Wednesday, November 14, 2018
"Has It Really Been That Long?: The Current State of Astral Productions in 2018/2019" Update
Okay, right up front I want to say that I have been seriously neglecting Astral Productions, including the 2 albums of Astroid Andy that are still in production (the almost finished The Neural Reconstruction Sessions: Audiomelancholia 2 which will be completed one way or another by the end of November 2018, and my next album Movie Night on Gargantuan 1, which will hopefully surface in early 2019).
There are 2 main issues that have halted music production:
1. I now have a full time job (I work at a little pizza/coffee joint called Pizza Junkiez delivering pizzas, and with the dawn of my full management looming, it looks like I may have less time than ever to have any time for myself). While the job pays well, it usually involves full day shifts and long nights.
2. I still have not gotten a new pair of high quality headphones, which allows me to fully hear every sound in high definition.
BUT WAIT! THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS HERE!!!
Today I started working on a few rough draft ideas for the finishing songs for Audiomelancholia 2, the closing track is something I have very high ambition for, wanting to create something very large scale that may need to be broken into at least 3 parts. All in all, I am extremely proud of the work that has been done on the album, the songs are amazing and showcase the next step in my musical evolution.
There will also be a compainion disc to AudioMel2, called The Neural DEMO Sessions that features unreleased tracks and alternate demo states from the songs that make it onto the actual album. This piece is meant to showcase all the different forms a song takes before it's finalized, with alternate parts that were cut, altered, or integrated in a different manner to the final version. Each demo could almost be considered a new track in a certain light, and instead of just doing the base demo I decided I would do multiples per track at various stages of production, giving the whole thing a "Making of..." vibe. Maybe at some point I will do some remixes, hell, one or two may show up on the next album, but in the mean time I feel like it's loaded with enough content (which is still being updated to this day) to tide you guys over until I feel like AudioMel2 is complete.
So for all you Astral Projectors out there, just know that Astral Productions is still active, but due to less time for actual production releases will be a bit more spread out unlike previous years. Hopefully this process can yield some high quality music unlike anything you've ever heard from me.
- Astroid Andy
Monday, September 18, 2017
2017 Mega Updates! 9/18/17
Wow, long time no update, eh, Astral Projectors? I hadn't realized just how an extensive removal of myself from this side of me and the total lack of any musical progression in almost a year, but after a jolt to the system and a new outlook on music, I AM BACK! So let's break this giant update down in to parts, skip what you don't find interesting or to just get the gist of it.
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!
The Neural Reconstruction Sessions: Audiomelancholia 2
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...
...and plan on making a few alternate versions, as making and editing album covers is admittedly pretty fun.
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!
The Neural Reconstruction Sessions: Audiomelancholia 2
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...
...and plan on making a few alternate versions, as making and editing album covers is admittedly pretty fun.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Updates: Hiatus, New Astroid Andy Album [Audiomelancholia], and General News
Above you will find the newest album (in progress) Audiomelancholia by Astroid Andy. I have been working on this album off and on since late October of 2015 and for a long time, nothing happened. I knocked out 5 tracks that I felt were incredible, and then BAM! I hit a brick wall creatively. Back in early August 2015 I got a beagle puppy who quickly became my son, his name is Albert and he consumes about 95% of my time. That other 5% was filled when I got hooked on collecting and playing various PC & PS3 games. I have a mild form of OCD that makes it so I get on these "kicks" where I get obsessed with collecting things, books, movies, games, and music. During these kicks, my collecting overshadows most everything else in my life at that time, and it can be a real problem. That's not to say some good hasn't come out of them, I've gone on long benders of making music and writing stories (most of which never end, because I keep expanding them and then have trouble wrapping them up). I also suffer from crippling anxiety and depression which forces me to stay indoors and binge watch TV shows and movies while I numbly lay on my futon, barely eating and chain smoking. Okay, enough of my personal drama, let's get to the meat of this post: THE MUSIC
Audiomelancholia, my forthcoming album will be a fantastic album, paralleling Shadows (hopefully, fingers crossed). I've employed a lot more dubstep, hip hop, trap, trance, ambient, dub, and chill elements than I have previously, with tons of heavy bass and dark pads with some hypnotic synths and sequences. When I updated my software a few days ago, I discoved a whole new plane on which to create music, as well as over 15 new genres of music to play with as well (and a butt ton of new synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, and keyboards which I plan on utilizing for my eventual new album for Temple of Sloth). The newest track I just finished is a bumping anthem infused with dark hip-hop/trip-hop with elements of dub & trap. I'm also trying my hand at samples, adding a little extra flare to my music. This album will also include multiple bonus tracks that are the uncut versions of the song A.U.D.I.O., which is the first 5 songs of the album that are meant to be heard as a single track. I also plan on doing an EP following shortly after the release of Audiomelancholia similar to the past few EPs that followed my last 2 releases that include remixes, b-sides, and bonus tracks. If all things go as planned, I'd like to finish off my Astroid Andy's Temple of Sloth Epic with the series's swan song, "Rise of the Temple of Sloth". If I am able to somehow pull off the impossible, expect a Director's Cut within a month or two after it's completion.
