AstraVox Music | Change Request - Light Years EP - AVX001

The first release on AstraVox Music comes courtesy of one of the label’s founders, Andrew Emil aka Change Request. Andrew has a varied background in composition and music production spanning releases and chamber works traversing genres from house music to adventures in serialism and chance. The Light Years EP sets the catalogue’s tone with the evolving textures of “Outer Space” and the subtle motif orchestrations of “Just A Thought”.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/light-years-ep/id1274781184
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/45OFNlplM32ipaaUu7xXdh
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/light-years-ep/2098400
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/854591/light-years-ep
Junodownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/change-request-light-years-ep/3519351-02/

YouTube: 
Outer Space · Change Request - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPlBAiTTr-w
Just A Thought · Change Request-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgJqgmxoog

Light Years EP - AVX001

Outer Space

Change Request - Outer Space - AVX001

AstraVox Music | Chris Nazuka - Moments In Between EP - AVX003

For it's third release, AstraVox Music enlists Chicago House icon Chris Nazuka from the infamous RedNail crew to deliver a sonic deluge of lucid texture.  Chris spent many years conquesting a unique approach to percussive sequencing that lead to numerous genre defining releases on many benchmark labels. The Moments In Between EP sees Mr. Nazuka adding his signature sound to the AstraVox Music catalogue. The crisp sweeping pads of 'Firework' enthrall the soundscape through fastidious rhythmic programming as 'Ghosts' progresses through a textural journey into a more contemplative succession of rhythmic gestures. 

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/moments-in-between-ep/1299389185
Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/album/5cSGcld3zChQEIe4BTKUQM
Traxsource:  https://www.traxsource.com/title/898862/moments-in-between-ep
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/moments-in-between-ep/2155139
Junodownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/chris-nazuka-moments-in-between-ep/3626027-02/

Youtube:
Firework · Chris Nazuka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuTaM2c56zE
Ghosts · Chris Nazuka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYQUJWO6hn4

Chris Nazuka - Ghosts - AVX003

AstraVox Music | Jon Gordon - State Change EP - AVX004

The fourth release on AstraVox Music features a developing talent and student of enigmatic sound design, Jon Gordon aka Jon Iler. Jon has developed his orchestration skills through numerous releases on many independent labels and, most recently, the creation of immersive experiential three-dimensional modeling and sound installations for corporate clients. 

The State Change EP begins with the synthetic droning pedals of 'Perpetually' and preludes to a Homage á Vangelis, while the introspectively drifting melody of 'Weakness' imbues a subdued state of melancholy that conjures a fleeting loss of equilibrium.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/state-change-ep/1325966262
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6mCUSHrV5m2JIYHcR9ayp6
Traxsource: https://www.traxsource.com/title/918956/state-change-ep
Beatport: https://www.beatport.com/release/state-change-ep/2190483
Junodownload: https://www.junodownload.com/products/jon-gordon-state-change-ep/3671500-02/

Youtube:
Perepetuality · Jon Gordon -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akZQ-p5Dfc
Weakness · Jon Gordon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19T3JC9C7WY

Jon Gordon - Perepetuality - AVX004

AstraVox Music | Chris Nazuka - Sounds Of Science EP - AVX007

1. Chris Nazuka | AI 
2. Chris Nazukal | Clockwork

Written By Christopher K. Nazuka
Produced By Chris Nazuka
℗ 2019 AstraVox Music

AstraVox Music is honored to welcome back Chicago House icon, Chris Nazuka—from the infamous Red Nail crew—to the imprint for his second sonic statement in the catalog. 

Creative sample synthesis is the formula for this two-track voyage, the Sounds of Science EP kicks off with the swirling chord inversions of “AI”. A distant choral aria emerges from this rhythmic pedal, enveloping into a reverberant string-led allargando. 

A play on motion and harmonic direction, “Clockwork” is a sample-a-delic stuttering of tremolating glitchy static harmonies. An upward drift of harmonic motion forges a path forward adjacent the synthetic aerial maneuvers.

