Electronica Music Lovers.ning.com

Hi and welcome , please feel free to contribute

Rob Astor
  • 41, Male
  • Jackson
  • United States
Share 

Rob Astor's Friends

Music

Loading…

Rob Astor's Groups

 

My Page

Latest Activity

Rob Astor updated their profile
October 24
Rob Astor added 8 videos
May 5
April 9

Profile Information

Hometown:
Jackson, Michigan
Musical Influences
Tangerine Dream, James Horner, Spencer Nilsen, John Williams, Liquid Mind, Ken Davis, Wendy Carlos, Spyro Gyra, Cusco, Vangelis, Norm Orenstein, Zach Davids
About Me:
ROB ASTOR

Listening to the music of ROB ASTOR is like listening to Instrumental Science Fiction. The titles of his albums (MARSTROPOLIS, BEYOND MARSTROPOLIS, RAHU, AD ASTRA, and BELLATRIX’S MUSIC BOX to name a few) and the tracks on them (“Swimming Between Galaxies”, “Canopusopolis Carina”, “Holographic Nightclub [Dance Of The Boytaurs]”, “Tropic Of Antarctica”, “Forest Of The Black Moon”, “Flight In Ursa Minor”, “Chocotopia”, “Life On Europa”, “Six Moons Of Pluto”, “Earth Twin & Earth Parallel”, “Tiamat”, “Pluto - Bringer Of Change”, “Stairway To The Fifth Dimension”, “Seduction Of The Minotaur”) create instantaneous vivid mental imagery demanding musical explanation and interpretation.

Combining elements of New Age, Ambient, Classical, Electronic, Rock & Roll, Video Game Soundtrack, and New Wave, ROB ASTOR successfully melds the sounds of musical legends (Tangerine Dream, Spencer Nilsen, James Horner, John Williams, Moby, Erik Norlander, Electric Light Orchestra, Duran Duran, Norm Orenstein, Vangelis, Mars Lasar, David Arkenstone) into an sonic tapestry of his own design. Every track comes alive with unique vitality, steering clear of conformity and accepted rules to break ground in unexplored territory.

With every new release, ROB ASTOR creates a soundscape story. At one point, you might find yourself seated in a planetarium watching a show about the universe. In the next instant, you find yourself transported to the destination, spinning between stars, diving through gas clouds, and banking like a roller coaster to sling shot past black holes. From deeply thoughtful and meditative to pulse-pounding; from thundering orchestration to full-throttle velocity, there’s something new awaiting every listener in the next track. Strap yourself in. ROB ASTOR’s music is all about the unforgettable journey.

ROB ASTOR’s Music Has Been Included In A Video Game And Used As Cues In All Of The Following:

SimMars Beta Release - Simtropolis.com (2007)
A Nagy Fogyás (Big Weight Loss) - Hungary TV (2007)
Our Generation “Fly With Me” - History Channel (2008)
Our Generation “Miracle On Ice” - History Channel (2008)
Country Gentlemen - Spain (2008)
BBC’s New Tricks “God’s Waiting Room” - PBS (2008)

ROB ASTOR DISCOGRAPHY

Secret Places (2000)
5-Track Demo (2003)
Quadrangular Oscillations (2005)
Marstropolis (2005)
Xenophobia (2006)
2006 Sampler (2006)
Christmas Among Friends (T. S. Klugh Studio - Various Artists 2006)
Shine A Little Light Christmas Collection (2006)
SimMars Beta Release (Various Artists 2007)
2007 Promo Sampler (2007)
No Rules (T. S. Klugh Studio - Various Artists 2007)
Sonic Remixed (The Dictator Group Netlabel - Various Artists 2007)
Beyond Marstropolis (2007)
Rahu (2007)
Sonic Remixed Deluxe (The Dictator Group Netlabel - Various Artists 2007)
Expressions Of The Season (T. S. Klugh Studio - Various Artists 2007)
2008 Promo Sampler (2008)
Once Upon A Christmas Star (2008)
Ad Astra (2008)
Yesteryear Classics (2008)
2009 Promo Sampler (2009)
Bellatrix’s Music Box (Coming Soon!)
Dreams Of Xack Kydd (Coming Soon!)
Influences Tribute Collection - Mix It Up! (Coming Soon!)
Influences Tribute Collection - Let’s RAWK! (Coming Soon!)
Influences Tribute Collection - Dreams Of Future Past (Coming Soon!)

