Holy Ghost! are a DJ and production duo who undeniably deserve that exclamation mark. It’s been a little more than 2 years since electro wizards, Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel unleashed their debut single, “Hold On,” a disco tinged affair of cosmic Italo keyboards and a processed bassline that could easily be on loan from early New Order. They used to be in a J Dilla inspired rap group called Automato, whose debut album was produced by Tim Goldsworthy and James Murphy of DFA. This prompted Millhiser and Frankel to get involved in a variety of DFA productions and they became touring and recording members of the Juan Maclean. They’ve created inspired remixes for Moby, Phoenix, MGMT and Cut Copy, and had one of their own tracks featured on a compilation from French electronic dance imprint Kitsune. Now they’re busy working on a highly-anticipated album of their own music and preparing to play live, both of which will demonstrate their love of analogue synthesisers, rare disco and what they describe as “ancient production techniques”.

Holy Ghost! bring their love for cool, clean, synthed-up dance and the warmer, more organic variety beloved of late-70’s NYC to their new single, “I Will Come Back,” a five and a half-minute dance floor epic, featuring the angelic voices of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. This latest single is being given away as a FREE DOWNLOAD from Green Label Sound, an exclusive singles label single designed to elevate and empower independent artists.

Holy Ghost! – I Will Come Back

New Wave enthusiasts might have spotted that the songs accompanying video is pretty much a scene-by-scene recreation of New Order’s “Confusion” video; large doses of 80’s NYC night-life footage, pizza and producer Arthur Baker (who has apparently not aged since starring in “Confusion”!). I’d recommend pressing play at exactly the same time for the best comparison.

New Order – Confusion

Getting legendary producer Arthur Baker to reprise his role in the video was Holy Ghost!’s biggest coup. Apparently they met him on a night out on the town and after explaining what they planned on doing he insisted on playing himself (James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem was initially cast for this role). Also appearing in the video is Nancy Whang of the Juan Maclean.

Cargo is delighted to have secured Holy Ghost! for an extra long set this NYE: DFA vs Horse Meat Disco