Our Test Is Crisis

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Having spent 10 years entrenched in bass music as part of infamous London based D&B collective Vicious Circle, Asylum (real name Andrew Greening) was no stranger to the low end sonics of dubstep when he decided to experiment with the lower tempo in 2011. 

The resulting single ('Not Afraid' / 'Hibernation') was an instant favourite amongst many of the scene's biggest names, gaining support from the likes of Youngsta on Rinse FM, and Skream & Benga on BBC Radio 1. Longtime friend and musical comrade Ben Verse snapped up the tracks for his Crunch Recordings imprint, identifying the same heady, Blue Note era qualities in the tracks that had also attracted him to the deeper side of the 140bpm tempo.

A number of releases followed - notably for Crunch Recordings and Seven's fledgling Uprise Audio imprint, including his debut 'Germinate EP' and the memorable 'Zero Gravity' from the 'Live From The Future' LP. Subsequent Uprise Audio releases 'Always Love'/'Bad Habit' were both selected as Beatport must hear tracks.

After several well received sets on Rinse FM, 2013 saw Asylum temporarily relocate to the US, visiting various cities for a string of performances at the likes of Denver's infamous Sub.Mission and LA's long running and peerless SMOG event alongside veterans Digital Mystikz.

2014 bought debut performances at Outlook festival and with 'Native EP', a chart topping release on Uprise Audio. 

After a two year creative hiatus, new EP 'Our Test Is Crisis' marks a return to Crunch Recordings and the start of a new phase of Asylum productions. With much planned for the coming months, 2017 looks to be an exciting year for devotees of the Asylum sound.

Be Free in the Pleasure of Yourself.. 
Allow music to Hold and Heal your Being..
You Are Enough!

The element of sound has captivated StarBreather’s being since his first Beach Boys vinyl record in the late 80’s. As life went on, he found himself diving deeper and deeper into the realm of music and how sound can be multi dimensional and medicinal. He began creating mixed tapes at the age of ten and since then, it’s been an ongoing experience of collecting music.

It wasn’t until 1999 that he got into electronic music and the rave scene, which spoke so deeply to his soul. Once that happened and digital platforms became available, he began playisting like crazy. This created a desire to share music with people in hopes of becoming a DJ one day. Imagining a group of people moving together like one breathing organism was his vision and what motivated him to embrace his passion for music.

In 2024 life opened up with massive support from Bass Nymph to create and ground in his dream of DJing. Since then, he has released multiple DJ mixes and received his first invitation from Elemental Entropy to practice DJing with other DJ friends at a house party. After that, other DJ gigs have aligned for him to express his excitement for orchestrating music to share with others. Being supported from the local Maui DJ scene has been monumental with actualizing what was once a dream.

StarBreather’s mixes are a journey of emotion and always have a theme based on what life is presenting him. Having a soundtrack present is whats held beautiful space for his journey in this world. His mixes consist of 140 bass music (deep/dark bass, chill bass) future garage, wave and deep house.

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-Asylum-