BiografieTHIS COLLECTIVE FROM OSS, THE NETHERLANDS, HAS BEEN EXPLORING THE ENDS OF THE ROCK UNIVERSE SINCE 1999.
INFLUENCED BY LEGENDARY CLASSIC ROCK ACTS SUCH AS BLACK SABBATH, LED ZEPPELIN, HAWKWIND, FUNKADELIC, THIN LIZZY AND KISS, THESE “WIZARDS OF OSS” KNOW NO MUSICAL BOUNDS, AND THERE’S NO SONIC TRIP TOO FAR OUT FOR THEM. THE BAND NEVER FALLS BACK INTO SILLY RETRO TWADDLE AND BORING REVISION EXCERCISES, THOUGH. NO, ASTROSONIQ HAVE THEIR AIM CLEARLY SET ON THE FUTURE, AND GIVE THE CLASSIC ROCK GENRE A VERY PERSONAL TWIST. UNCOMPROMISING MUSIC, WITH AN EYE FOR TOMORROW, AVERSE TO TRENDS AND BASED ON CONTINUITY.
ASTROSONIQ IS CHARACTERISED BY MARCELS MASSIVE SWINGING DRUMBEATS, ERIKS DETAILED, POUNDING BASSLINES, (BA)RONS POWER RIFFS AND FINE, SOMETIMES OUTRAGIOUS SOLOS AND FRED & ERIKS CATCHY VOCALS, OFTEN COVERED WITH AN ALIEN SAUCE OF WEIRD SAMPLES AND SPACE-SOUNDS, THIS ALL BEING SUBMERGED IN AN EXTREMELY FAT AND UNPOLISHED SOUND. WITH ABOVE INGREDIENTS, ASTROSONIQ HAS DEVELOPED AN ENTIRELY UNIQUE SOUND IN THEIR OWN TORTURE GARDEN STUDIOS. LOOKING AT REVIEWS FROM PREVIOUS RELEASES, THIS HAS CREATED QUITE A SENSATION IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY, AS WELL AS ABROAD. THE OVER-THE-TOP CONCEPTUAL “HAIRY” ARTWORK OF ARTIST AND SPECIAL GUEST MUSICIAN WILLUM (OF HUMAN ALERT) AND THE FINE, ALIENATING LIVE VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE ROADBURN-COLLECTIVE REINFORCE THE AGAINST-THE-GRAIN SET OF MIND OF THIS BRABANTINE DIY- CREW.

THEIR NEW ALBUM WAS RECORDED AND MIXED IN THEIR OWN TORTURE GARDEN STUDIOS IN OSS, THE NETHERLANDS, MASTERED AT THE WEST WEST SIDE MUSIC STUDIO IN NEW WINDSOR, NEW YORK (AMONG OTHERS: NILE, FLEETWOOD MAC, MASTODON, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SEPULTURA, YES, THE RAPTURE, FAT BOY SLIM, THE MISFITS, MY MORNING JACKET, BUZZCOCKS, MONSTER MAGNET, THE SLACKERS, RADIO 4, GIRLS AGAINST BOYS, PETE TOWNSEND AND HUMAN LEAGUE) AND IS RELEASED IN EUROPE BY QUALITY RECORD LABEL SUBURBAN RECORDS (AMONG OTHERS ARE HERMANO, AND PETER PAN SPEEDROCK)

ON THEIR NEW ALBUM, ENTITLED “SPEEDER PEOPLE”, ASTROSONIQ TAKE YOU ON A 71 MINUTE ADVENTUROUS TRIP IN WHICH YOU WILL BE REELED FROM THE DEEPEST CAVERNS OF DOOM TO THE MOST VAGUE CORNERS OF ROCK. METAL, ROCK, NOISE, JAZZ, PUNK, PSYCHEDELICA AND FUNK MERGE IN COHERENT COMPOSITIONS IN WHICH THE “SONG” IS THE CENTRE POINT. THE LYRICS, OFTEN INSPIRED BY SCI-FI AND FANTASY- AND ADVENTURE GAMES SERVE AS A METAPHORE FOR THE STATUS QUO.
ASTROSONIQ CROSSES MUSICAL AND PSYCHEDELIC BOUNDARIES. Quelle: http://www.astrosoniq.com/Discografie2006 Speed People
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