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August Stars
Ambient / Experimental / Minimalist

...The Quieter Sound of South Yorkshire



Sheffield
United Kingdom

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Last Login:  7/13/2009
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Member Since7/9/2005
Band MembersSebastien Wright
Sounds LikeFalling in and out of sleep.. or watching the clouds drift by from inside a window..
Record LabelMake Mine Music
Type of LabelIndie


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   About August Stars
Beginning life as an idea on a summers evening in rural Staffordshire, August Stars became the moniker given to the recording project of Sébastien Wright in 2002. August Stars produces minimalist drones and soundscapes inspired by the passing of the seasons, landscapes, the ghost stories of Le Fanu and Chamber Music by James Joyce amongst others.

Whereas some electronic music can often be rather cold and lacking in emotion, August Stars’ sound is full of nostalgia, sadness and longing. It is highly evocative music. Listening to August Stars is akin to becoming lost in thought. Rather than being merely a background, this is music in which to immerse.

Releases to Date -
Mke Mine Music:
(2006) MMM019 Music for Twilight
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1. The Round Church
2. Heiligabend
3. Two Queerly Placed Melancholy Windows
4. Grantchester Meadows 2
5. Chamber Ghosts (Edit)
6. December Skies Over Clare Street
7. Reflection Of The Bridge Of Sighs
8. The Twilight Turned From Amethyst

(2007) MMM030 Midwinter
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1. Nor'easter
2. Winter Skies
3. glaçon
4. Winter Wind Through Bare Trees
5. novembre et décembre
6. Wicken Fen
7. Inland Rainfall
8. December Twilight

(2009) MMM028 Drawn Away - DELAYED
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1. Lighthouse (Dusk)
2. Grantchester Meadows
3. Reality Checkpoint, Parker's Piece
4. Wechselstrom
5. Witching Hour
6. Lighthouse (Stargazing)
7. Sunlit Late Autumn
8. Ghostlights

Self Released:
(2004) Stars and Trees*
(2005) Cambridge*
(2007) Midwinter Demos**
(2008) Sheffield Ghosts**
(2008) Decline Of The Industrial North**
(2008) The Night Sky**

There will also be a 4 Track CD-r release on Quiet Records in early 2008

Drawn Away will be the final August Stars release.

*Self-released downloads, the best of each are collected on 'Music for Twilight' and 'Drawn Away'.

**Free download from Last FM. Click title to be taken to the download.


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Make Mine Music is an independent co-operative record label run by the artists themselves.The label strives to prove that music can be released into the public domain in a way that is fair and egalitarian and which benefits the artists fully. The way in which Make Mine Music operates ensures that the artists control what is released, how their music is presented and that they receive 100% of any profits from sales. The label is based on a commitment to mutual support and trust. Each of the artists involved provides assistance and moral support to the other artists, whether this be through contacts, advice or a friendly voice on the end of a phone. The label works on the belief that there is strength in unity and seeks to represent a real and credible alternative to the business-led practices of many other labels

Thanks to Scott Sinfield of Portal for all the MMM information...


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Jul 12 2009 4:00 AM

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Jul 10 2009 3:58 AM

Mr Stars :) I hope you're well? How's everything? xxx love S :)
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Jul 5 2009 12:53 PM

Beautiful Music..

Take care,


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Jun 29 2009 12:39 AM

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Jun 11 2009 10:35 AM

New collaboration track uploaded, 'Aoedé' with Wakan!

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Jun 8 2009 10:07 AM

always good to listen to this!
best
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May 29 2009 10:34 AM

NEW ALBUM IS OUT NOW!!!


Our new album "Herbarium" is out now on CdBaby (MP3 so far, physical CD is on its way).

Diverse palette of styles (post-rock, ambient, electronica, trip-hop, with elements of noise, dub, neoclassic and free improvisation), united by cinematic, slightly pensive mood.

«Herbarium» is called so because of heterogeneity of «songs», which can be compared to miscellaneous leaves in the album, still being belonged to the family of trees. Trying to avoid non-alive metaphors here, only thought of diversity and warm and innermost feeling that herbarium is capable to conjure up. «... This leaf I picked up in the park where I met her, and this - I sat by the river, contemplating...». So tracks were created – one was captured in some magic jam, another – recorded layer by layer and meticulously mixed then, next – cut from previous sessions and so on.

All compositions are united by Poostosh sense of music – mostly pensive, spatial, tender and experimental. There's a lot of soul and charisma in every leaf... So please let your soul look over our HERBARIUM.

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May 22 2009 11:52 AM

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I am happy to announce that my debut album 'Cuffern' is now released through 'Reverb Worship'!

10 tracks of psychedelic/traditional/pastoral folk guitar and other sounds.

The CD comes in an edition of 50 hand numbered copies in white card sleeves with paste on artwork with a "Wickerman" theme.

For full track listing and other details, please check out my latest blog.

The album is available to order now at 'Reverb Worship' on:

www.reverbworship.com

Love

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