pupendai!
It has recently come to my attention that not only does our contract with Xtric come to an end in April this year, but also The General will be moving to New York, in April. It turns out I was meant to already know all of this and I should have thought about where I am going to live.

So last year we retired, but our contract was never stopped. So we had the opportunity, when we met Mop(RIP), to release some new music.
It kind of looks like 'At Our Criminal Worst' was possibly our last album, ever. And FUNeral may possibly be our last jam recorded track.

The General is already packing, his plane ticket is already bought. It is weird, it is going to be like I'm losing a friend. Well I am losing a friend, but more than a friend. We've known each other for so long. He even forgave be for murdering Mr. Bindy. THAT is a good friend.
He is my music number 2, part two of the Ekalopse crew. He says I should come with him, but I could never afford such a thing, and what would I do there? I don't think busking will help in New York, I don't think they like Ghostpop, or Badpop as they said last time we were on tour there.
If there are any fans out there with any room in their houses for a small pink dog that smokes please let me know! I will stay with you, I can pay you in vocals and keys.

So as this is almost the end..... of Ekalopse. Honest this time. I want to mention of my favourite albums and tracks.

We've been a band for over 6 years. 5 albums and one EP, 68 album tracks and over 30 B-sides.

Starting at the beginning with album Fruit Encyklopedia: Old Realm was a good song, it was the first time we'd gotten in a guest vocalist. An exciting prospect and excited us to do more. Most of the other songs are terrible though and a waste of space. Although it is remembered for its Mr. Bindy vocals and music.

Then it was July: This album, I still like to this day. It is not EPIC, or well structured, the vocals are terrible and so is the music. But it is so simple, i just a punch of beeps and bobs. Blimp was a good track on that one.

The next was Radio Rodent: To this day I don't know why we've never been able to do any 'EPIC' songs like these. The General was at his best but unfortunately I was not, lets just say running from monsters made my voice all terrible. Highlight tracks, Disaster City, Radio Rodent, Comrades, Airline, Rodent saved the Day and The War is Over.

Ghosts and Gold was next and it was a FLOP. We went out of our way to get hundreds of guest vocalists to perform on our songs after we realised I could not sing. Pirates was a hit success and was what sold the album, but after that it was just complaints. Though I agree it is terrible I still enjoy Bulldozed, Care and Pepper's Ghost.

Too Dumb to Panic was our biggest hit yet. Hopefully for a good reason as well. People loved loads of songs and liked the direction we had gone in, becoming more structured and putting a bit more effort into the tracks atmospheres. I'm going to say Magic you water me as a highlight.

Finally it was At Our Criminal Worst. So this one did not hit it that big, mainly because it was only 4 songs. But with this EP I decided to come back as focus vocalist, you won't find anyone else on it. This probably scared a few people away. Anyway, apart from my love for Dumb to Panic I think Criminal is my fave, with highlight being my favourite song we've done, WINGS.

There are lots of jamming bsides we have performed but none are really worth mentioning, well maybe /Outside the Palace Part 2, Universal Monsters and Unlistenable Grim Reaper.
We also hope you enjoyed FUNeral

You can find our music archive here :)
http://www.nathanviney.com/Ekalopse/ekalopsedirection.html

- PupendaiGhostin
2013

UPDATE:
We did make this song after i wrote this article!