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Ashtar Command Releasing “American Sunshine Volume 1″ in 2011

December 3, 2010 at 4:00 pm jill ettinger Leave a comment

DJ/producer, Chris Holmes, and former Nine Inch Nails member and Filter founder, Brian Liesegang, are the geniuses and/or aliens behind Ashtar Command.

The collaboration hearkens to a new era in music and sociopolitical commentary, as demonstrated in “Gravity,” the album’s first track. Based on interviews Holmes conducted back in ’94 with members of the Heaven’s Gate cult (yes, I’m serious), they put together a video mockumentary about the group that ended up committing mass suicide in 1997. Z Berg does a great job on lead vocals on the track and the album, American Sunshine Volume 1 includes contributions from an assortment of talent including members of Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros, Veruca Salt, Filter, Smashing Pumpkins and R.E.M.

Ashtar Command seeks to promote artistry and independence and the ability to be creative in unprecedented times. Get ready for a sonic exodus out of mainstream pop culture an into another world, or perhaps a new solar system altogether.
For more on Ashtar Command visit www.ashtar-command.com
If you do nothing else, you just have to watch this video.

Entry filed under: Album Preview, Dance, Indie, News, Video. Tags: Ashtar Command, Brian Liesegang, Chris Holmes, Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros, Filter, Heaven's Gate, Nine Inch Nails, r.e.m., Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, Z Berg.