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2H8fPjL
 Traxsource: http://bit.ly/2JdalYz  
Beatport: http://bit.ly/2VauTCr 
 iTunes: https://apple.co/2VXbbOS  
Junodownload: http://bit.ly/2Ygvzbq 

YouTube 
AI · Chris Nazuka - http://bit.ly/2J6BUCE
Clockwork · Chris Nazuka - http://bit.ly/30aPSJ

Chris Nazuka - AI - AVX007

Chris Nazuka - Clockwork - AVX007

AstraVox Music | The Fallen Sound Theory - Diametric EP - AVX008

1. The Fallen Sound Theory | Komorebi
2. The Fallen Sound Theory | Moonglade

Written By Slade Templeton
Produced By The Fallen Sound Theory
℗ 2019 AstraVox Music

Making his debut on the label, The Fallen Sound Theory aka Slade Templeton—an award-winning record producer and engineer based in Bern, Switzerland—is a multi-genre maestro. 

Reserving his The Fallen Sound Theory moniker for his emotive electronic outings, this two-track EP sees Slade traversing contemporary incidental dramatic soundscapes with strident synthesis. A cavernous departure into classic CS-80 territory, "Komorebi" is a clinic in early 80s suspense posturing, that preluding into a rallentando of spatial decay. 

Fanfares of generative pads and choirs lay the foundation of "Moonglade", developing into a metallic ensemble of strings as classic poly-brass tones cascade over a melodic CV-triggered bass arpeggio dissipating into a capitulated oblivion.

iTunes: apple.co/2M2eRti 
Spotify: spoti.fi/32yDLa5 
Amazon: amzn.to/2JQmKj4 
Beatport: bit.ly/2LxHD5M 
Traxsource: bit.ly/2XYZWmd 
Junodownload: bit.ly/2XSntdh 

YouTube: 
Komorebi · The Fallen Sound Theory - bit.ly/2O51nj6 
Moonglade · The Fallen Sound Theory - bit.ly/2Y02TD1

The Fallen Sound Theory - Moonglade - AVX008

The Fallen Sound Theory - Komorebi - AVX008

AstraVox Music | Change Request - Long Distance EP - AVX009

1. Change Request | Convex Prism
2. Change Request | Long Distance

Written By Neal Andrew Emil Gustafson
Produced By Change Request
Published By Change Request Music (BMI)
℗ 2019 AstraVox Music

The ninth volume of the AstraVox Music catalog emerges via the craftsmanship of label partner, Andrew Emil aka Change Request. 

Commencing with an etude in spatial design, the sonic painting “Convex Prism” explores textural counterpoint through a contrast of sustaining textures juxtaposing transient polyrhythms. Bit crushing bass bubbles into a harmonic cadence of dissolving synth vapors. 

Salient chords form the structural foundation of “Long Distance”. Development of metallic arpeggios preludes into a melancholic aria, suspending the rhythmic animations, before the sonic dissipation sets in.

iTunes: apple.co/2mitPR7  
Spotify: spoti.fi/2mit2zD  
Amazon: amzn.to/2knTiIm  
Beatport: bit.ly/2m0Q120  
Traxsource: bit.ly/2mgW6rh  
Junodownload: bit.ly/2kSUpQq 

YouTube:
Long Distance EP · Change Request - bit.ly/2krelKc  
Convex Prism · Change Request - bit.ly/2kGMJRy  
Long Distance · Change Request - bit.ly/2kGMMgc

Long Distance EP

Change Request - Long Distance - AVX009

Change Request - Convex Prism - AVX009

AstraVox Music| Terry Vernixx - Earthbound LP - AVX010

1. Terry Vernix | Adrift In Dead Calm
2. Terry Vernix | The Light Has Surrounded Darkness
3. Terry Vernix | 12th Century Skies At Night 
4. Terry Vernix | Le Dôme Café
5. Terry Vernix | There Is A Ghost In This Room

Written By Terry Valderas
Produced By Terry Vernix
© 2019 AstraVox Music
Published By Change Request Music (BMI)/ Nathaniel Smith Music (BMI)

The tenth volume of the AstraVox Music catalog emerges via the work of dear label friend and long withstanding Dallas musician, Terry Valderas. Valderas employs a multitude of ghost piano-lines echoing through large ballrooms alongside backward dulcimers that merge mellotrons strings into dramatic soundscapes, crafting AstraVox Music’s signature incidental sonics. 

