Astroid Andy UPDATES:
1. The new(ish) EP release
Okay, so I know this is the least exciting of the updates, but I thought it still deserved a mention. I'll be blunt, there isn't a new song (with the exception of the Intro track) that was solely created for this album. Orginally this was going to feature all of the Astroid Andy song's from The Laceration Recordings and add in around 6 or so brand new songs to make it into it's own thing. Instead, the project was abandoned and I began shifting sounds and focused all my attention towards production of 2016's Audiomelancholia. So, because I had already taken the liberty of uploading the EP onto my music site, custom cover art included, I decided to make it public. I have a Temple of Sloth album with the same premise, but no new songs and it hasn't been uploaded, so you'll just have to enjoy those on the original album.
2.NEW MUSIC ALERT!
Production is currently underway to a brand new album, as well as a bonus disc of all the different stage demos.
Once I decided to finally put my hands up and declare that my last album, Audiomelancholia, was finished, I still had this huge feeling like the album wasn't complete. After the first 5 songs end, I felt like I was tapping into something with a newer sound and that sound unfortuantly made it into 2.5 tracks of the 10 track album. But seeing as I had started working on that album in early 2016 and not having made any new music since August of last year, I knew it was time to see what the future held for my music. I found some newer software and got to work installing and adjusting to the new features and production began 2 weeks ago on The Neural Reconstruction Sessions. Originally, this album was going to be a Remixed album of Audiomelancholia, but now it has become the ending that I didn't achieve in the first chapter.
With this new album, I have to decided to branch out a lot more than I have in any of my previous works. Towards the end of my last album, I experimented with a new kind of song structure as well as employed more aggressive, hip-hop, trap, dubstep, and breakbeat elements. I really enjoyed the end result, and with casting a wider net of genres to utilize and make my own, I regained my passion for making music. This will be one of my most experimental full length albums since 2010's Decomposed. I will be trying out new song structures, a wider variety of musical genres, as well as trying to evolve my signature sound I have been working on for over 12 years now as well.
The Neural DEMO Sessions
For the first time ever, I will be releasing each song in various stages before it's finally finished. The songs on this album will be uploaded frequently, as once I hit a stopping point on production of any given song, I will be mixing it down into a track and make it available to listen to. This will showcase just how far some songs go and what ideas were scrapped, extended, or improved before it becomes the true song. Plus, I think there is always something cool in there that gets cut, even if it's sloppily thrown together, and I hate to waste it by deleting it forever. Think of it like a musical diary.
TL;DR - A bunch of free unfinished tracks on a free DEMO album.
3. FREE PROMO ARTWORK - COMING SOON
So far I have about 4 alternate covers for the DEMO album, but I am currently working on orginal promotional posters for the new album, and will be making all of the free on the album's download and here on the site. So far I have created an alternate cover for my upcoming album...
