The latest in our “Intro” series and this one is HUGE! Swordfish has compiled a wild journey through Astralasia‘s recordings for Fruits de Mer (including tracks from “Wind On Water” and “Oceania“), added in many unreleased tracks and new mixes and even a track from 1982!
Swordfish explains:
“This compilation is hand picked by us; its an eclectic, electric selection of some released but a lot of unreleased tracks, and mixes that you won’t find anywhere else (probably ever).
We think it gives a more balanced view to what we do that hopefully defies genre stereotyping and putting us in a bracket (or bucket), which sadly everyone wants to do these days.
These recordings originate from our earliest in 1982 on a 4-track Teac A3340 reel to reel (which we still have – the start of it all) that was an accident, as we got some singers in that couldn’t sing, so it’s a recording of them chatting over a backing loop; then it was the Magic Mushroom Band, which morphed into Astralasia then back again to Mushroom Project, now just Mushroom and Astralasia (a lot as gone on between then and now.)
And to explain the difference…Astralasia is more beat or loop driven whereas the Mushroom is forever growing and spawning new spores, more organic and freeform between us all.“
“An Introduction” includes tracks from “Oceania,” “Wind On Water,” “The Darkest Voyage,” “Lobster Basque,” “Tales From The People Who Are Astralasia,” “Cluster Of Waves,” “Coloured In Dream,” unreleased tracks from the “Something Somewhere” sessions….ooooh, and lots more besides — over four hours of twists and turns (and great music).
More news soon…
Pre-Order “An Introduction To Astralasia” here: https://www.fruitsdemerrecords.com/astralasiaintro.html