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

"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

Mythic Journey to the Middle of Nowhere [Music Video]

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

Brookhaven [Music Video]

I worked really hard on this video, splicing in scenes from Silent Hill and Silent Hill 3 as well as some self shot footage from early January. Be gentle, this is the first time using this software, so it's not super glitz-and-glamor, but I feel it is still pretty awesome. So without further ado, let me present: Brookhaven.







Let me know what you think in the comments.
More videos soon to follow.


Astroid Andy

Update: Astroid Andy's "Shadows" & "The Laceration Recordings" & More!

Astroid Andy/Shadows UPDATE
Okay, so "Shadows", my Astroid Andy album, is coming along really well. I've gotten about 5 tracks completely finished, and am currently (in between writing this posting, as a matter of fact) working on another new song. Unlike some of my previous releases where I've been super eager to share my progress with you as they develop, I've decided to take a different approach with this one and will only let you hear it upon completion. It may take a while longer than originally planned, but that's because I'm throwing a few surprises in there. This album, originally planned to be a follow up to "Sounds of Self Destruction", but as things go, it's more of a stand alone album that ties into "Sounds". I've set a release date for December 30, 2013, but we may see it a tad bit sooner if I keep on going the way I am now. But to keep you pumped up for it, I am going to give you a preview of "Shadows" with the first single, "Brookhaven".




Also, as stated before, there will be a follow up EP to "Shadows" that will contain demos, B-sides, a few remixes. The working title for that EP is "From the Shadows EP". No release date or any other details yet, I haven't started on that one at all yet. I'll be working on it while I work on The Laceration Recordings, which leads me to...

"The Laceration Recordings"

I have been tossing around a few ideas for this album for a little while now, and I'm thinking of turning it into a split album, half Astroid Andy, half Temple of Sloth, with a few songs that would pretty much be The Andy Day Project in terms of using both recording and writing methods that makes each individual project unique. Now, this may just come out as a Temple of Sloth album, but I'm giving some serious thought into the idea of making it the biggest album of the year for Astral Productions. Let me hear from you: the fans, and tell me what you'd like more, a solo album, or a split album? Either way, I have covers made up for either choice I make.

The Temple of Sloth Saga: Director's Cut Editions

That's right! I recovered the original arrangement for Return to the Temple of Sloth, so I plan on kicking off 2014 with the Director's Cut of it. I will be periodically working on it during my work on The Laceration Recordings, and will keep you posted on that. Also, I found the Extended Edition version, which I don't believe has ever surfaced online, so I may just use that version while adding new segments and remixing others. This Cut will be damn near 45 minutes long, so be prepared to have your minds blown in 2014.


Well, Astral Projectors, that's all the news I have at this time. I'll keep you updated as things develop.



Astroid Andy

Astral Productions is Back! Astroid Andy's "Shadows" Announcement, Q&A, and more!

So, it's been quite some time since I've been on here. Actually, it's been quite some time since I've made any music. Due to recent life problems (like the main musician, well, the only musician and CEO of Astral Productions just spent 6 months in 2 separate county jails), I've been unable to work on any new material. Well, good news fell Astral Projectors, Astral Productions is back in full swing now, and I don't see any stopping ahead. Now that I have my life (somewhat) straitened out, my legal troubles, drug problems, and family issues are either completely behind me (legal issues), under control (drug issues), or slowly working themselves out (family issues), I shouldn't have any reason to stop productions on my upcoming albums. I know you don't come here to hear about my crazy, fucked up life, but sometimes I feel the need to vent and explain why there are delays in releases or why certain announced albums never see the light of day. So let's do a short Q&A, then we shall move onto the updates about what the rest of 2013 & begining of 2014 will have in store for Astral Productions.




Q & A


Q: What ever happened to Sanctuary 3 & The Sounds of Self Destruction 2

A: I have decided to put an end to the Sanctuary Saga, the few songs I did start to make are available on the Astral Plane EP. As for The Sounds of Self Destruction 2, I have opted to create a new album in loo of a part 2, my upcoming album "Shadows" which will be out by the end of December 2013.


Q: When are we going to see another Director's Cut of the Temple of Sloth?

A: I plan on wrapping up my Astroid Andy album "Shadows" first, and remixing a few of the tracks from that album with a follow up EP with some B-Sides & Remixes (I always have B-Sides, it's damn near a guarantee)and it's always fun to revisit some of my favorite songs from the album and remix them or simply extend them, much like what I did with
The Sounds of Static EP. But with my recent acquisition of an updated version of the music making software I use, I can assure you that when I do release the next Director's Cut of my Temple of Sloth Saga (I plan on doing Return to the Temple of Sloth next), it will be better than any of the others by a long shot. I'm not in any hurry to get started on another Director's Cut EP, but we should be seeing another one by February of 2014.


Q:Will we ever see another Temple of Sloth" album?

A: As a matter of fact, you will. Upon completion of "Shadows, I will be working on the long anticipated follow up to 2011's The Process of Decay "The Laceration Recordings. With the updated software (believe me, I have about 25 new things to play with now with the software I use to write my TOS albums. But seeing as I have not yet begun production on this album, I can not divulge details as to it's release. I'm aiming for a January 2014 release, I will keep you posted on the progress of it as it develops, and I will stream any new songs from TOS as soon as they are written. These albums tend to take a bit longer to write seeing as I do not use sound-clips, but instead write each stanza of music by hand on several computerized synthesizers. So be patient, "The Laceration Recordings" has become my next big goal as far as Astral Productions is concerned outside of my Astroid Andy recordings.