So keep your eyes peeled as I will be posting more and more updates as the album progresses and a big surprise when it finally drops. Sorry for the long absence, hopefully this insperation streak doesn't fade anytime soon and we can return to the glory days of Astral Productions.
This has been Astroid Andy, taking you through a new level of the Astral Plane.
Until Next Time Astral Projectors, keep that 3rd Eye Open.
Andy Day
Saturday, September 12, 2015
The Laceration Recordings
Sorry for the lack of updates folks, I've been super busy these past few months. In between work and getting a new puppy, I have been wall-to-wall busy doing something. But in my spare time, I have been vigilantly working on my music. That's what the Laceration Recordings is, a tribute to all my free time in this hectic rat race know as life. When the dust settled, I began working on a new Astroid Andy album, and with it only be 4 songs deep, I can say it is easily going to surpass Shadows in terms of quality. The album, Audiomelancholia should be completed by the end of September. Just thought I'd drop by and leave a small post letting everyone know that I haven't stopped making music and a new album is in the works.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Unearthed Astral Projections! Astroid Andy Presents: Mental Evolution
Okay, just a fare warning, this is not my greatest work. I was messing around a lot with sound manipulation on a bunch of my songs back in 2010 and created around 8 albums all like this, where I take a single song, drastically reduce the BPM, add in a bunch of bizarre sound effects, rearrange and even stack arrangements on top of each other. I like to have all my music accessible online, but unfortunately I was only able to upload 2 of these "Musical Experiments". But with completion of The Laceration Recordings, it'll be a little while before I drop some new music. So I thought I'd treat you, my fans [Astral Projectors] with a blast from the past. These were all but forgotten until I got bored and did an image search of myself on Google and found the cover for Telepathy: Phase 2. So sit back, relax, and wait to hear some of the most bizarre recordings I've ever made with The Mental Evolution Series.
Thus concludes our broadcast day.
Signing Off -
Astroid Andy
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
The Wait Is Almost Over: Febuary 2015 Update
It's been almost a year since my last update, and in that year I have only officially released one new EP, Room 302. Production on The Laceration Recordings is still ongoing, but the good news is the majority of the album is completed, and can be streamed now. I'm pushing for a February release. The reasons for the delays on the musical front is many: depression, writing and editing my story "Shadows" (which is now over 40 pages long), the release of Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD Remix & Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition (these games have become something of a super obsession, consuming most of my downtime), work, and a slew of new books. I have been working on music, just not as rapidly as I am used to, giving myself more time to perfect the final product. The Laceration Recordings, as I reported last year, is a split album featuring tracks by Astroid Andy and Temple of Sloth. Jumping off from what I learned from Shadows, I have taken a more focused approach to music production, while integrating new elements previously un-utilized in previous albums. As for the story "Shadows", I can not determine how much longer it will be until I find a good place to stop. The good news is, by the end of Febuary, we will have a new album on our hands, which will most likely be followed up with an EP in tradition of The Sounds of Static EP & From the Shadows EP featuring remixes and B-Sides, as well as a few exclusive tracks. So stay tuned, I will do my best to keep things updated on a more regular basis as things progress. In the meantime, here, stream TLR now!
