ASHTAR COMMAND TO RELEASE AMERICAN SUNSHINE VOL. 1 IN WINTER 2011
Witness the “Gravity” video, download the free single, and leave the past behind…
We are at the dawn of a new age. It is time for the earth to be recycled…
Thus is the message of the Ashtar Command, formed by DJ/producer Chris Holmes and former Nine Inch Nails member and Filter founder Brian Liesegang. In “Gravity,” the debut video from their forthcoming album American Sunshine Vol. 1, their devoted followers embark on a mass soul departure that exemplifies everything right about fringe belief systems. The video is the first in a series of short films that will coincide with the release of the LP over the next year.
“Gravity” (click here for free download of the track) is inspired by interviews Holmes conducted with members of the Heaven’s Gate cult in 1994 before their mass suicide in 1997, and features Z Berg, lead singer of The Like, on vocals. The video disseminates the message that if you want to reach the kingdom level above human, you have to leave everything you know behind – and only then can you become an ascendant master.
Ashtar Command is more than just a band – it is a living and breathing collaboration. It symbolizes the dawning of music’s new era, a time where artists are rewarded for their independence, and audiences are rewarded with art that is not bound by the shackles of mainstream pop culture.
On American Sunshine Vol. 1, Holmes and Liesegang are joined by an array of like-minded performers including Berg, Alex Ebert (Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros), Joshua Radin, Har Mar Superstar and Rachel Yamagata on vocals, guitarists Stephen Fitzpatrick [Veruca Salt] and Johnny Radtke [Kill Hannah], drummers Matt Walker [Filter, Smashing Pumpkins] and Joey Waronker [Beck, R.E.M.], Solomon Walker [Morrissey] on bass, Mike Garson [David Bowie] on piano, Oliver Kraus [Beth Orton] on cello, and Stewart Cole [Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros] on horns.
And just in case you missed it, check out Ashtar Command as they perform their song “Deadman’s Gun” from what many are calling one of the best video games ever made “Red Dead Redemption”
Deadman’s Gun performed live by Ashtar Command (Red Dead Redemption)