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zircon

organic electronic music

About Me

Throw a Chemical Brother, a Super Nintendo, a dusty box of vinyl records, and a stockpile of synthesizers into a blender, and what do you get?
zircon – aka Andrew Aversa – has been fueling his electronic dance music releases and remixes with an unusual combination of sonic sources and influences for the last five years. It’s a recipe that has earned his second album Impulse Prime the Best Techno Album and Best Techno Song of the year at the Just Plain Folks awards in 2006.
In addition to three albums and one EP released under the "zircon" moniker, Aversa has over a dozen remixes featured on OverClocked ReMix (from old-school video games), highly-lauded dance remixes of Philly-area rockers IKE and Octane, and a number of original songs written for a wide range of clients, including game developers, filmmakers, and hardware companies.
zircon was recently recognized at the 2006 JPF Music Awards, with his second album "Impulse Prime" taking home "Best Techno Album" and "Best Techno Song". His latest record, "Antigravity", reflects a wide range of influences, from BT and The Crystal Method to Fatboy Slim and Moby, and has already infiltrated houses and airwaves worldwide.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/5/2005
Band Website: zirconstudios.com
Band Members: --- Album Releases ---
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--- zircon on iTunes ---
.. ** Download THE WORLD CIRCUIT **
.. ** Download ANTIGRAVITY **
.. ** Download IMPULSE PRIME **
.. ** Download PHASMA ELEMENTUM **
--- FREE MP3 Downloads! Game ReMixes ---

Streets of Rage 2 - Above Reason (w/ tefnek)

Super Mario World - Monstrous Turtles!

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo - Flying Heaven

Influences: BT, Crystal Method, Hybrid, Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, photek, Hyper, Infected Mushroom, Juno Reactor, Pendulum UNKLE, Noisia, Elite Force, Beatdrop, sgx, Overseer, Moby, bLiNd, tefnek, Cirrus, various others.
Sounds Like: BT, Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, Crystal Method, and Hybrid.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Remix contest!

Hey all- been very busy lately working on new tracks, remixes, underscores, etc. but wanted to announce that I'm running a remix contest for two tracks off the album "Antigravity"! The top remixes get...
Posted by zircon on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 06:46:00 PST

New EP out. Ethnic/electronic.

Yo! I've just recently released a new EP-length album (8 songs, 18 minutes). All electronic/ethnic music. It has lots of varied styles, from breakbeat to film score, drum n' bass, bossa nova, big beat...
Posted by zircon on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 08:27:00 PST

NEW REMIX POSTED

I've just added a new song to my profile! It's a wicked dnb remix of the track "Enemy" by Octane (www.myspace.com/octanerocks , www.octanerocks.com) with some serious metal guitars/vocals on top of cr...
Posted by zircon on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:57:00 PST

SNOCAP Store - Buy MP3 downloads!!!

It took me awhile, but I finally got all three of my albums into Snocap, Myspace's music store. All of the songs can be downloaded right from my MySpace page at 99 cents each. Enjoy!!
Posted by zircon on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:00:00 PST

Game remixes added to profile!

Hey all;If you check the lower left part of my profile (under the CD Baby + iTunes links) you'll see some screenshots from video games. If you click on them you can stream or download some free video ...
Posted by zircon on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:09:00 PST

Electronic Music Reviews: Tau Muon

TAU MUON - SPIN VECTOR (single)Unsigned - Recent releasehttp://www.myspace.com/taumuonYou might not have heard of Tau Muon, an Australian breaks/psy producer from down under. In fact, until I saw this...
Posted by zircon on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:15:00 PST

NEW streaming player, 12 songs!

As you may have noticed, I've been working on improving my MySpace, and the latest addition is one you're sure to like.. it's a new streaming player from MusicFreedom that will stream FULL LENGTH vers...
Posted by zircon on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:41:00 PST

Electronic Music Reviews: The Chemical Brothers

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - "WE ARE THE NIGHT" (album)Astralwerks - July 16, 2007http://www.thechemicalbrothers.com/shop/http://myspace.c om/thechemicalbrothersBeing a longtime Chemical Brothers fan, I pre...
Posted by zircon on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:05:00 PST

Electronic Music Reviews - Noisia

NOISIA - "GUTTERPUMP" (single)Passenger Records - October 30, 2006http://www.myspace.com/denoisiahttp://myspace.com/passen gerrecordsFew would argue that Europe is not a constant source of fresh new el...
Posted by zircon on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:25:00 PST

Electronic Music Reviews - Beatdrop

Hey guys, I've decided to start doing a sort of electronic music review column here on my blog. I'll be looking at artists and releases on all scales, from unsigned indies to heavy hitters. Not all re...
Posted by zircon on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:35:00 PST