This concludes our broadcast day.
Signing off, this has been:
Astroid Andy
Monday, March 17, 2014
"The Laceration Recordings" is on hold, release date TBA. "Secret Album" Info. Astral Productions Updates: March 2014.
Astral Productions Presents: The Laceration Recordings. ALBUM UPDATE.
Unfortunately, I was not able to finish the split album, "The Laceration Recordings" to meet it's March 20th release date. I do have a few songs already completed for the project, but I don't think we'll be seeing it until late April to mid-May at the latest. I am still working on it, but it's a slow moving process as I want each song to really shine, and showcase what Astral Productions is capable of. The few songs completed are Temple of Sloth tracks, and honestly, they need a little fine tuning before I decide to unleash them upon my fellow Astral Projectors. No Astroid Andy tracks have been made for this project yet, either, so you can see why it's taking a while for it's release. I'll keep you posted and probably give you a teaser with a few Temple of Sloth tracks from the album before it's release.
The Astroid Andy "Secret Album".
Part of the reason why it's taken a while to complete "The Laceration Recordings" is because I have been working on a new album for Astroid Andy (like that page, damn you's!). I'm not going to divulge to much information about this new album, but it will be directly linked to the release of the story "Shadows" which will come with the album when you download it. I will also post the story, in "semi-chapters" under the Astral Publications site. The story is near completion, and is bordering on almost 30 pages. The story will be merely a chapter in the grand story that is "The Sloth Epic" which will include stories connected to albums such as The Sounds of Self Destruction , Sanctuary: City of Flames , Sanctuary: The Lost Reality , Decomposed , and The Manipulated Living . The entire epic will take me a few years to complete, and the ground work has been laid out a little in "Shadows", hinting at the fall of Sanctuary, and taking place after the events of Sounds. With all that being said, let us move onto...
Astral Publications Presents: Shadows.
So as I said above, with the story of Shadows nearing completion, I will of course give the entire story away for free for those that download the "Secret Album" (which will contain two versions of the story, one of which will not be made available on Astral Publishing). Let me give you a quick description of the story.Shadows focuses on an unnamed narrator as he tells his story of survival via journal entries. Our narrator wakes up one day to find himself locked in a hotel room, the door covered in a spiderweb of chains that are welded to metal beams on either side of the door. The window is covered in boards. The walls are covered in pages of books, journals, diaries, and newspaper articles. There are a stack of eight television sets stacked haphazardly in one corner with an old time radio that emits a constant stream of bizarre electrical glitches and static for days on end. The bathroom is filled with canned food, bottled water, and bags upon bags of pills. As our narrator slips in and out of reality, he finds himself in situations and environments that make no sense, further fueling his ever growing insanity. Along the way, he will cross paths with people and experience things that push the boundaries of what is real, and was is a fever dream. Will he ever find a true escape from the room? Will he find out how he was forced to be imprisoned in it? Will he discover the sinister meaning to all this seemingly endless insanity?
Shadows is set to be released April 3rd, alongside the new Astroid Andy "secret album".
This concludes our broadcast day:
Coming to you live from Astral Productions,
This has been Astroid Andy,
Signing Out.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
"Deeper Into This Madness" [2007] Is Now Up on Astral Publications!
A little while back, I started a new page called Astral Publications, which would serve as my main hub for all my writing. While I was digging through some old files on my computer, I stumbled across something very interesting. What I found was a piece I had wrote back in '07 entitled "Deeper Into This Madness", which was broken into two distinctly different parts. Part One is a series of memories written in great detail, little bits and pieces of my past brought to the present. Then we have Part Two, which is the best part, seeing as it has all my ORIGINAL poetry. I have also made this piece of work a bonus item for Astroid Andy's Shadows & From the Shadows EP that includes another (significantly smaller) piece of work from 2005/06, "Swallowed By Chaos" which is an experimental stream-of-conscious, poetry type of work. So swing over to Astral Publications and check out the newest arrival, "Deeper Into This Madness".
