We Sit Down With Astronaut To Talk About Upcoming Collaborations & More

It’s likely that you’ve heard of the duo Astronaut before. I am a huge supporter of them as they continue to inspire me as well as others. The duo from Bristol, England have been hard at work lately. They just released a killer new collab with Trampa & an earth shaking VIP. I got a chance to sit down with them and ask them a few questions that I had been burning to ask.

TSS: Hey guys, how are you doing? There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding Astronaut lately! You just released the brand new Earthsphere VIP. Can you tell us more about what went into that insane track?

Thanks! We’re predominantly an electro act but the original version of ‘Earthsphere’ was actually a dubstep tune! We really liked the melody in this one so we thought we’d give it an electro house fix just to play out in our sets. But, we we’re so happy with how this one turned out that we decided to release it instead.

I think everyone understands that Astronaut is a galactic theme, can you tell us how you guys choose that theme & name?

We really liked the idea of creating a world for people to be involved with that extended beyond just the music and there is so much you can do with a space theme. The animation video series, characters, song lyrics and our artwork all play a big part in this, so the name Astronaut seemed like a great fit to us.



You guys recently moved to our home state, California, all the way from Bristol, UK. What prompted you to move here?



We have a lot more of a following in the states than anywhere else in the world right now so we wanted to come over and invest into that. America is a great place! Absolutely loving living in Los Angeles now.



As the electronic music industry keeps growing, how are you guys working to stay ahead of the game? What makes you unique?



I think the video series is a unique side to us right now. writing and creating the film has been a huge part of Astronaut over the last year. We’re really in this to make some music that we’re super proud of and if people end up liking it too, then thats just a massive bonus for us.



With electronic music more popular than ever, it has also been getting a lot of attention from the media. How do you see EDM adapting to its newfound attention from the outside world? Do changes need to be made? And do you think it’s reaching a pinnacle now and is set to deflate – or is it still rising

I think everyone is asking the same question and there isn’t really an answer for that right now. As long as we are pushing ourselves to make something better than our last release every time we sit down to make a tune then that’s good enough for us.



With constant changes in EDM over the years, do you find yourself experimenting or itching to try new styles?



All the time! We listen to every type of music there is so we end up taking influence from everything. Right now we’re really into what’s coming out of the UK Drum & Bass scene – personally I don’t think it’s ever been as strong as it is now.

How did you two producers meet to create such an awesome team?



Me and Dan we’re actually both in separate bands that played a lot around our home city back in the UK. We played a few shows together and connected over our mutual love for electronic music. It was around the time Spor was at his peak and Noisia had just released Stigma so there was a lot of original music to talk about back then! We ended up in the studio together one day and made this AWFUL dubstep track that I hope won’t come back to haunt us one day. Then we ended up writing more and more music together after that until Astronaut was born! We actually spent about two years producing music together before we put a name to anything we were making, just because we wanted to wait until we had something awesome to launch astronaut.



Your most played and most notable track was Apollo, which is now at half a million plays on soundcloud. What was your inspiration for the track?



I remember we were in the studio trying to write all day but nothing came out. That night Dan wrote this melody out of frustration before closing his laptop and going to sleep that actually ended up being Apollo! The next day he showed me the melody and was like ‘what do you think? I’m not sure it’s good enough’ to which i was like ‘This is awesome!’. That melody inspired the rest of the track and two days later we ended up with ‘Apollo’.



Which current artist or past artist inspires you guys?

Noisia, Skrillex, Barely Alive and the dashingly handsome, reassuringly affordable, original pioneers of imitation… Dodge & Fuski.



The Alliance Tour (Part 1) is coming up soon, part one will include Barely Alive and Dodge & Fuski. Is it safe to assume you guys will join with another Disciple Artist for the next tour (Part 2)?



No comment :)

We noticed the new track you guys have out with Trampa. I must say, that track gives me goose bumps! What else do you have planned for this year? Anything new we can expect from Astronaut?

Yeah! being in the studio with that guy was amazing! ended up making an entire collaboration album in three days that will see a release sometime in 2018 I’m sure…

Thanks for your time!

-ThisSongSlaps.com

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