Valderas entered the music world in the late ’80s as the original drummer for the Dallas band The Toadies. He was soon seduced by electronic music of the early ’90s and started producing original works. His original music has graces the catalogs of seminal imprints such as Plastik People, 3 AM Recordings, and Headset to name a few, and has been featured on BBC Radio One, Ministry of Sound, PureFM Berlin, and Sirius/XM. 

Valderas started working on the Earthbound LP around eight years ago as a side-project, recording and composing the majority of the long-play in New Mexico, and finishing it in Texas (March 2019). Highly influenced by Coil—particularly their “Lunar” period—this project captures the influence of drones, floating sonics and utilizes various church mode scale collections concentrating on simple pure sheets of sound and drifting tone beds.

Preluding with “Adrift in Dead Calm”, inspired by a late-night sailing excursion that left Valderas stranded in the middle of a lake for hours in turbidly frigid dawn. Featuring a deluge of generative synth pads contrasted against phasing piano motifs and ominous nature sounds.

Taking its name from the Gnostic Scriptures, “The Light Has Surrounded Darkness” arrives via textural scapes that eschew ostinatos of modal piano harmonies set against the enveloping dulcimers reversing.  

Pedaling piano motifs come to the foreground in “12th Century Skies at Night”, as cascading synthetic strings as bell tones play backward. Influenced by ancient astronomers seeking scryers—working vigilantly under the veil of darkness and secrecy—a sense of propulsion drives the tapestry into dissipation. 

Departing into the streets of Paris, “Le Dôme Café” features the emergence of intellectual ghosts in the background dining at their favored gathering place on the Montparnasse, while overlapping swells of strings contrast against the street scenes. The distance conversations muffled by the disruptive clinking of glassware, synthetic layers of resolute pads textures bring about an idling ambiance. 

Recorded in Albuquerque, “There Is A Ghost In This Room” replicates the conversational voices in the walls, tribal drums in the vents, and chanting often heard in the quiet hours at Valderas’ home while living in New Mexico. Summing regional ancestors, this last work on the LP features pointed and sharp metallic motifs set against voices that play forward and in reverse—creating a polyrhythmic ostinato bed—which lays atop a harmony of synthetics that conjure the perilous character of sections of Carpenter’s “Escape From New York” score.

iTunes: apple.co/2OZnWEr  
Spotify: spoti.fi/2PgYngU  
Amazon: amzn.to/2Pstiaa  
Beatport: bit.ly/2s3MyTC  
Traxsource: bit.ly/36fDbPc  
Junodownload: bit.ly/2DUbGyy 

YouTube:
Earthbound LP · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/34ZYHrd 
Adrift In Dead Calm · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/2LzgpKn 
The Light Has Surrounded Darkness (Official Video) · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/2OZaD6P
The Light Has Surrounded Darkness · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/33XGwRB 
12th Century Skies At Night · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/2s0I681 
Le Dôme Café · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/2PljRcN 
There Is A Ghost In This Room · Terry Vernixx - bit.ly/36nCJyP

Earthbound LP

Terry Vernixx - There Is A Ghost In This Room - AVX010

Terry Vernixx - Le Dôme Café - AVX010

Terry Vernixx - 12th Century Skies At Night - AVX010

Terry Vernixx - The Light Has Surrounded Darkness - AVX010

Terry Vernixx - Adrift In Dead Calm - AVX010

AstraVox Music puts forth a catalog of emotive electronic-orchestral music that envelops the intrigue through vivid sonic landscapes and sound design. 

An incidental dramatic music label based out of Los Angeles and Chicago, envisioned by award-winning Composers and Producers Andrew Emil / Change Request (Midnight Riot Records, OM Records, Candy Talk) and Nathaniel Smith / Mr. Nathaniel (47 Ronin, How To Get Away With Murder, Still Star-Crossed).   

All music published by Change Request Music (BMI) and Nathaniel Smith Music (BMI)

For submissions and media licensing contact, or general banter, we would love to hear from you: astravoxmusic@gmail.com 
 
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For submissions and media licensing contact, or general banter, we would love to hear from you: astravoxmusic@gmail.com

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