CLICK HERE TO READ "DEEPER INTO THIS MADNESS" NOW!
- Andy Day
P.s. The story for "Shadows" is coming along great. I'll start posting some of it once I get a better idea of cohesion and decide how to format it to convey the story the way I want it to be told. Keep your eyes peeled, you'll being getting a glimpse by the first week of March.
CLICK HERE TO READ "DEEPER INTO THIS MADNESS" NOW!
- Andy Day
P.s. The story for "Shadows" is coming along great. I'll start posting some of it once I get a better idea of cohesion and decide how to format it to convey the story the way I want it to be told. Keep your eyes peeled, you'll being getting a glimpse by the first week of March.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
"From the Shadows EP" Is Now Availible, and Stuffed to the Brim with Extras
The follow up EP to Shadows, comes "From the Shadows EP", which includes remixes, demos, and a few unreleased tracks. So let me present you, my loyal Astral Projectors, with the newest addition to the Astral Productions musical catalog, From the Shadows EP
BONUS MATERIAL INCLUDED WITH DOWNLOAD!
You read that right, my friends, when you download the EP you will receive tons of extras. I will start doing this for each release, adding a nice amount of extras for those of you who add my music to your collection.
Extras Included
1. Three Astroid Andy Custom Posters
2. Two Astral Productions Posters.
3. Three bonus pictures.
4. "The Laceration Recordings" Promo Poster
5.Temple of Sloth Insignia Poster
6. "Requiem" Music Video [Featuring Temple of Sloth]
7. "Fractured:Mind (A Poetry Collective)" by Andy Day PDF.
1. Three Astroid Andy Custom Posters
2. Two Astral Productions Posters.
3. Three bonus pictures.
4. "The Laceration Recordings" Promo Poster
5.Temple of Sloth Insignia Poster
6. "Requiem" Music Video [Featuring Temple of Sloth]
7. "Fractured:Mind (A Poetry Collective)" by Andy Day PDF.
8. "Deeper Into This Madness (2007)" featuring "Swallowed by Chaos (2005/06)" by Andy Day PDF.
9. The "Raw Cut" of the exclusive Shadows Poster.
So go and download yourself a copy of the awesome new Astroid Andy EP, From the Shadows EP, and get all those super sweet extras.
-Astroid Andy
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
"Shadows" Now Brimming with Bonus Content!
My newest album, "Shadows" has been out for a little over 3 weeks now, and I have finally gotten around to stuffing the thing full of awesome bonus content. When you download this awesome album, you'll also receive:
1. The Music Video to "Brookhaven"
2. A custom "Shadows" poster
3. A promo poster for "Shadows"
4. Two ASTRAL PRODUCTIONS posters
5. The original cover
6. An Astroid Andy poster.
By the end of next week it will contain the story behind "Shadows". But right now, enjoy all the cool extras when you download SHADOWS!
-Astroid Andy
Friday, February 7, 2014
Astral Publications is Now Up and Running!
Another branch of Astral Productions comes Astral Publications (click the banner to go there). So far I have posted one volume of work entitled "Fractured:Mind" in it's entirety. So head on over and check out it. Soon I will be posting the first chapter to "Shadows", and in the mean time, I'll keep you posted on all the things that go on in Astral Publications.
-Astroid Andy
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Just a Few Updates: Reports from the Lab.
So, I've been taking my time a little with Astroid Andy's "From the Shadows EP", I already had a few demos lying around, one remix completed, and just finished the first Exclusive song. I'm about to start working on "Dementia (De-Mix) featuring Temple of Sloth" and "Heavy Fog [Heavy Remix] ft. Temple of Sloth" currently, and they are coming along pretty awesome. I think this EP will be really amazing by the time it's finished. I'm still leaning towards the 2/22/14 release date, but may drop it earlier if I get it all done on before then. I want at least 3 original songs for the EP, with the rest being Remixes or Demos. Like I said, I'm really taking my time on making the original songs, and you damn near have to write another song on top of an already existing song to make a sweet Remix (or at least edit the hell out of it, which is tedious and time consuming). So far, so good. We may see this EP drop in less than 2 weeks, if not, it'll be shortly after that.
