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Ground Control Touring

Wilsen

Listen to "Garden"

Even in the frenetic metropolis of New York there are moments of still. You have to wait, bide your time until the early hours, but in the short window between closing time and the early-morning commuters you can find a twilight period of pure, nocturnal, solitude.

‘I Go Missing In My Sleep’ - Wilsen’s debut full-length album - was born during these snatched moments. Ensconced in a tiny rented apartment in Brooklyn, Tamsin Wilson would sit, wait for the twilight and then begin moulding her day’s thoughts into fragments of song.

Using a nylon-stringed acoustic to pick out gentle melodies she drew inspiration from this pre-dawn. The calmness and soundlessness. Everyone asleep and inactive. During these moments time slowed and creative threads could be following without interruption; without the fear of someone hearing her mid-process.

What slowly, methodically, took shape was a collection of delicate songs that valued, even cherished,…

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Kristin Kontrol Sub Pop Listen to "X-Communicate"
The Make-Up Dischord Records
Porches Domino Listen to "Hour"
Mary Timony Plays Helium Matador
Nnamdi Ogbonnaya Father/Daughter Records Listen to "Hop Off"
A Hawk and A Hacksaw Living Music Duplication Listen to "You Have Already Gone to the Other World"
NOTS Goner Records Listen to "Virgin Mary"
P.S. Eliot Don Giovanni
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Total Control Iron Lung Listen to "The Ferryman"
Steve Gunn Matador Listen to "Milly's Garden"
Gang Gang Dance 4AD Listen to "Lotus"
Bat Fangs Don Giovanni Listen to "Wolfbite"
Caspian Triple Crown Records Listen to "Darkfield"
El Perro Del Mar The Control Group
Blouse Captured Tracks Listen to "No Shelter"
Andrew Combs New West Records
Snail Mail Matador Records Listen to "Thinning"

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Emel Mathlouthi Joins The Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 10/17/2018

Ground Control Touring is pleased to welcome Emel Mathlouthi to its artist roster. Emel represents a unique voice in the modern, music landscape, combining vocal melodies grounded in traditional North African and Arabic folk music with western electronic rhythms and instrumentation. Comparisons to contemporaries such as Bjork and Nine Inch Nails have been made, yet Emel maintains a style which…

Anna St. Louis Has Joined The Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 10/11/2018

Ground Control Touring is excited to announce the addition of Anna St. Louis to our artist roster! If Only There Was a River is the first full-length studio album from Anna St. Louis. The songwriter, who originally hails from Kansas City, began writing songs after moving to Los Angeles five years ago and has previously released a cassette of recordings…

Ground Control Touring Welcomes George Clanton

Posted 10/02/2018

Ground Control Touring is excited to announce the addition of George Clanton to our artist roster! George Clanton first became a known in 2011 as an early leader in the sample-based subgenre “Vaporwave” under the anonymous moniker “ESPRIT 空想”. His 2014 release Virtua.zip is considered by many to be the first vaporwave album composed wholly of original compositions. In 2015,…

Trace Mountains Is The Newest Addition To The Ground Control Touring Roster

Posted 09/25/2018

We’re thrilled to announce Trace Mountains as the newest addition to the Ground Control Touring roster! A Partner to Lean On, the first proper full length from Trace Mountains, is both an extension of David Benton’s initial excursion to explore the world of sounds in solitude, and a continuation of his lifelong relationship with music-making as a social process. The…

Ground Control Touring is Hiring an Agency Associate to be based in our Los Angeles office

Posted 09/18/2018

Ground Control Touring is hiring an Agency Associate, to be based in our Los Angeles office. Ground Control Touring is a boutique booking agency with offices in Brooklyn, NY and Los Angeles, CA. We represent a diverse roster of acts that includes Angel Olsen, Belle and Sebastian, Big Thief, Hop Along, Japanese Breakfast, Jenny Lewis, Kurt Vile, Parquet Courts, and…

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