Ashbury Heights
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Sweden (2005 – present)
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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Angora Overdrive
4,093 listeners9 tracks
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Take Cair Paramour
5,084 listeners23 tracks
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Three Cheers for the Newlydeads
8,401 listeners15 tracks
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Morningstar In A Black Car
6,624 listeners9 tracks
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Neon_Spadezzz
Good songs.
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inflikkt
just read that update... i guess every album will have a dif chic XD
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adrianomozzo
LOL!
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breadysoul
Nah, they haven't disbanded. This is their latest update, I think, from December.
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MachineAnimal
The Last.fm bio says they disbanded in 2010. Is this true? Also Decent Cancer is imo one of their best songs.
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murasaki_k
Any news about'em?
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Zander92
Okay, 1,020 plays in my library. I guess it's safe to say that they're one of my favorite bands.
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-nonexist-
gorgeous & beautiful sound!
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HoldCheap
nice to listen
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HoweverFarAway_
Have they found a new label yet?
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Destinova
Kind of lame that Decent Cancer is on top of the list, just because it's the only streamable track...
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inflikkt
those are some of my picks for the best.. maybe, but theres so many other greats. smaller is probably the best club type hit they have
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skinnydrifter
...Eternity At An End, too. :-)
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skinnydrifter
DIE BY NUMBERS, SPIDERS & CORSAIR. That's it for me.
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inflikkt
interesting that decent cancers on top..
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Chromanin
Ow man. I haven't listened to them in a couple of years and this autumn I discovered Take Cair Paramour. Fantastic album, I can't get enough! To me autumn is a season filled with vitality and their sound fits perfectly.
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limpicatto
I'm happy Anders is back on track again. I hope that when his new album gets released he gets the recognition he deserves.
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Eightbit-boy
Sex!
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if-then-else
"First new Ashbury Heights song since 2010 and the first one with the new lineup is just about finished. The track is called 'Masque'." (from AH's twitter.)
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My_Sharona
And my obsession with music acts from Sweden continues...[2] Sweden is filled with such talent!
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