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After releasing an acclaimed trilogy of EPs, Astrocolor returns in 2020 with singles “Renegade” and “Laughter” from their forthcoming album Hue. “Renegade” is a banging old school rave anthem, featuring the legendary Renegade Master sample made famous in the '90s by hip hop artist A.D.O.R. “Laughter” uses an equally iconic Stax Records sample of the 1964 recording “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” by Wendy Rene, newly situated atop an original Astrocolor jam featuring a deep Latin groove.

Based in western Canada, Astrocolor perform and record live electronic music, recalling the Chemical Brothers, Air, and St. Germain. Nominated for Electronic Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards, the band plays on the edges of funky house, balearic, breakbeat, and ambient.

Astrocolor have brought their celebratory live show to seminal west coast music festivals including Burning Man, Rifflandia, Center of Gravity, Golden Sound, Song & Surf, Tall Tree, and Atmosphere Gathering. The band has also made debut appearances in Toronto (Canadian Music Week), Seattle (Upstream Music Festival), Vancouver (with Five Alarm Funk at the legendary Commodore Ballroom), St Louis, Chicago, and Costa Rica (Bamboo Bass Festival). Astrocolor’s catalogue of original material has over 2 million streams and a loyal following of regular listeners globally.

Astrocolor formed in 2015 and are based in Victoria, BC, Canada.

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Astrocolor: Moonlighting--Astrojazz Vol. 1

Read "Moonlighting--Astrojazz Vol. 1" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Considering the title of the recording, Moonlighting--Astro Jazz Vol. 1, and its futuristic cover art, the Canadian ensemble Astrocolor brings to mind the mid-1950s/early-1960s music that claimed the tag “Space Age Jazz," an offshoot of exotica or lounge music. It was a music considered by some at the time as schlocky, lacking a serious intent. It is, nevertheless, a somewhat forgotten genre that has taken time's test well. Albums like George Russell's Jazz In The Space Age (Decca, 1960), Martin ...

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