Reviews:

From Vital Weekly
"MANDATE (12" by Mandate Records)
CHANDELIERS - CIRCULATION (7" by Ghost Arcade)
Being a dancing fool is something I am not, 
and never was, but having said that, I do like 
rhythmic music every now and then. Perhaps only 
certain examples of rhythmic music, like a good 
bit of straight forward techno or house. 
Music you can do things to, rather than force 
you to listen intensely. Ghost Arcade LTD deals 
with this kind of music that sound as retro 
as can be. 

They say that the 12" from Mandate could have 
been from 1993 as well as 2007. I agree. 
The pumping beat, the sweet keyboards makes me 
want to play Sweet Exorcist and Sandoz right 
after this. Music that puts a smile on your face... 
well, at least this face that is.

More electro inspired - also fine with these feet - 
is a 7" on Ghost Arcade with three tracks of a five 
piece called Chandeliers. Their music is a bit more 
chaotic - maybe due to the line up of five people, 
I thought - and less straight forward than the 
Mandate 12".Great full color cover this one." (FdW)


From The Wire
"Chicago's Ghost Arcade have the strange
kind of weird/snappy dynamism usually 
associated with German combos on Hamburg's
post punk ZickZack label.  Mr. Bossa Suicide 
combines little surging fields of late 70's 
sounding electronics with a neo friendly beat 
in a way that also recalls such period 
San Francisco groups as the Units, Microwaves, 
et al.  Although there's a sinister edge to 
Ghost Arcade's music that I don't remember 
from those happier times, its almost enough 
to make you want to write them a postcard 
and ask if they have button badges available."  
Byron Coley, The Wire 

"Recording as Bort, Martin Schneider 
(an associate of the Chicago wing of 
Midwest US electronics wankery) has issued 
the Eatingest EP.  Both sides of the single 
are in the style you might expect, using ancient 
new wave synth noise to conjure up images of 
the Residents, Schwump, and the most hideously 
puckered wing of the British synthwave combos.  
Of course, true to form, Mr Bort takes these 
little pieces and fashions them into something 
rather original and confounding, since one is 
never sure where the tribute part leaves off a
nd the trashing begins.  This sensual confusion 
gives the listener a lotta leeway.  So its 
probably best to just let it spin and sit back 
on your haunches, wondering, "Who? What? Where?
Why? When?" Byron Coley, The Wire

"More Midwest goonery comes in the form of 
Spills that Kill by J+J+J.  A guy/gal duo 
(the third J is Jesus), these young clippers 
seem dedicated to making sounds that simultaneously 
annoy with their cutesy-pie dynamics and suck 
you in with the recklessness of their joyful 
stupidity (imagine Hawny Troof playing The
Modettes songbook).  It's very possible that you 
would want to kill them if you saw them live, so 
listening to the record may be a safe alternative.  
I dunno, like, what would Jesus do?" Byron Coley, The Wire

Punk Planet:
"Ghost Arcade: Electro Wankery that sounds like it 
was done on an old Casio keyboard with preprogrammed 
beats, overdubbed with distorted vocals.  Sort of 
interesting yet painful, like being tortured in a 
Viet Cong prisoner of war camp. (JJG)"

"J+J+J: Fabulously executed electropunk with a pure, 
sugary pop sensibility. These songs are some of the 
cutest I've heard, with the perfecct balance of weird 
synth cut-up and darkly whimsical elements.  
Recommended for all you fans of Casio-fueled 
electropunk.  (Numbers, Gravy Train, etc.) (MG)"

"Von Jugel: German electro pop with a dark edge. (JG)"

From Vice:
"Number 3 top ten electric indie vinyl 2003: 
Ghost Arcade Mr. Bossa Suicide"

"J+J+J: irreverant casio core"