Peter Marchese and Jeramy Koepping joined live by Jasun Hadaway, Elliott Nutt, Bo Gilliland, and visuals by Projectorhead.
Influences
Pop Levi, BRMC, Eno, T Rex, Gary Numan, My Bloody Valentine, Boards of Canada, Boy in Static, Stax and Motown, Velvet Underground, Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Alias, My Morning Jacket, Ride, Broadcast, Black Mountain, The Human League, RJD2, DJ Shadow, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Swervedriver, Super Furry Animals, Roxy Music, American Analog Set, Sigur Ros, Paul Weller, Pale Saints, Low, Curve, Minotaur Shock, Bowery Electric, The Cure, Broken Social Scene, Bloc Party, Neu!, Can, Bent, Bob Marley, King Tubby, Alton Ellis, Lee Perry, Air, The Arcade Fire, The Telescopes, The Stooges, The Stone Roses, Joy Division, Dead Can Dance, Ulrich Schnauss, Herrmann and Kleine, The Wedding Present, Yo La Tengo, The Zephyrs, Tosca, Bauhaus, Tones on Tail, Love and Rockets, Talk Talk, Pulp, The Faith Healers, Talking Heads, Sugarplant, Stereolab, The Smiths, Slowdive, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder, Rollerskate Skinny, James Brown, Richard Hawley, Radiohead, & more..
Voyager One has done several tours, as well as showcases at CMJ in New York and SXSW in Austin. The band also toured with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on their 2006 "Howl Tour" all over the Southeast and a few of their West Coast U.S. dates. Voyager One songs have been used on TV , as well as the SuicideGirls DVD. After 3 full length albums and several EPs and singles, Voyager One is soon to be releasing a new album, "Afterhours In The Afterlife", in stores on March 25th 2008.
"Ocean Grey" - from the album Afterhours In The Afterlife written by Voyager One, video produced by Projectorhead.
"The Future Is Obsolete" - from the album Afterhours In The Afterlife written by Voyager One, video produced by Projectorhead.
"Here" - from the album Afterhours In The Afterlife written by Voyager One & Guitar, video by Sebastian Kaltmeyer.
some press:
"..laid back yet driven and conversely purposeful, full of long droning tones and pulsating bass.. Voyager One's music has a way of propelling the the audience forward to higher plains." -Mike Mess, THREE IMAGINARY GIRLS
"Change is constant but for Seattle's Voyager One, the five-piece has kept the core of its shimmering, sonic endeavor completely intact. Granted, the band's fourth album shifts slightly toward electronic musings with greater emphasis on synthesizer swirls and fuzzy phrases as well as tiny hints of dance floor ambitions with beats and bass lines that summon the body. That said, the lush dreamscapes retain the churning drones and twinkling guitars. And of course, Peter Marchese's reverb-laden vocals to guide listeners through the expanse. To call it psychedelic is helpful but not complete; these trips invite the body, not just the mind." - Shawn Telford, SEATTLE P.I.
"Afterhours In The Afterlife is another rock-solid release.. Past Voyager One albums (this is their fifth) have always had one song that stands out way above the rest, and this time out it's "The Future Is Obsolete", which spots a Primal Scream-esque mixture of fuzz bass, driving dance beats, psychedelic synths, as well as a killer chorus. Elsewhere, the band covers a lot of ground while keeping the quality level high.. a very impressive album." - David Mansdorf, LOSING TODAY
“…beautiful blends of sounds, which are bound to turn heads… Fans of Swervedriver, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and Black Moth Super Rainbow would be well-advised to keep their ears peeled”. - Fred Mills, HARP MAGAZINE
"The brand new, 'Afterhours....' is a set that shows VO are more than willing to expand upon their (already-seismic) palette. The overall sound is bigger, incorporating more electronic trickery against the hypnotic, droning guitars of Jeramy Koepping and Peter Marchese. Opener 'Here' is the musical equivalent of that vortex that opens 'Dr. Who', with Marchese repeating: "you wonn-der..." while alien satellite signals orbit around your brain. The whole album feels like another grand slam from these Seattle 'aural-nauts', with my personal faves: 'I Remember Everything' (a stunner that almost has a roots vibe going for it) and the complex and emotional closer: 'Sine Waves'." - Michael Pearlstein, THE BIG TAKEOVER issue 61
“'Sine Waves' is probably one of my fave tracks at the moment...deep, emotional but [expletive] ace!...'Here' is another highlight for me...some wicked sonic ideas expressed...nice!” - Fergie Show, BBC RADIO 1