Q: When will we ever see another Astroid Andy music video?

A: Yes! I don't want to jump the gun and give you any for sure dates as to when another music video will surface, but I want to do a few of them for "The Drain", "Masochrist", and "I'm Remembering Things That Haven't Happened Yet". I have been having trouble finding some good and simple video editing software, but as soon as I do (hopefully we'll see at least one new video by the summer of 2014), I'll begin work on Cerebral Enlightenment: The Astroid Andy Experience DVD. Again, I can't say for sure when any of this will be happening, but just know I have tons of video shot and ready to be edited into music videos, plus I'm still working on an Astral Production Vlog or at the very least a podcast. Hopefully we'll see the vlog or podcast come to life in 2014.


Q: Will there ever be another Andy Day Project album?

A: Currently there are no future plans on another release from The Andy Day Project, but I do plan on slipping in a few tracks in the upcoming Astroid Andy album "Shadows as well as a few in upcoming Temple of Sloth album "The Laceration Tapes. Who knows, maybe I'll drop an EP sometime soon, I still have a whole slew of B-Sides & Demos from There Was a HOLE Here. It's Gone Now that just may surface before the years up. But officially, NO, there are no future plans for The Andy Day Project. But then again, I never intended to write Return to the Temple of Sloth which spawned 2 sequels and a side project.



THUS CONCLUDES OUR Q&A



ASTROID ANDY NEWS!
Okay, so I know it's been a long time since I released The Sounds of Self Destruction, and it has killed me not being able to work on any new music. From time to time I get burnt out on making music, or life happens and I am unable to do anything at all. Well, that all changed today, December 6,2013, when I acquired a brand new version of my music software, as well as 10 new genre soundpools (over 4,000 sound clips). As soon as I got settled in, fixed me some coffee, and had a fresh pack of smokes, I began work on my newest album, Shadows. Similar to the approach I took on Sounds of Self Destruction, I am adding more electronic elements to my established progressive ambient style. I am reinventing my self with Shadows, creating a very emotional, and acid soaked experience. I am continuing experimenting with elements of Dubstep, as well as playing with some Minimalism, Downbeat, Triphop, Electric Dub, Trance, Techno, House, and of course Movie Score & Ambient to create dramatically theatrical electronica, all while being able to expand your mind and help you reach spiritual enlightenment through sound. I'm going to work even harder on this release than previous efforts so that hopefully I can cram it full of extra material for those of you who download it. I will keep you up to date as things develop here at Astral Productions.


Here's a sneak peak at the first draft of the cover.

As a side note, I am thinking of re-doing all my album covers with pictures that are not of me, but of photographs I have taken that I feel will represent the album. I will edit some and put them up on the blog, displaying them besides the original cover, and let you, THE FANS, decide which should be the final cover. More on that at a later time.




Keep on Astral Projecting,


Astroid Andy

The Sounds of Static EP

Over the past few days, I have been working on a new EP. It started out as something to do when I was bored, "remixing" songs from my newest LP The Sounds of Self Destruction. I put quotations around remixing for a reason, these "remixes" had absolutely no effort involved, all I would do is reduce the BPM to the lowest it would go to make a 2 minute song into a 13 minute song. But after a few songs, I decided to actually remix some songs. The first song I did was The Floor is Made of Pills. I had already reduced the BPM, but then I started toying with different effects to certain sound clips, then I moved some parts around and constructed brand new segments. I don't usually remix my songs, but I found that it allows me to breathe new life into them and see them from a different angle.

Among the 5 remixes are 4 brand new tracks. They are:
Schizophrenia - the first song made exclusively for Static, I made this right after remixing Shadow Takes All. At first it was going to be a part of that remix, but once I started writing it I found myself unable to find a good stopping point and decided to let it be it's own song. If you listen, the Shadow remix actually bleeds into this song.
Heads or Tails? - This song was originally written for Self Destruction 2, and technically is a demo. I had written the entire song without drums and exported it as an MP3. I had already wrote and exported the drum track for this song, but by the time I decided to fully mix it, I realized that I had forgot to save both of them. Luckily I still had MP3 versions of both tracks, so I was able to keep them. (In case you were wondering, all songs that I upload to my Bandcamp account have to be in .WAV format, so MP3s are useless). The title of song is a refrence to The Lutece Twins from Bioshock Infinite.
Blackouts - this is the drum track for Heads or Tails?. I think it stands very well as it's own song though. It took me two hours to write this, and I'm very proud of it.
66.6 FM [III] - This song was originally written for "Self Destruction 2" as the intro, but I thought it fit in better with this EP. The "[III]" is an indicator that this is the third part to the hidden song from the first part of Self Destruction, there will be a total of 5 parts all together that form one giant song when played in order.

Currently the EP is unfinished, I have about 2 or 3 more remixes left to do before I call this one finished. I plan releasing a series of remix EPs called The Lost Tapes Saga and will feature songs from Skin, Decomposed, The Manipulated Living, and the Sanctuary Saga. I'll post more updates as those unfold. In the mean time, enjoy the 90% completed SOUNDS OF STATIC EP



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