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having been club-hopping, shaking our ass, drinking vodka-cranberry, knocking up under-aged girls and getting into fistfights with bouncers for about fifteen years now – professionally, mind you – we thought it was time to give something back … nah, we just wanted to shoot cool pictures of electronic music producers and deejays for a book we’re working on – taking them out of the clubs, for a stroll in the park, a drive in a cab and – not our finest hour – a visit to the men’s room. we started working on the book (which still needs to land a publisher; so if you are one or know one, drop us a line) in january 2007 and you’ll probably see new pictures pop up every other week (or so). not in any rush; really just taking our time. anyway, feel free to comment on the photographs – that’s why we put up this myspace in the first place, apart from the fact that we felt an early midlife crisis coming on and figured it was bound to be cheaper having our friend bad hair boy make us a myspace than buying a lincoln continental convertible. see you around, johnny rome & matt mogadishu
just to give you an idea of how we work (and to give johnny something to do while matt is bossing around your precious angels & ghosts) we put up this little making of. maybe even add some video in the future but first need to get our hands on some final cut pro.
NEW PICS JAMES HOLDEN & SHARAM JEY [Monday, May 7, 2007]
bonjour! we just added some making of pictures of james holden, sharam jey, 4hero, deetron and sinner dc to ourspace. and yes, it's about time we premiere some new black & white pictures as well. only you're gonna have to be patient for another few more days cos we're finishing some stuff as we speak/type. but we promise to have some black & white shots of digitalism and venetian snares online by the end of the week! also, we did a shoot last week with martin solveig and motor. so watch out for those in the next couple of weeks. and to top it all off: we have a rendez-vous this thursday with justice, joakim, xela and goldmund! that's that. see you around, matt & johnny
FINALLY! DIGITALISM & VENETIAN SNARES [Sunday, May 13, 2007]
you might get the impression that we are going at this incredibly slowly. and while that is most surely not true, we have enjoyed to occasional sangria on our penthouse terrace these last couple of weeks - hurray for global warming! (just kiddin', mr. core) the fact of the matter is that we've simply done too many shoots to keep up with the developing part of our endeavor - the part that involves a dark room and all sorts of strange chemicals and liquids. so we've decided to take it a little slower for the time being and spend the next couple of weeks indoors finishing the pictures we've already shot. (well, that's not completely true: matt is gonna stay indoors, while johnny's off to the cannes film festival as he's in desperate need of a tan) the good news - of course - is that you're gonna see more new pictures pop up in the next couple of weeks. the bad news is that we're gonna stop updating the artists-we-shot-(so-far)-section for a little while. not to worry though: the summer festivals are right around the corner and by the end of summer we should have wrapped up about eighty percent of the book - way ahead of schedule! anyway, without further ado, check the pics section to take a look at our new additions: digitalism & venetian snares! oh, and don't hesitate to leave some comments (in the pics section). our inbox has been caressed plenty, but our pictures are getting a bit lonely. so go pay them a visit and let them know what you think of them - be it good or bad! tic toc, matt & johnny
T. RAUMSCHMIERE & PENDULUM JOIN IN [Monday, May 21, 2007]
a quick note this time round as johnny is still in cannes and matt is working his ass off in our dark room - not to be confused with the type of dark room that's on display in gaspar noé's irréversible! sorry, cannes always brings back fond memories of that film. well, maybe 'fond' isn't the right word, but let's face it: it's a masterpiece! anyway, we've posted two new pictures in our gallery that we're quite - here it is again - fond of: one of t. raumschmiere (and the triplets) and one of pendulum's gareth mcgrillen. so let us know what you think! à bientôt, matt & johnny