"Under The Radar once called Dissolver one of the most anticipated releases of the year. Seriously, I'd beat down the mailman for it. 9 blips out of 10." - Cory Frye, UNDER THE RADAR
"It's tempting to file the surging drone of Voyager One under the rubric of psychedelia, but that wouldn't do justice to the sprawling vision of guitarist/singer/producer Jeramy Koepping and his band, which recalls an empyrean choir, or perhaps a flock of low-end and effects-pedal-wielding angels brushing your cheek." - Andrew Lentz, LA WEEKLY
"Spacey, ethereal pop...creating a cosmic amalgam full of musical moonbeams... adding a psychedelic flavor to their sonic swirl... Pass the Valium." - MAGNET
"It's a treat for the ears: mesmerizing, intoxicating, carefully layered arrangements that build, brick by brick, into a wall of sound." - Tom Scanlon, SEATTLE TIMES
"Seattle semi-legends, Voyager One bathe their inspiration in high-voltage, metallic, mylar-made intensity that both catches and intensely refracts light. To know their music is to have a visual, physical response but not in the sense of dance music and not in the sense of trippy light shows. There's an angular, pointy directness to their songs based in an organic, bodily approach that finds security in groundlessness and comfort in the uncomfortable." - CDBABY
"Dissolver is one that'll really dilate the pupils. Jeramy Koepping and Peter Marchese have crafted the romantic record of the year, pining away for worlds unknown as shimmering effects flash across walls of magnificent melody...The results? Gorgeous is an understatement. Live, Voyager One swell in size to seven members and include work from Projectorhead, who provides visuals that swirl with the music." - Jennifer Maerz, THE STRANGER
"Majestic psychedelic space-rock ranging from ethereal, trance-inducing drones to epic rockers that explode with blissed-out guitar noise." - Don Yates, music director, KEXP
"With a plethora of different instruments beyond the bass, drums and guitar, listen for subtle hints of hidden and manipulated brass, some eerie pedal steel and the ever-present use of trippy samples. Fans will enjoy deep, dubby bass, echoed snares, highly reverbed clean and distorted guitar and calm, melodic vocals. Seemingly a more mellow and sophisticated sounding rock, Voyager One is a must for those into the experimental facets of modern rock." - Jason Hicks, SYNTHESIS
"And where many would fail, Voyager One ultimately succeed, crafting an album with a sound just prickly and bombastic enough to do old Ghidrah justice... employing loops, keyboards, guitars, samples, voices, horns, cello, and truckloads of drums... Voyager One delivers a space-rock outing that brings just as much rock as space to your speakers, a balance that’s not often achieved." - Joe Tangari, PITCHFORK
"Swirls of distorted guitars and dreamy feedback help to create a wall of sound that is both beautiful and challenging... they don’t bow down at the altar of the influences and coast on that. They create their world and gracefully play around in it... perplexing and hypnotic and, most of all, smart." - Erik Pepple, SPONIC
Finally...! I'm thrilled that I will get to see you perform LIVE. I think I'm going to go to both shows in Los Angeles. Just in case...Who knows when you'll be back to So Cal?
"An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them."
Andy Warhol ------------------------------------ so on that note , here is a reminder to all U U's out there in myspaceland ..........incase you didnt know or receive the cordial invitation ............. our new little debut EP "Phazes" is out and available to U
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it is 4 your listening Pleasuah
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PS if you already have downloaded or have a copy, then thanks a gazillion, and thanks for being a power animal
V1, Thanks for the add. Totally digging your sound. My bro is moving to Seattle next week, so I'll send him your way. Hopefully, I'll make it out that way soon and I'll check you out. Rock on.
Thank you...we try to dig on everyones interest's or the sounds they enjoy,..We like what you had going on your page...and figured we would take the chance, you would like what we enjoy the most...and thats make music...but for the most part... now that we got that horrible and cheesy statement out of the way....this looks like another typical, but somewhat long band comment... But heck at least its a comment... Right?
Great sound..your definately on my shopping list..Well done with the new album...If there is any justice in this world "The Future Is Obsolete" should be a classic..Great stuff.
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