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Astral Travel

The Music You Dream To

About Me

Astral Travel is the lovechild of Andrew Webb Bauer and his dearest friends, Zachary Kirshner, Danielle Hiscock and Ryan Lotz.
Synthesizing post-rock, shoe-gaze, ambient and IDM influences, Astral Travel has given birth to a sound all their own: Dream-Gaze.
With layers of clean, crystalline, delayed guitars over rock-steady hypno-bass grooves and ambient washes of ethereal, angelic-vocals, the Astral Travel sound is immediately recognizable.
Their debut album, "The Sound of Light", released on June 14, 2008, brings you a collection of songs that give you a glimpse of their vision: hazy, dream-like vocals that drift in and out of recognition, but forever lulling you into a state of word-less emotion.
Turn off the lights, turn up the volume and turn up your inner voice. This is the music you dream to, after all.*
*goes well with Strawberry Cough and Nag Champa :)

AND NOW AT AMAZON.COM!

Astral Travel Ringtones available here:
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Here is our first music video for "A New Hope":
Here are a few clips from the Capitola Peace Festival in 2007. They represent the culmination of an Instrumental music phase that has been eclipsed by our new material. Still, they are infused with the same energy and love that we strive to channel in every song.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/astraltravel
Band Members: Andrew, 23 - Guitars, Bass, Vocals, Arrangement (Virgo, Aquarius Rising)
Zach, 21 - Vocals, Guitar (Leo, Virgo Rising)
Danielle, 21 - Vocals (Leo, Pisces Rising)
Ryan, 23 - Drums, Percussion, Engineering (Sagittarius, Gemini Rising)

Please help support our local record stores (Where our debut album, The Sound of Light is for sale):
Vinyl Revolution in Pacific Grove, CA
Big Sur Bazaar in Big Sur, CA
Boo Boo's Records in San Louis Obispo, CA
Logo's Books and Gifts in Santa Cruz, CA
Streetlight Music in Santa Cruz, CA
and...
www.itunes.com
www.cdbaby.com/AstralTravel

Our fans mean the world to us, thank you all for your support.
in Love and Unity, A/T

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Influences: My Bloody Valentine, Sigur Ros, John Frusciante, Lush, Explosions in the Sky, The Verve, Sufjan Stevens, Air, Ravi Shankar, Seal, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Nisargadatta Maharaj

Interests

Yoga, Meditation, Astrology, Numerology, Sacred Geometry, Kabbalah, Hinduism, Buddhism, 2012, Music, Art, Binaural Beats, Astral Travel, 11:11, Mandala, Mantra, Wicca, Oneness, All that is holy and sacred

Sounds Like: LOVE
Record Label: Light Wave Radio (We Are the Label)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

If The Music Doesn’t take you beyond it, I’ve failed

If the music doesn't take you beyond it, its has not achieved its intended purpose. If you don't get lost in it, then forget that music is playing at all---at some point---then the music isn't working...
Posted by Astral Travel on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:19:00 PST

My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the wo

"My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I do not care. I want to really go beyond this materialistic world...not for the sake of enjoyment, ...
Posted by Astral Travel on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:22:00 PST

What is your favorite song on the album?

What is your favorite song? What elements of the song really move you? We want to know what to release on future releases :)   Nepenthe Lost in the Poppy Fields Isle of Skye Euphoric Embrace A Ne...
Posted by Astral Travel on Sun, 25 May 2008 01:36:00 PST

a day in the life of................

Bought My Bloody Valtentine Concert tix yesterday! Going to San Francisco in September to see them, quite excited! We're looking forward to it. Finished writing the music and lyrics for a new song tod...
Posted by Astral Travel on Sun, 18 May 2008 08:51:00 PST

Our music on Last.Fm

Dear friends, We have placed our album, The Sound of Light, on last.fm for you all to preview and enjoy. Here is the link: http://www.last.fm/music/Astral+Travel   Help us to get our last.fm play...
Posted by Astral Travel on Fri, 09 May 2008 12:53:00 PST

Listening to the Spirit

Greetings Friends, Where are we all at? I sit here, as always! attempting to not be anything other than what I Am. 1000 copies of "The Sound of Light" arrived today! They sound great. I am preparing t...
Posted by Astral Travel on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:56:00 PST

The Sound of Light Tracklisting

Here is the track listing for The Sound of Light. Some of these songs are available as free downloads on the profile. Also note, the quality streaming from the page is seemingly lower than most m...
Posted by Astral Travel on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:30:00 PST

New Songs Up!!!

Hello friends, It has been a while since the last Astral Travel blog. I apologize for the delay---the last few months have been an intense struggle to mix, master and tighten up the tracks for the al...
Posted by Astral Travel on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:26:00 PST

The Teaching of Nisargadatta Maharaj: A Brief Summary

Here is a brief overview of some of the key points of Nisargadatta Maharaj's teachings. "We are the creators and creatures of each other,causing and bearing each other's burden."**I find that somehow,...
Posted by Astral Travel on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:28:00 PST

To Our Amazing Friends and Fans

Meditating on some profound thoughts of gratitude--- I wanted to express, on behalf of Danielle and I, profound thanks to all of the wonderful people that have graced our myspace page with their prese...
Posted by Astral Travel on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:58:00 PST