My Interests



[tuesday, january 8, 2008] happy new year! so we're a bit late; what else is new?! but really: have a bittersweet, insanely sexy, outrageously wealthy and tastefully (or quite the opposite) seductive 2008! we love you! we really love you! okay, now we got the formalities over and done with, let's talk business. we've got a lot to tell so stay focused. first of all we've added CARL CRAIG and PETER HOOK (you know, the bass player plus brains and muscles of joy division and new order) to our rooster. thank you katja (who just happens to have a brilliant photo book on ian curtis out; myspace.com/fotoreportage23) for helping us with the peter shoot. and yes, we're still working on those photos! you know what we're like: not the fastest guys in the world, unfortunately. moving on to our next announcement: the ridiculously good-looking photo magazine XAOC (which apparently means chaos in serbian though they're better organized than we are) is running a 32 page feature on angels & ghosts in their next issue. the good news is you can scroll through the magazine for free at mag.xaocphoto.com. the even better news is the feature contains previously unpublished photos of laurent garnier, kenny larkin, detroit grand pubahs, motor, modeselektor and dr. lektroluv. we must have been really drunk when we authorized this but hey: think of it as a late christmas present. now for the really, really bad news: the issue (02) isn't out yet so you'll have to wait a few more days. in the meantime: download 01 - it's great! finally, this weekend six of our photos will be shown at the eurosonic music festival in groningen (the netherlands) as part of the international photography contest POPVIEW. you can pay them (and us) a visit at de oosterpoort (de-oosterpoort.nl) from thursday january 10 onwards. the photographs will remain there till january 31 (after which they'll be shipped to amsterdam where you will be able to see them from february 6 till march 2 at the gallery of de melkweg). oh, and before we forget, we've added a new photograph to our pics section. everyone say hi to mister JIMMY EDGAR please. take care, matt & johnny [other blog entries]

I'd like to meet:



for those who’ve only just discovered ourspace ... a small introduction! on a cold, cold night in january 2007 matt mogadishu (aka wouter van vaerenbergh) and johnny rome (aka ben van alboom) embarked on a mission. the plan was to start compiling black & white photographs of electronic music artists for a book – to be published in the future. that plan hasn’t changed. but what started out as a see-what-happens-endeavour quickly turned into a right-let’s-cancel-our-holiday-plans-and-get-a-move-on-it kinda-thing. eleven months and two myspaces later we have already shot over one hundred and seventy musicians – stretching all six continents (not counting antarctica for obvious reasons) and several electronic genres. our objective has remained the same: in a highly digital world where every artist on any given club night gets photographed by hundreds of mobile phones with built-in cameras, we want to take them out of the clubs and place them in front of a vintage celluloid nikon camera - give them the same treatment as those jazz legends (who incidentally also started out in dark and sweaty clubs, infusing the world with sounds no-one had ever heard of). we'll probably continue working on the project for the remainder of 2007/8, posting a couple of new photographs on ourspace every once in a while to keep you up-to-date and give you a chance to tell us how we’re doing. then, once the book is finished, you’ll be the first to know! soon, matt & johnny

when possible – sometimes we’re just too busy running around and putting up lights – we try to take some photographs of what we do. just to give you an idea. also, it adds a little color to ourspace. :)

Music:


4hero | 100% isis | 120 days | aardvarck | adam beyer | adult. | agoria | alex gopher | alter ego | amon tobin | amute | anja schneider | anu pillai (freeform five) | apparat | architecture in helsinki | audio bullys | battles | ben sims | ben westbeech | birdy nam nam | black strobe | bomb the bass | booka shade | boys noize | british murder boys | brodinski | busy p | cajuan | calvin harris | carl craig | chicks on speed | chris liebing | chromeo | chymera | coldcut | cook-e & matik | cosy mozzy | d.i.m. | danielle baldelli | darren emerson | dave clarke | dave the hustler | david guetta | deetron | detroit grand pubahs | digitalism | dixon | dj click | dj food & dk | dj mehdi | dj t | djuma soundsystem | dominik eulberg | douglas mccarthy | dr. lektroluv | erol alkan | etienne de crécy | exercise one | fabrice lig | faithless | feadz | felix da housecat | front 242 | gaiser | gildas & masaya | goldie | goldmund/helios | gotan project | groove armada | gui boratto | heartthrob | horace andy | james holden | jd twitch (optimo) | jimi tenor | jimmy edgar | joakim | joe nice | john digweed | jori hulkkonen | junior boys | jürgen reble | justice | kate wax | ken ishii | kenny larkin | kevin saunderson | kid 606 | kiki | kode 9 | koop | konrad black | ladytron | large number | laurent garnier | les femmes friquées | lethal bizzle | lindstrom and prins thomas | llorca | lokai | m.a.n.d.y. | magda | (makossa &) megablast | martin eyerer | martin solveig | mary anne hobbs | mathew johnson | matthew dear (audion) | maxim lany | melon | miss kittin | miss le bomb | modeselektor | monika kruse | moonboots | motor | mr. oizo | mstrkrft | namalee | nicole willis | niyi | nouvelle vague | olaf bender | oliver huntemann | onur özer | padded cell | pan sonic | para one | pendulum | peter hook | philippe zdar (cassius) | plastician | redshape | richie hawtin | riton | rjd2 | seyna | sharam jey | shinedoe | shonky | shy child | sierra_sam | simian mobile disco | sinner dc | skream | slam | solvent | someone else | speedy j | stakka bo | steffi | stereo total | swayzak | t. raumschmiere | terence fixmer | the cinematic orchestra | the hacker | the mole | the notwist | the presets | the proxy | the rapture | the subs | the whip | thomas brinkmann | thomas köner | tiefschwarz | toob | tomas andersson | tommie sunshine | trentemøller | trish van eynde | troy pierce | tyree cooper | uffie | unkle | venetian snares | vitalic | xela | zander vt | zombie nation | zombie zombie

