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Ghost Bees | Tasseomancy - Vampires Play Video

Ghost Bees | Tasseomancy - Vampires

shot 03/2009 Cinethek Oz, Vienna. more videos: www.playgrrround.com

Ghost Bees | Tasseomancy - Ashkelon Play Video

Ghost Bees | Tasseomancy - Ashkelon

shot 03/2009. Cinethek Oz, Vienna. more videos: www.playgrrround.com

Ghost Bees Perform "Vampires of the West Coast" Live - JL Play Video

Ghost Bees Perform "Vampires of the West Coast" Live - JL

Live on their deck, sunny North End Halifax.

Ghost Bees | Tasseomancy - Sinai and Night Play Video

Ghost Bees | Tasseomancy - Sinai and Night

more videos: www.playgrrround.com shot 03/2009. backstage at Szene Wien, Vienna.

Ghost Bees - Tear Tassle Ogre Heart Play Video

Ghost Bees - Tear Tassle Ogre Heart

Tear Tassle Ogre Heart by Ghost Bees (Tasseomancy), photo taken in Switzerland somewhere near Appenzell

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Ghost Bees Biography

Tasseomancy is a Canadian indie folk band from Toronto. Originally formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia and centered around twin sisters Sari and Romy Lightman, the project started life under the moniker Ghost Bees. Born and raised in Toronto, the Lightman twins moved to Halifax to attend university and began performing there.

The duo released their debut EP Tasseomancy on April 8, 2008, via Youth Club Records. Its cover is a photograph of the sisters' great-great grandmother Clara Chernos, a Russian Jewish tea-leaf reader who moved to Canada in the 19th century during the Russian pogroms. The pair toured extensively in support of the record, including shows in the UK and Europe.

As the Ghost Bees project developed, new sounds and influences not heard on the original EP began to be incorporated; prompting a name change to Tasseomancy in 2010. The twins recorded their debut full length under the new name that year, produced by fellow Toronto based musicians Taylor Kirk and Simon Trottier of the band Timber Timbre. They released a 7" single on friend Diamond Rings' boutique label Hype Lighter, and began performing in friend Katie Stelmanis' electronic outfit Austra as touring backing singers.

The debut album Ulalume was released on Out of this Spark/Turf Records in August 2011.

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