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Aydin

About Me

We call ourselves Aydin and we're from Pittsburgh PA. Aydin is a Turkish word meaning morning light, or enlightenment, and is pronounced "I-din". We have been playing together for almost 4 years, and after some trials and tribulations, have finally put out our first CD, "Space Affects the Spectator". Have a beer with us and we'll tell you more.Get our Space Affects the Spectator CD for only $8!Or if you need lots of good music, get it at CD Baby (and have a fantastic shopping experience):

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 23/09/2005
Band Website: http://www.aydin-music.com
Band Members: guitar: shannon "pete" mominee,accordion: mark russell,drums: karen brooks,vocals: all of us.
Influences: In no order: My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Swervedriver, the Charlatans UK, Dinosaur Jr., Galaxie 500, the Stone Roses, the High, Slowdive, the Silver Apples, the Pixies, 18th Dye, Sonic Youth, classical, jazz, African drums, 60's psychedelic, Verve, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Broadcast, Creation, LOVE, Medicine, Mercury Rev, BRMC, Lilys, Joy Division, Brianjonestown, Spectrum, The Telescopes, Rocket From the Tomb, Majesty Crush, Psychedelic Furs, Fugazi, Lush.
Sounds Like: life spinning into tomorrow, maybe the snow is falling, or I just can't take it anymore.
Record Label: Goodbye Better
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

In which we praise the Valentine

Greetings Blog Readers, Those of you who know me IRL may be familiar with my sentimental side, and those of you who are not are about to get a quick view of it.  We just returned yesterday from a...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:29:00 GMT

In which we remember to hit "record"

We've been getting back into the habit of recording our practices, and have decided to share the results periodically. Many times we just jam out with no particular plan in mind, and sometimes come up...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:08:00 GMT

In which we spend a weekend at Ryan’s

The last weekend in October we went down to North Carolina to record with Ryan of PAIK (also doing some solo stuff as Bolmongani - check out profile below). Ryan knows his shit and did an excellent jo...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:52:00 GMT

ATTENTION! That stuff in the Snocap window isnt our music!

Hey! Don't bother buying any of that crap posted in the Snocap box above  it's not our music!When we chose our band name, Aydin, we knew that in addition to a word in Turkish meaning "daylight" it wa...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:14:00 GMT

In which we join the realms of the podcasted

Greetings dear space blog readers,There are not one but two recent podcasts featuring your space rock trio. First, Q of Hardtravelin' Records has recently begun a series entitled Podtravelin'. The fir...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:57:00 GMT

In which we discuss weddings, travel and an ill-advised hot dog

Greetings, Blog Readers. Your favorite Pittsburgh space rock trio has had many adventures in the last couple months, and while I can't possibly capture all of the excitement in a single blog entry, I...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:07:00 GMT

In which we lose today on a hard travelin' journey

Greetings, Blog Readers Our debut album, Space Affects the Spectator, was recently reviewed by Losing Today magazine.  You can read the review here. It looks like your favorite Pittsburgh spacero...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 15:22:00 GMT

In which we re-enter the blogosphere

Greetings, Blog Readers Perhaps the fact that it has been months since I last blogged has given you the impression that your favorite Pittsburgh spacerock trio has been idle for said time period. ...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:15:00 GMT

In which we conspire to put aydin on your chest

About a month ago we embarked on a little do-it-yourself adventure over at Artist Image Resource on the North Side.  With the kind of determination you've come to expect from your favorite P...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:55:00 GMT

In which Mark dreams sweet Coachella dreams

Dear blog readers, I just recently checked out the MySpace profile for the Coachella festival, and I discovered an amazing thing.  The good folks that run Coachella are having a special contest o...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 16:30:00 GMT