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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2001 – present)
There are at least three artists known as Aetherius:
1. Aetherius is the performance name of independent electronica artist Rab Townsend, who hails from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has self-produced more than four albums worth of original material since 2001.
His music combines stylistic elements of dark ambient, industrial rock, and downtempo, as well as film music, with an emphasis on melancholy moods and spacey atmospheres.
Aetherius began making music at the age of 14 using the name Dj_StarChild. Through the OverClocked ReMix community, he was introduced to computer music and self-production.
This led to the composition and production of two albums’ worth of piano driven ambient dance music entitled ‘Multi-Coloured Breakfast’ and ‘Empty Box of Happiness,’ the latter of which exposing a more experimental edge.
By 2004, after having changed his alias to “Aetherius,” allowing for a change of influence and style, he composed and produced a third album entitled ‘The Inevitability of Pain (and the stupidity of those who don’t expect it)’ which was a more structured, yet still experimental collection of piano driven ambient songs.
He immediately began work on his fourth album of original music, which is titled “An Experiment in Orbital Displacement.” It showcases his affinity for found-sound layering, and guitar experimentation, and a development of his piano style into a more delicate, dreamlike atmosphere.
Throughout later 2007, Rab began working on an EP entitled ‘FallPast EP’, named for a song written shortly after the completion of the previous album. The EP is still a work in progress.
1. Aetherius is the performance name of independent electronica artist Rab Townsend, who hails from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has self-produced more than four albums worth of original material since 2001.
His music combines stylistic elements of dark ambient, industrial rock, and downtempo, as well as film music, with an emphasis on melancholy moods and spacey atmospheres.
Aetherius began making music at the age of 14 using the name Dj_StarChild. Through the OverClocked ReMix community, he was introduced to computer music and self-production.
This led to the composition and production of two albums’ worth of piano driven ambient dance music entitled ‘Multi-Coloured Breakfast’ and ‘Empty Box of Happiness,’ the latter of which exposing a more experimental edge.
By 2004, after having changed his alias to “Aetherius,” allowing for a change of influence and style, he composed and produced a third album entitled ‘The Inevitability of Pain (and the stupidity of those who don’t expect it)’ which was a more structured, yet still experimental collection of piano driven ambient songs.
He immediately began work on his fourth album of original music, which is titled “An Experiment in Orbital Displacement.” It showcases his affinity for found-sound layering, and guitar experimentation, and a development of his piano style into a more delicate, dreamlike atmosphere.
Throughout later 2007, Rab began working on an EP entitled ‘FallPast EP’, named for a song written shortly after the completion of the previous album. The EP is still a work in progress.
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| FULL TRACK We lost our lives to the snow | 4:45 | |
| FULL TRACK Magnetopause | 6:04 | |
| FULL TRACK Sleeping off a Coma | 2:36 | |
| FULL TRACK Sleep Away, Life | 5:36 | Free MP3 |
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Gvaz wrote:
Nocturnal Perceptions is fucking GORGEOUS ambientish music. Sends chills down my spine
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Metalmagazin wrote:
Hello! Review of Aetherius CD “All That I Need To Survive” is online: http://www.metalmagazin.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2550:aetherius-all-that-i-need-to-survive&catid=27:cds&Itemid=11&lang=en Greetings Metalmagazin.com
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kaiomatic wrote:
hey bro its quincy from ML sweet that your album finally got some attention, stay cool
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Mirandus wrote:
Great stuff. Discovered through your thread in GBS. Good work, man.
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wuub1e wrote:
Good job goon on the album
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galdrheith wrote:
i like what you do. it reminds me of when i did something similar. would you let me have one of your recordings as a gift?
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s0ulfly2 wrote:
Debut album from American prog metal band: All That I Need To Survive.
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ironflippy wrote:
There's also a prog metal band with this name from MA
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MayTheStars wrote:
rabithdrawl.
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jusefina wrote:
actually there WAS a finnish metal band with the same name.. haterabbit, ur so cool<3
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jusefina wrote:
there's a finnish metal band with the same name..
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Robobrow wrote:
s t a r k y
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nahlash wrote:
your awesomeness astounds me.
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Haterabbit wrote:
Liek omg. It's me.
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The FallPast EP
20 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/haterabbit
After three long years, it's time to officially release the
FallPast EP!It's 7 tracks of dreamy instrumental music that runs
the gamut from ambient to glitch to synthpop to film music to one
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The FallPast EP
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20 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/haterabbit -
19 Dec 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/haterabbit
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SlipknotAtreyu and plague_embra added Aetherius to their libraries. Thursday evening
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Lord_Krichian tagged Aetherius with ‘dreampop’. last month
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darklink444444, darkwolfin and AntonioTognotti added Aetherius to their libraries. December 2011
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derick200900 tagged Aetherius with illbient, dark wave, dark and 2 other tags. November 2011
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derick200900 added Aetherius to derick200900’s library. November 2011
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quirkess tagged Aetherius with ambient, electronica and dreampop. October 2011
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LindsayVL added Aetherius to LindsayVL’s library. July 2011
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pyroflare77 tagged Aetherius with oc remix and video game music. July 2011
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- Aetherius posted a news item ‘The FallPast EP’. May 2011
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