Astral Travel

Astral Travel is the name of two bands. One from Perth, and the other from Santa Cruz. Astral Travel from Perth, Western Australia Astral Travel is the product of four friends, Ruby Jeppe, Amy Loughman, Tim Loughman and Ferron Dearnley, who met in the early days of 2004. It was the casual collective which finally included Amber Gempton, which evolved into the Astral Travel of today who have been playing shows in Perth since 2007.

Astral Travel is the name of two bands. One from Perth, and the other from Santa Cruz. Astral Travel from Perth, Western Australia Astral Travel is the product of four friends, Ruby Jeppe, Amy Loughman, Tim Loughman and Ferron Dearnley, who met in the early days of 2004. It was the casual collective which finally included Amber Gempton, which evolved into the Astral Travel of today who have been playing shows in Perth since 2007. The band have released a 7" single on Fifth Column (2007) and recorded three live songs for Banknotes (2009).

A split tape with perth band, Wind Waker, will be {REDACTED} Astral Travel from Santa Cruz, California: Astral Travel is the brainchild of Andrew Webb Bauer, 23, of Santa Cruz, CA. Synthesizing rock, classical, psychadelic and IDM influences, Astral Travel has given birth to Dream-Gaze. Ethereal, shimmering, soaring, meditative and hypnotic, the music evokes the wordless emotions of the dream world from whence it comes. Each song is crafted like a painting, with layers of delayed guitars gliding over pulsating bass grooves and soothing washes of feedback, ambience and vocal harmonies. Drenched in an ocean of reverb and space echoes, the vocals are used as an instrument to compliment the driving guitars. Inspired by the Indian teachings of Advaita Vedanta and the rugged natural beauty of the northern california coast, Bauer’s music and lyrics take you on a dream-like journey into of the worldless beauty of your own being. “The Sound of Light”, Astral Travel’s Self-Produced Debut Album features the angelic voice of Big Sur’s Danielle Hiscock and the soulful drumming of Carmel’s Ryan Lotz.

It was recorded over an 8-month period in Santa Cruz, Pacific Grove and Big Sur, California. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..