August Stars

Beginning life as an idea on a summers evening in the north-west Midlands, August Stars became the moniker given to the recording project of Sebastien Wright in 2002. August Stars produces minimalist drones and soundscapes.
Whereas some electronic music can often be rather cold and lacking in emotion, August Stars’ sound is full of nostalgia, sadness and longing. It is highly evocative music. Listening to August Stars is akin to becoming lost in thought. Rather than being merely a background, this is music in which to immerse.
Releases to Date -
Make Mine Music:
(2006) MMM019 Music for Twilight
1. The Round Church
2. Heiligabend
3. Two Queerly Placed Melancholy Windows
4. Grantchester Meadows 2
5. Chamber Ghosts (Edit)
6. December Skies Over Clare Street
7. Reflection Of The Bridge Of Sighs
8. The Twilight Turned From Amethyst
(2007) MMM030 Midwinter
1. Nor'easter
2. Winter Skies
3. glaçon
4. Winter Wind Through Bare Trees
5. novembre et décembre
6. Wicken Fen
7. Inland Rainfall
8. December Twilight
(2009) MMM028 Drawn Away - DELAYED
1. Lighthouse (Dusk)
2. Grantchester Meadows
3. Reality Checkpoint, Parker's Piece
4. Wechselstrom
5. Witching Hour
6. Lighthouse (Stargazing)
7. Sunlit Late Autumn
8. Ghostlights
Self Released:
(2004) Stars and Trees*
(2005) Cambridge*
(2007) Midwinter Demos**(2008) Sheffield Ghosts**(2008) Decline Of The Industrial North**(2008) The Night Sky**
There will also be a 4 Track CD-r release on Quiet Records in early 2008
Drawn Away will be the final August Stars release.
*Self-released downloads, the best of each are collected on 'Music for Twilight' and 'Drawn Away'.
**Free download from Last FM. Click title to be taken to the download.



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