Interstellar (band)
Interstellar was a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario. The band released two albums of electronic music in the 2000s.
History
[edit]The band was formed in 1998 by Rob Boak (guitar, bass, keyboards) and Denis Dufour (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals).[1] The debut album, Late Night Tea, was released in 2000 on Mother Superior Records.[1] Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! described the record as sounding like it had been recorded "at four in the morning", comparing it with Spiritualized and Tortoise.[2]
Interstellar's second album ToSleepToDreamToWake was recorded over three years and issued in 2004 on Plan Eleven Records, charting across Canada[3][4] and was aired on campus and community radio.[5][6] The album contained a mixture of uptempo jazz, psychedelia and electro-pop, overlaid with electronic guitar and synthesizer instrumental work.[7]
Rob Boak also played guitar/Moog in Mean Red Spiders and after Interstellar split up, recorded under the name Cinemascope, Dark Constellations and Infinity Projector.[8][9]
Discography
[edit]- Late Night Tea (2000), Mother Superior
- ToSleepToDreamToWake (2004), Plan Eleven
References
[edit]- ^ a b "MINIMALISM IN MANY GUISES", Wavelength, Issue #26, August 2000, retrieved 2010-03-27. Archived at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (2000) "Interstellar - Late Night Tea", Exclaim!, September 2000, retrieved 2010-03-27
- ^ "Interstellar", Wavelength, May 2004, retrieved 2010-03-27 Archived at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 11, 2004". !earshot.
- ^ CFMU 93.3 MHz - Hamilton Top 30 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 13, 2004". !earshot
- ^ " CHSR 97.9 MHz - Fredericton Electronic For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 27, 2004". !eaershot.
- ^ Eke, Darren (2004) "Interstellar - ToSleepToDreamToWake", Exclaim!, May 2004, retrieved 2010-03-27
- ^ Boles, Benjamin (2007) "Disc Review: Cinemascope", NOW, February 8–15, 2007, VOL 26 NO 21, retrieved 2010-03-27
- ^ Caught in Their Web: Mean Red Spiders haven't given up shoe-gazing". NOW Toronto, by Sarah Liss, October 3, 2002
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