We’re currently working on new songs, a couple of them should be based upon songs taken out of these few CD’s…
§ Yann
Edit from Simone : I’m not sure I’ll get inspired by the covers for our next visuals…
Balkan effect
Author: Astrakan Project
Making new with old
This is exactly what our music is about: taking something old, that you would almost not use any more, and bring it to a new life, turn it into a new experience. The old will still be there, but it will taste so much different that it will stand out.
And the Dress then?
Well the dress is a very old concert dress, that I used again and again for years, that I used indeed so much until it was so tired and threadbare that I couldn’t wear it any more. But I can’t get rid of it so easily. I haven’t been able to for years, so I’ll use our music technique: turn it into something totally new!
§ Simone
Wrapping day… which colour is your music?
We also used to have some blue wrapping tissue , and some other ribbon colours too… well, we’ll get some more, piles of albums ready to go looked much more harmonious!
It’s for a gift, can I request a colour if I order your album?
Of course my dear! Just add a note when you order it >here<
§ Simone
Because music is not only about music…
It’s also about creating another world in which you can feel and sense our music, in which everything will tell you “you are there”.
I had started decorating this small tambourine I use on stage for a couple of songs, but then, I felt it missed some extra twist and colours to really fit into the way our music has evolved. Not done yet, but I’m getting there, and I’m excited to try it… I’m sure it will really look cool.
§ Simone
Do you want our android app? Astrakan Project android app!!!
Doesn’t it absolutely look really cool?
You can download it for free using this link:
http://www.reverbnation.com/astrakanproject/android
With android app you’ll have:
- Music of course: our new EP on streaming + Live in Lebanon on streaming + 3 Martelod from our album + more to come (of course more to come, Yann is already working on our next EP!)
- Songs lyrics
- Easy links to our videos, blogs, social networks that you can share around, to buy, to send us feedback…
- A cool feature to submit your own pictures! We will most definitely use it soon to create a new video.
We got it tested on a couple of devices, it works fairly well, although we are still fixing little bugs. As it is a free app that will download from a direct link and not from Google Play, a message will display asking you if you trust the source – yes, you can trust the source, it’s an app from Reverbnation, a huge social network for musicians… and anyway, if you’re an Astrakan Project fan that kind of tells you love to take risks!
Let us know… are you using it? Do you like it? Please share it around, it might just be a cool way to get your friends to find out about our music (+ you’ll look cool too, because that band they have no idea about has its own app!)
“Within the Circle” EP presentation {vlog}
[youtube http://youtu.be/PSCtWWnU5Ak]
Full download from EP: https://astrakanproject.bandcamp.com/…
Artwork on sale: http://goo.gl/toLfcn
Hathor Video for Ar Sorserez Houarned
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You knew the video already, and specially the painting featured, and indeed, at the beginning, I asked Yann to compose something simple that would have the correct length (loooong!) so that I could share it in my on-line Art classes. Then it became a project in itself, that took much longer, but we’re really happy how such a long piece turned out…
Enjoy + positive feedback highly welcomed!
§ Simone
PS: if you don’t know the painting, >head over here<
Within the Circle – our new EP is out !
Here are 4 new studio tracks you may download for free! (but you can donate bellow 🙂
Just one click on the cover…
>Within the Circle – Astrakan Project<
If you want other formats than mp3, FLAC , ALAC & so, you can go to our >Bandcamp page< and download it from there.
What are those new songs about? Hear them first, tell us what they inspire you, in the meantime we’ll make a small video with a lot of insights about this new recording.
And, once you’ve enjoyed them, shared them, heard them many times, you may support us in many ways…
- Send us love messages >here<
- Sign in to our newsletter (generally we send … maybe 6 to 7 a year?) >mailing-list<
- Become fan on >facebook<
- And if you really think our music deserves it, make a little donation using PayPal.
- How much ? Any little amount will help.
- What will we use it for ? Pay for our music & video equipments and software, for Internet hosting fees, put money asside to release our next album…
- How with Paypal? Just one click on the button and you enter the amount you wish…
A Green See Goddess for our EP
Very colourful again, even if at the moment you’ll only see it threw your screen, it will complete your music experience. The painting is an evocation of the Greek Goddess of the Sea Tethys, which will be perfect to go along with the second song of the EP inspired by a circle dance rhythm from the Karpatos islands.
Music will be released next Friday, 4 long tracks (about 25 min all together!) and available for download directly here, also on our bandcamp page and on our Android app. Yes! We’ll have our android app! How cool is that?
More Art from Simone on her Tumblr: http://rosaborboniana.tumblr.com/ or on her on-line shop: http://rosaborboniana.alittlemarket.com
EP’s expected release date? Friday, November the 8th!
We are done with recording our 4 tracks short album, Yann is doing some fine-tuning work on the mixing/mastering part, but… we are done. And we are happy! We really like what we came up with, and we’re totally excited about sharing it around!
What are we waiting for? Well…
I had in mind something more simple, but I can’t help, at the very last minute when I heard the final recording, something simple and soft just didn’t fit. I guess I like when it’s super-over-colourful. Maybe that’s also the way I feel about our music.
What else? We need to transfer all the tracks there and there so that anyone can access with one simple easy click. We decided it will be a release on “pay-what-you-want” system, like for our >Live in Lebanon<. But the great new we are totally excited about is also that it will be available on OUR Android App!
If you haven’t heard the short sample we shared, here it is again:
One more pic from the cover?
In the meantime, stay tuned, follow us on Facebook :
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