Movies:


daido moriyama | garry winogrand | koudelka | eggleston | meyerowitz | smith w eugene | friedlander | bellocq | jimmy edgar | evans | william klein | david lachapelle | gert jochems | nan goldin | tom wood | ralph gibson | kratochvil antonin | thomas ruff | danny lyon | ackerman | jeff mermelstein | pinkhassov | d'agata | andreas gursky | diane arbus | soth | bruce gilden | araki | yone

Television:


michael mann | stanley kubrick | darren aronofsky | mark romanek | michel gondry | abel ferrara | billy wilder | bong joon-ho | martin scorsese | fernando meirelles | alfonso cuarón | wachowski brothers | henri-georges clouzot | david cronenberg | takashi miike | alfred hitchcock | christopher nolan | wong kar-wai | spike jonze | david fincher | francis ford coppola | steven spielberg | andrei tarkovsky | park chan-wook | quentin tarantino | buster keaton | david lynch | michael haneke

Books:


mtv | the wire | seinfeld | the sopranos | miami vice | six feet under | dallas | the boondocks | twin peaks | deadwood | the office | sex and the city | monty python's flying circus | little britain | curb your enthusiasm | the simpsons | the kingdom | house md | temptation island (seriously)

Heroes:



My Blog

HAPPY

happy new year! so we're a bit late; what else is new?! but really: have a bittersweet, insanely sexy, outrageously wealthy and tastefully (or quite the opposite) seductive 2008! we love you! we reall...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:04:00 PST

ONE YEAR DOWN

we can hardly believe it's been almost a year since we took our first photo together. looking back, it's been a crazy year (and angels & ghosts is only just starting to get off the ground). we still n...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:29:00 PST

POPVIEW HERE WE COME

our sweetest friends! once again we've been out of the myspace loop for a couple of weeks. sorry about that but maybe you've already gotten used to it by now. we've just been a bit busy doing shoots w...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:41:00 PST

HELP WANTED

we know, it's been over six weeks since we last approved a comment, added a new friend (or photo) or let you know how we were doing. for that, we apologize. it's not that we didn't care for any of our...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:26:00 PST

MADE IN GENT

ostriches are funny! and if that didn't catch your attention: we're back! so yes, our vacation might have lasted a week longer than previously announced but just when we wanted to upload a new photogr...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:31:00 PST

SUMMERS GONE

we made it! summer - not that there was any sun (in belgium) but let's call it summer anyway, for old times' sake - has finally come to an end. for us, that is. after ten summer festivals, a lot of (l...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:40:00 PST

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY P

just got back from pukkelpop, the second biggest belgian summer festival, where we spent three days in the excellent company of - a drum machine would be appropriate now - booka shade, dominik eulberg...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST

ANOTHER BUSY WEEKEND

well, we promised to keep you up to date more often on our progress so here's the first of our (somewhat) weekly updates! first of all, to all those who sent us a message the past couple of days and h...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:39:00 PST

NEW MYSPACE LAYOUT AND PHOTOGRAPH

yes! finally! it's here! our new myspace layout! welcome! again! and thank you bad hair boy! or are we being too enthusiastic now? anyway, we saved the old layout to show to our grand kids but after f...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:52:00 PST

FIRST PUBLIC SHOWING

10 days off (belgium's finest electronic music festival) is almost over ... three more days/nights! we haven't been sleeping much but it was worth it, doing shoots with a.o. laurent garnier, richie ha...
Posted by Angels & Ghosts on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:37:00 PST