Ghostly Swim

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Ghostly Swim
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ReleasedApril 22, 2008
January 27, 2009 (limited edition version) [1]
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Label
Adult Swim Music chronology
Warm & Scratchy
(2007)
Ghostly Swim
(2008)
World Wide Renewal Program
(2008)

Ghostly Swim is a free digital download album released in 2008 by Adult Swim and Ghostly International (through Williams Street Records). [2] The track listing contains songs arranged and recorded in an unusual avant-garde style of pop, rock and hip hop. [3] A sequel album, Ghostly Swim 2 , was released in 2014.

Track listing

  1. Michna – "Triple Chrome Dipped" (3:19)
  2. Dabrye – "Temper" (2:49)
  3. The Chap – "Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley" (2:56)
  4. Dark Party – "Active" (4:20)
  5. Tycho – "Cascade" (Live Version) (3:56)
  6. JDSY – "All Shapes" (1:56)
  7. Deastro – "Light Powered" (2:26)
  8. Matthew Dear – "R+S" (3:44)
  9. FLYamSAM – "The Offbeat" (2:18)
  10. Cepia – "Ithaca" (3:37)
  11. Aeroc – "Idiom"(3:34)
  12. The Reflecting Skin – "Traffickers" (4:08)
  13. School of Seven Bells – "Chain" (4:23)
  14. Ben Benjamin – "Squirmy Sign Language" (3:13)
  15. Kill Memory Crash – "Hit + Run" (5:08)
  16. Osborne – "Wait A Minute" (4:00)
  17. Milosh – "Then It Happened" (3:59)
  18. 10:32 – "Blue Little" (4:31)
  19. Mux Mool – "Night Court" (3:17)
  20. Solvent – "Hung Up" (2009 bonus track)

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References

  1. "Ghostly Swim (2008, 256 KBPS, File)". Discogs .
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