The Laceration Recordings is a split album featuring songs by Temple of Sloth and Astroid Andy, as well as a few with them together, is set for release in March. This is album is going to be amazing, and an EP will follow from TOS with a few bonus songs. So far I have a few Temple of Sloth songs written, but haven't started any Astroid Andy due to most of my attention going towards From the Shadows EP. But I have some really big plans for this album, and the few TOS song are incredibly trippy. I can't wait until I focus solely on this project alone.
OTHER UPDATES
I have been writing the story for "Shadows" for a little over 3 weeks now. I am working on the first chapter now. When it is done (the chapter), I will post on here and try to promote the Astral Publications site as well, a project I would love to contribute towards more often, but my writing is frequent enough to keep a reader interested. So anyways, seeing how well the first chapter plays out will determine whether or not I start pushing that site a little more and really make it it's own.
- Astroid Andy.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
"Shadows" is Now Completed. Free Download (Name Your Price).
At long last, the hour is upon us, you all have been patient, and your patience has payed off, because now, after 3 long months, "Shadows" is complete and available for download. I have made so that if you don't have the money to pay for you, you don't have to, and if you feel like paying $0.15 for the album, you are more than welcome to do so, or whatever price you find fitting for my greatest album since "Decomposed". I took me a little under 3 months to complete this album, and it is very well polished and sounds fantastic. I know it may seem boastful or even arrogant for me to comment on the album by way of review, but I have to say I have listened to it over and over and each time I hear it I fall in love with it all over again. Now I am working on remixing a few tracks as well as making a few more tracks for the upcoming "From the Shadows EP". So far the EP has one remix (the song "Shadows"), 3 demos, and one original track. But back to "Shadows". I would consider this a mix between "The Sounds of Self Destruction" and "Sanctuary 2: The Lost Reality", but in all honesty it shines brighter than both of those albums. There is a ton of bass, some really aggressive drum beats, odd sound effects, layers of pad and synth that I have personally mastered and edited, and even a surprise visit from Temple of Sloth on the track "Requiem", which itself is a nod towards the next big album to come from Astral Productions, "The Laceration Recordings", which should be completed by March or early April of this year. But in the mean time, enjoy the very awesome album, SHADOWS.
-Astroid Andy
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
It's Finally Here! The Uncut, Extended Version of "Journey to the Temple of Sloth" !
I've had this track since late October of 2010, and I consider it to be my masterpiece. I tried a while back to be able to put it online, but due to it's size, I hadn't been able to. The original arrangement (the song's saved file in the software I use to write/make it with) is long gone, and I've only been able to find the demo version and the standard cut from "Decomposed". I decided to try my luck again in converting the MP3 of it to a WAV file (the format required to upload it onto Bandcamp), and the gods of music did me a solid and after over 3 years I'm able to present the full length Journey to the Temple of Sloth in all it's spectacular, surrealistic glory. Had I been able to find the saved arrangement of the Extended version, I planned on giving this the real "Director's Cut" treatment and add some more segments as well as tweaking different pieces of it as well as I've done on Return to the Temple of Sloth [Director's Cut], but seeing as things didn't go as I wanted them to, I was limited to just presenting it as you see it before you, which in all fairness, is okay with the magnitude of the "Extended Version"'s greatness. I should be able to wrap up the "Director's Cut" project soon when I release the last entry, "Escape from the Temple of Sloth". I still plan on doing a "Rise of the Temple of Sloth" and releasing it as The Andy Day Project. I will most likely make it an epic song, split into segments like all the others and add an Uncut version as an exclusive track for those who download the EP. But more news on all that as it happens. For now, I am overly excited to present to you, my fellow Astral Projectors, Journey to the Temple of Sloth [Extended Version], easily the greatest song I have ever wrote (in my humble opinion).
-Astroid Andy
P.S. Also, I am including the Demo version of the song with the "Director's Cut" for those of you who didn't download Astral Plane.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
New Song: "Requiem" & Updated Version of "Astral Plane"
NEW SONG!
