Austere (EDM group)
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Austere | |
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Origin | Portland, Oregon, United States |
Genres | Ambient, drone, minimalism |
Years active | 1998 – present |
Labels | (2001-present) Hypnos (2006-2011) (2007-2010) : (2001=2--8) (2010-2012) |
Associated acts | The Mystifying Oracle, |
Website | [1] |
Members | anonymous |
Past members | anonymous |
Austere is an anonymous, obscurantist electronic music group that has covered a wide variety of styles in their releases: Classical Minimalism, psybient, psychedelic ambient, ambient, dark ambient, drone, glitch-ambient, and downtempo-style drum and bass music, which out of deference to Coil they spell "musick." The group started working together in 1997, with their first release on 1 January 1998, and is loosely based in the Pacific Northwest in Portlandia, Oregon due to their connection to which is located there.
The two members have lived in various places, such as New York City, NY; , UK; Portlandia, OR; Seattle, WA; Brighton, UK and SF, CA amongst many more.
Their Classical Minimalism recordings: "Convergence", "Eco", "Pulse" and "Vox" all draw upon composer Steve Reich's approach, as defined by his 1968 manifesto "."
They have collaborated with a number of musicians/bands including (New York City), (Brighton, UK) and Stephen Philips, owner of .
They have contributed to videos and films: the soundtrack for , an independent film written, directed and produced by Michael Peters of located in Forest Grove, Oregon; a track from the was used , also an independent film. They have also contributed to several music videos, such as the Abandon video, and most recently, the .
Austere's members have recorded solo works, as The Mystifying Oracle and . The latter has released three full CDs, a DVD, and a recent track on a Hypnos compilation CD.
Discography[]
Austere discography | |
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Studio albums | 13 |
Live albums | 1 |
Video albums | 2 |
EPs | 4 |
Singles | 10 |
Soundtrack albums | 2 |
Collection | 1 |
The discography of Austere, includes thirteen studio albums, four extended play CDEPs, ten compilation appearances, including several on Hypnos and a 6-hour compilation box set of previously released and three unreleased tracks.
Albums[]
Released | Title | Other information | Label |
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18 January 1998 | Convergence (CD) | Originally a CDR released by the band. Reissued on CD by in 2005. | (SOM#01) |
October 1999 | Monodia (CDR) | Limited edition of 50 and 15 promo copies (65 total), long out-of-print. | (SOM#02) |
February 2000 | fade (CDR) | (SOM#03) | |
October 2000; reissued 2006 | Curio (CDR) | First limited edition of 50 with gold foil. Reissued by in 2006. | (SOM#05) |
March 2003 | Remission (CDR) | "Unreleased" in January 2004, replaced by Remittance CD. | (SOM#06) |
December 2004 | Remittance (CDR) | A "re-release" of Remission with two changed tracks and a remastering job. Free copies were offered to those who bought Remission via a "replacement kit". | (SOM#08) |
2005 | Eco (CD) | Artwork by Cat Rayburn. First CD design done by someone other than one of the band members. | (SOM#09) |
2005 | faded (CDR) | A "demix" collaboration between Austere and Stephen Philips of , using their original CD release fade. | (SOM#10); co-released by . |
2007 | Pulse (CDR) | The third of their Steve Reich inspired process music releases. | Hypnos Secret Sounds (hss10). |
August 2007 | rirrom ("mirror") (CDR) | All information on CD package is backwards, printed on "mirror-like" material, and can be read by holding up to a mirror. | (). |
10 February 2008 | Solyaris (CD) | The first on Hypnos main label. | Hypnos (hyp2753). |
18 January 2009 | The Sound of Silence I: An "Unnatural History" of Rare and Unreleased Tracks (box set with MP3 player) | Box set comes with all tracks in 320Kbs CBR MP3 format on a SanDisk flash card in an MP3 player. Released exactly ten years after band's first release. | (SOM#11). |
13 January 2012 | Euterpe (CD) | The first on art /music / community label. | (rM_0021). |
EPs[]
Year | Title | Other information | Label |
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August, 2000 | distance (CDR) | A collaboration with from Brighton, U.K. | (SOM#04) |
2004 | evergone (CDR) | A collaboration with from New York City, New York. | (SOM#07) |
Compilations[]
Year | Title | Other information | Label |
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2001 | Diapason | Year 1 (data 2xCD) | (DDP #1) |
2001 | Whainer | CD-only bonus track on The Year 1 (data 2xCD) | (DDP #1) |
2003 | Tea-Totaled | Year 2 (data CD) | (DDP #2) |
2004 | The Hills Are Alive | Track on Full Cold Moon: A Tribute to Jhonn Balance (MP3) | Dark Winter |
2005 | Big Bang into Particle Acceleration | Track on Space Collaboration (MP3) | |
2005 | Wend | Year 3 (data CD) | (DDP #3) |
2006 | The Cuce | Track on Orgambient: Long Form Ambient Vol. 1 | |
2007 | Alchemy (Gold Into Lead demix) | Track on Lena - Alchemy of Fingers and Dark CDS | Hypnos |
2007 | Puissant | Year 4 (data CD) | (DDP #4) |
2008 | Fasciculate | Year 5 (data CD) | |
2008 | Crystil | Track on Messages from a Subatomic World CD | Hypnos |
Soundtracks[]
Film | Studio | Year | Producer |
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Fast 'n' Bulbous - A Tribute To Captain Beefheart (Song "Electricity") | unknown | 1988 | none |
The Thin Horizon | Artifexwerks[permanent dead link] | 2006 | Artifexwerks[permanent dead link] |
Claude's Room | unknown | 2008 | unknown |
DVDs[]
short form[]
Year | Title | Director | Album |
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2006 | faded DVD | Austere | faded |
All Austere releases are distributed by the ambient label Hypnos Records, and the band has signed with the labels Hypnos and in 2007.
Older logo[]
External links[]
- Band Web Site
- The Mystifying Oracle - solo side-project, ethnic-styled psybient musick
- Freq. Magnet - solo side-project, guitar-only ambient musick
References[]
- Electronic music groups from Oregon
- Musical groups established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in Oregon
- Musical groups from Portland, Oregon