Volumes 1 & 2

 Astralasia are a magnificent blend of Ambient –Dub and

Tribal House and a few other influences thrown in for good

measure.

The band, which initially grew as an offshoot band of the

Magic Mushroom Band with whom they share members,

has released a number of well-received albums, which

since their second album had been released on their own

Magik Eye record label. Other early releases as with the

Magic Mushroom Band had been released as limited edition

cassettes. Initially the band were only a part time affair

with most of the members concerning themselves with

the Magic Mushroom Band however their debut album

caused quite a stir and the band were encouraged to

continue Astralasia alongside the Mushroom Band. Their

debut album was originally released on the fungus label

in 1990. The band all has suitably cosmic pseudonyms

like Swordfish, Nosmo, Kim OZ and Moonboot although

one early member was Jason Relf son of Yardbirds vocalist

Keith Relf. Jason had also worked in the Magic Mushroom

band and initially was part of the Astralasia set up but

moved on to his own projects soon after the formation of

Astralasia. The current line up however has been stable

for a number of years and in fact has become a full time

proposition since 1994 when the Magic Mushroom Band

was put on indefinite hold which will explain why the band

have been so prolific over the last few years. However in

1995 founder members Gary “Moonboot” Masters and

Kim”OZ” Masters left the band to concentrate on their own

project Moonboot OZ. This compilation album contains tracks

that were originally released on a number of early cassette

only releases and as such have been out of print for some

time. The tracks have all been re mastered for this release

and two previously unreleased tracks (Midnight Hour and

Blank Formatted Diskette) have been added to this particular

release. This album forms part of the re mastering and reissue

schedule for the bands back catalogue which will be re released

throughout 2004.

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