First, let me introduce you to the newest song off of "Shadows", "Requiem".
This song features Temple of Sloth. It could almost be considered a The Andy Day Project track, it's not, simply because it fits the theme and sound of this album. So go ahead, and enjoy the epic new song Requiem.
ASTRAL PLANE UPDATE!
Okay, so I found the tracks I had originally wrote for (the now deceased) "Sanctuary 3: Manifest", which were written right around the exact same time as "Astral Plane". So I recovered them and gave them a proper place on "Astral Plane". The two new (I'm using that term loosely seeing as I wrote these songs about 2 years ago) songs are "Final Moments of a Dream (4:47am) [Level 3]" and "The World Outside Room 271 (5:13am) [Level 4]. You'll also notice that I dropped the "EP" from the album title as well, seeing as it's now a full length album. Also, if you download it, you'll receive a copy of "Mental Journey to the Temple of Sloth [Demo]". So check out the newly revamped Astral Plane and enjoy the new material!
I'll keep you posted as things continuously progress.
-Astroid Andy
Thursday, January 2, 2014
Kicking Off 2014 with the Release of "There Was a DEMO Here. It's Gone Now" by The Andy Day Project (circa 2011)
Back in 2011 I recorded an album under the name The Andy Day Project, which combined elements of both Astroid Andy and Temple of Sloth along side some spoken word compositions I did to really set it apart. The end result was There Was a HOLE Here. It's Gone Now. While recording and writing that album, I churned out over 20 songs, some of which made it onto the album, others would be edited down and put into another song that made it onto the album, and some just didn't make it onto the album at all. At the time, I didn't think much of all the material that didn't make the cut and was just satisfied with what I had created and released. But after going back and listening to a lot of the stuff that simply just collected dust, I found quite a bit of gold and decided it should be released. So now, 3 years later, I have put a lot of time and effort into bringing "There Was a DEMO Here. It's Gone Now." to the light of day and am very proud to kick off 2014 with it's release. So without further ado, here it is. Enjoy.
-Astroid Andy
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
"I'm Remebering Things That Haven't Happened Yet" Music Video Premiere/Updates and Reflections of Twenty Thirteen
UPDATES!:
As you can no doubtfully tell, we did not get "Shadows" this year. No, but we did get The Sounds of Self Destruction as well as The Sounds of Static EP. 2013 also saw a huge flow of Music Videos. Although I feel I didn't get to accomplish as much as I would have liked, it's okay considering what I did. In just under a month I was able to pump out 4 music videos and get half of an album completed. As of late, my motivation has been somewhat lacking, and so recording for "Shadows" has been heavily delayed. I will be releasing "There Was a DEMO Here. It's Gone Now" by The Andy Day Project, having finally unearthed it. It should be up and available by the first week of January. I've pushed back the release date for "Shadows" to 01/10/14, and it's companion piece "From the Shadows EP" should be out before February, or within the first two week of it.
So let's say farewell to 2013 by enjoying the newest edition to the Astral Productions Video Library,
I'm Remembering Things That Haven't Happened Yet [Music Video]:
-Astroid Andy
Friday, December 20, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Neon Signs Flicker in the Dead Air [Music Video]
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to another visual experience the likes you've never seen! I have taken a very short break from making music (I usually will work on part of a song about once a day) so that I can finally use all of the footage I shot back in March, along with some footage I shot over the summer. I don't want Astral Productions to just be music, I want to be videos and a place for my writing as well. So for the moment, production on my Astroid Andy album "Shadows" is on hold while I work on some more music videos. The next video I will be doing will be "Mythic Journey to the Middle of Nowhere from the Astroid Andy album "Sanctuary: City of Flames. I'm debating about doing a video for the song "I'm Remembering Things That Haven't Happened Yet" or "Alchemilla" from the album The Sounds of Self Destruction. We'll see, maybe I'll do both. But anyways, I have been slaving away on the "Neon Signs Flicker in the Dead Air" and "Brookhaven" music videos and will begin production on the next video as I conclude this post. So enjoy the new Music Videos!
More awesomeness to come,
Astroid Andy
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