Once in a while I'm going to feature an artist and their work over the course of an entire post. Today featured artist is Deastro . So who is Deastro? He's Randy Chabot and his synth-pop electro is among some of my personal favorites. He's based out of Detroit, signed to Ghostly International and well... I think this video best sums up who he is as an artist and person: When it comes to things he's released over time, most people think he only has 2 releases. Actually, he has [...]
Deastro , a.k.a., Randy Chabot, released Moondagger in June and it has been haunting my car stereo for months now. It's 14 tracks are still mesmerizing me, along with the various remixes and releases I've collected since then by this prolific artist. I've said it before and I'll continue to say it, the single most intriguing element of Deastro's music is the variety of sounds that he incorporates into a unified whole of incredible fantasy. As one London review noted, he has the "epic swagger of U2, the intimacy of Badly Drawn Boy, the bleepedy bleepness of Aphex Twin." [...]
Electro pop sensation Deastro gives fans an insight into his world
In the last ten years Ghostly International has released a variety of sounds but is mostly known for raising the bar in electronic music. Their latest release, Moondagger (out June 23rd), has electronic elements, but when filtered through the mind and experience of Detroit's Randolph Chabot the result is something completely different. When Randolph enters the world of Deastro he finds a sound that is grand but pop-filled, rhythmic and electronic but can still be broken down to folk level. Perhaps it is the addition of the of a full-band, [...]
May 21, 2009, 10:10am
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Der 22-jährige Randolph Chabot könnte der erste Jung-Star der Synthie-Pop-Generation werden. Seine zweite Platte "Moondagger" und sein Auftritt als quasi-intellektueller Anti-Star garantieren dafür. Deastro lebt in Detroit, der Stadt, die derzeit wie keine andere in den USA unter der Wirtschafts- und vor allem Automobilindustrie-Krise zu leiden hat. Und wie wir uns das aus der Musikhistorie gewohnt sind, immer dort wo alles zusammenbricht, findet sich der beste Nährboden für kreatives Schaffen. So auch bei Deastro. Die Band ist eigentlich gar keine, sondern besteht in erster Linie aus dem 22-jährigen Randolph Chabot, dem ein [...]
Detroit Based 'Deastro' Hits All The Right Spots! www.deastroband.blogspot.com [...]
Randolph Chabot has been making albums since he was 12 years old; now 22, Detroit's Deastro spent a day being followed around and filmed by Chicago-based photographer/videographer James P. Morse. Deastro's full-band debut, Moondagger , arrives on June 23rd. The second single "Vermillion Plaza," along with its Mux Mool remix B-side, drops May 12th on Ghostly International. audio: Spritle Parallelogram video: Ghostly International Presents... Deastro [...]
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