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Oh Astro

About Me

Married duo Jane Dowe and Hank Hofler are both rooted firmly in experimental music, but with the Oh Astro project they continue their move towards odd interpretations of popular forms. Club music, children’s songs, and fragmented samples of pop/rock all intersect on their first full-length album, Champions of Wonder, under the Oh Astro banner. Stefen Robinson (aka Yea Big) is also a part-time contribution to Oh Astro.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2006
Band Website: oh-astro.com
Band Members: Jane Dowe, Hank Hofler, Stefen Robinson
Influences:
Sounds Like: "Staring into a broken television screen. An Aquarium Circus accompanied by an accordion band. Robot dance." -KZSU
Record Label: Illegal Art, 12 Apostles, Jib Door
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

mission creek / yacht club

mixed show last week. the good: SG played the OA butler role. based on feedback, people loved it. Cepia was beautiful (even though everyone stayed in their corners.... but maybe it’s just that...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:43:00 GMT

the kitchen

never mind that it was a few weeks ago. the show at the kitchen was amazing. we had given up on local shows a long time ago, but with the new network of houses putting on shows... wow!! they pack t...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:37:00 GMT

tinymixtapes

we've gotten a lot of online reviews etc. for the new album, but this one is easily our favorite (even though they didn't give us 5 stars!). tinymixtapes.com/OhAstro
Posted by on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:42:00 GMT

Metatronics: Throne of Fog

The performance last night (Metatronics: Throne of Fog) was a huge success from my perspective. I don't think I've felt this good about an improvised set for 3+ years (Phoenix Gallery, Candlestick Ma...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:45:00 GMT

notes on samples

the press folks have asked for a list of samples on the album, so here are some notes we typed up.......................................................... .............Notes on samples:1) Snow Queen: ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:49:00 GMT

Poster Children

last week i opened up a show in Champaign for Headlights and Poster Children. playing for a rock audience was amazing. despite some of the glitches and missteps, the Oh Astro material seemed to go o...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:18:00 GMT

diary entries

Here are a couple of diary entries from this Summer when we were working on the album. -JaneMonday, June 4, 2007perplexedI seem to be coming up against a wall creatively. I had a breakthrough over a ...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:09:00 GMT

album in 3 months

hopefully we'll get some tracks up soon from the new disc. i just saw a physical copy today for the first time. the artwork is done by Terre Thaemlitz. it's beautiful. official release on November...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:56:00 GMT

vocals

1. vocals fitted to harmonic file2. harmonic file edited w/ backing track3. vocals processed through edited harmonic file and mixed into trackWe've been experimenting with this for a while and maybe w...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:12:00 GMT

twitter

Hank and I are finally dedicating some solid weeks to finishing a series of tracks. We've also started documenting our work on twitter. You can find us here: twitter.com/ohastro. Love, Jane
Posted by on Wed, 16 May 2007 15:45:00 GMT