Interstellar (band)

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Interstellar was a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario. The band released two albums of electronic music in the 2000s.

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History

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "MINIMALISM IN MANY GUISES", Wavelength, Issue #26, August 2000, retrieved 2010-03-27. Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (2000) "Interstellar - Late Night Tea", Exclaim! , September 2000, retrieved 2010-03-27
  3. ↑ "Interstellar", Wavelength, May 2004, retrieved 2010-03-27 Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, May 11, 2004". !earshot.
  5. ↑ CFMU 93.3 MHz - Hamilton Top 30 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 13, 2004". !earshot
  6. ↑ " CHSR 97.9 MHz - Fredericton Electronic For the Week Ending: Tuesday, April 27, 2004". !eaershot.
  7. ↑ Eke, Darren (2004) "Interstellar - ToSleepToDreamToWake", Exclaim! , May 2004, retrieved 2010-03-27
  8. ↑ Boles, Benjamin (2007) "Disc Review: Cinemascope", NOW , February 8–15, 2007, VOL 26 NO 21, retrieved 2010-03-27
  9. ↑ 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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