Biography
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Years Active
2004 – present (20 years)
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Founded In
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Ecstatic Sunshine was a musical project that formed in 2004 and disbanded in 2011. It began as a guitar duo comprised of Matthew Papich and Dustin Wong (who later left the project to pursue Ponytail and his own solo guitar music). Ecstatic Sunshine has released a number of EP's and albums since that time and has performed hundreds of shows in the United States and Europe with a revolving group of players. Ecstatic Sunshine a solo endeavor by Papich from around 2009 until he retired the name in 2011. Throughout the years the essence of Ecstatic Sunshine has been located within Papich’s unique guitar work, however the shifting cast has allowed the group to spread it’s reach effortlessly into new lands. Echoes of punk, ambient, reggae and techno have floated in and out of the groups sound, though never feeling contrived and never supplanting the energy or vision of the original output.
2005: "Dot" EP (CDR)
2005: "Swirl" EP (CDR)
2006: "Freckle Wars" LP (CD, Carpark)
2007: "Living" EP (Vinyl/CD, Wildfire Wildfire)
2008: "Way" LP (CD, Cardboard)
2009: "Easy Is Right" split 7" w/ Lucky Dragons (Vinyl, Wildfire Wildfire)
2009: "Turned On" 7" w/ Cex Remix (Vinyl, Hoss)
2009: "Yesterday's Work" LP (Vinyl, Hoss)
2010: "Freak Flag" EP (Digital, Ecstatics)
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