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Sweden (2005 – present)
“Ashbury Heights” is a synthpop duo from Sweden consisting of the dynamic singer/producer/songwriter team of Anders Hagström and Kari Berg.
Originally, the duo consisted of Anders Hagström and Yasmine Uhlin. However, she announced her surprise departure from the band in Hamburg at the last concert of the Out Of line festival tour 2008.
Anders and Yazmine met in November 2005 and, upon discovering that they shared the same musical vision, decided to form a band. Their collaboration soon came to fruition with the release of a 9 track demo entitled “Angora Overdrive” after a very intensive month in the studio.
The second four track demo, “Parliament of Rooks”, which was finished in February 2006, had a more refined sound compared to their first offering. They decided to send it to a few select labels because the reaction they got to the first demo was quite overwhelming. Having sent the demos on Monday, Ashbury Heights was contacted and contracted by German Out Of Line records on Wednesday, only an hour after the label had received the CD. This probably makes Ashbury Heights one of the fastest signings in history. Several other labels expressed an interest in the band, but there was no bidding war as Out of Line moved so quickly.
Although having signed the famous German act “And One” at about the same time as Ashbury Heights, which ate a lot of the labels’ resources, Out of Line wasted no time. The legendary producer John Fryer was brought on board to produce the promotional single “Cry Havoc” in April 2006, something quite unheard of in the world of the electronic underground.
Originally, the duo consisted of Anders Hagström and Yasmine Uhlin. However, she announced her surprise departure from the band in Hamburg at the last concert of the Out Of line festival tour 2008.
Anders and Yazmine met in November 2005 and, upon discovering that they shared the same musical vision, decided to form a band. Their collaboration soon came to fruition with the release of a 9 track demo entitled “Angora Overdrive” after a very intensive month in the studio.
The second four track demo, “Parliament of Rooks”, which was finished in February 2006, had a more refined sound compared to their first offering. They decided to send it to a few select labels because the reaction they got to the first demo was quite overwhelming. Having sent the demos on Monday, Ashbury Heights was contacted and contracted by German Out Of Line records on Wednesday, only an hour after the label had received the CD. This probably makes Ashbury Heights one of the fastest signings in history. Several other labels expressed an interest in the band, but there was no bidding war as Out of Line moved so quickly.
Although having signed the famous German act “And One” at about the same time as Ashbury Heights, which ate a lot of the labels’ resources, Out of Line wasted no time. The legendary producer John Fryer was brought on board to produce the promotional single “Cry Havoc” in April 2006, something quite unheard of in the world of the electronic underground.
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Morningstar in a Black Car EP
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MiserableDrug wrote:
Sad to know Anders can't find any studio. I desperately wait for their return.
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Cimersies wrote:
Bare Your Teeth <3 I fucking love them for everything !!!
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HoweverFarAway_ wrote:
No wonder they weren't selling well. Look at the fucking prices of their albums!
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ProjectPickaxe wrote:
very good,. can't believe i didn't start listening to them sooner.
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treibrad wrote:
This band is awesome!
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basilius87 wrote:
хороши!
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peehah wrote:
LIKE FOOTPRINTS ON THE GROUND
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inflikkt wrote:
our world is coming down i see the signs they're all around
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ArielSaavedra wrote:
♥
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resurtm wrote:
+1!
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peehah wrote:
i REALLY love anders ♥
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limpicatto wrote:
Good news! Glad to hear he's back, he was making music that was changing the 'scene'. Some compared him with Apoptygma Berzerk in its best times.
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Dirty_Mistress wrote:
Hallelujah!
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ayuxx wrote:
I was super happy to read that earlier. :D So happy he's making music again.
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if-then-else wrote:
"Studio time has been booked for the recording of a new AH album. I've no idea where it's going to lead, it's all very exciting." FUCK YEAH!
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Saranella wrote:
Yea :D They're back <3.
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ayuxx wrote:
They are back... That's what the tweet linked below is saying.
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MelanInstant wrote:
Please come back [6] </3
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nyork_binox wrote:
No offense taken, Hiroki8D; just saying.
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Hiroki8D wrote:
@nyork_binox I thought that was implied when I wrote it. Sorry. But IN MY OPINION, musically and lyrically speaking, the album was much worse than Newlydeads and Morningstar.
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A really short goodbye
15 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/ashburyheightsmusic
It seems I REALLY suck at writing these things. I
removed the original letter because it seems I managed to
upset a lot
of people. I used poor judgement and my words were badly
chosen.I actually s...
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A really short goodbye
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