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Axel Otero, the man behind Lay Your Ghost, laid his foundations in the punk and hardcore scenes in Puerto Rico. However, the next logical step was found in the peripheral artists he and his friends listened to. “The love that I have for synthpop and gothic music comes from my punk friends,” he explains. “They were the ones who were more into The Damned and Sisters Of Mercy. I fell in love with that, and it all came from there.” 
 From his appreciation of the darker, less angry side of music and the macabre influences to which he is drawn, Otero manifested Lay Your Ghost circa 2014. While he cites darkwave and synth-lead musical influences, both from the ’80s and from the modern European scene, what primarily inspires Otero is the nonmusical art he surrounds himself with, from horror and Sci Fi films to fine art and photography. 
 Fast forward to 2022, announces a new single via Instagram after a long hiatus, Lay Your Ghost is back sounding better than ever breaking outside the box within the darker side found in goth, post punk and darkwave music.