Rob Astor’s music is available at CDBaby.com, Apple’s iTunes, Amazon.com, MusicForte.com, Mindawn.com, MyRealTalent.com, SoundClick.com, TuneFlow.com, iCompositions.com, and numerous digital outlets world wide.
Website:
http://cdbaby.com/all/robastor
Turn ons/Offs
Heart, Lana Lane, Stevie Nicks, Laura Branigan, Marilyn Martin, Berlin, Pat Benatar, Rocket Scientists, Erik Norlander, Seat Belts, The Click Five, All-American Rejects, Duran Duran, Test Your Reflex, Blowling For Soup, Tangerine Dream, John Williams, Spencer Nilsen, Constance Demby, Cusco, Spyro Gyra, Vangelis, James Horner, Norm Orenstein
What do you think you'll be doing in 5 years time
Immortality is a curse only when you have nothing more to live for.

Rob Astor's Blog

Rob Astor

Progress Report Number 85

This blog, intended to cover months worth of work, obviously will not include every detail. Suffice it to say, I’m glad 2008 is over and I sure hope 2009 is millions of times better.

To put it bluntly, much of 2008 was rotten! Most of the year between March and the end of December was devoted to ironing out computer issues and dealing with my grandma’s health. She had a shunt inserted in her head back in March, to ease the water pressure on the brain. Unfortunately, something else is going on t… Continue

Posted on January 2, 2009 at 5:22am —

Rob Astor

Progress Report Number 84

Another month has come and gone. So many things to report on!

First of all, my grandma had the shunt inserted. She’s doing well. Now it’s a matter of watching the process reverse itself so she’s back to as close to normal as possible. It’s been a long and bumpy ride, to be sure. Some days are filled with absolute insanity, while others are so close to normal, you really couldn’t tell the difference. As for what I’ve been doing musically, here comes the rundown.

When I last wrote, my work cente… Continue

Posted on March 31, 2008 at 2:16am —

Rob Astor

Progress Report Number 83

Fortunately, the last few weeks have been much easier in the department of my being able to create. Chalk it up to luck that some music came together through the ups and downs. As for grandma’s health issues, it will be several weeks before the shunt is inserted.

At the moment, there are eighteen pages where blogs are maintained. An additional one was canceled when I discovered the code for video formats wasn’t going to work out. On every page compatible with what gets used, the videos for “Tro… Continue

Posted on February 25, 2008 at 1:26am —

Rob Astor

Progress Report Number 82

Hello once again! I have missed you all. There’s so many things going on and it’s time for me to catch you up.



First off, let me tell you about the personal issues causing the delays
in my work. Last year, My grandma started having issues with
memory and communicating. This set off a battery of tests to see
if she had had a stroke, or if something else was happening, either
related to age, or possibly not. Right around the end of last
year, the doctors discovered she has water on the… Continue

Posted on February 12, 2008 at 12:06am —

Rob Astor

Progress Report Number 81

First off, let me apologize for not posting a blog before now.
There are some things happening in my personal life right now that have
demanded way more time than I thought they would. By the time a
day was over, I didn’t have the energy, mental or physical, to try and
tackle anything else. I did manage to get some things
accomplished and hopefully, I can resume regular updates.



Way back at the beginning of the month, I took a break to read a book a
friend of mine wrote. It’s entitled… Continue

Posted on January 1, 2008 at 7:00am —

Comment Wall (11 comments)

You need to be a member of Electronica Music Lovers.ning.com to add comments!

Join this social network

At 10:18am on April 6, 2008, Electromagnetic Impulses said…
I am in the process of collating together all my contacts into one mailing list so that I can keep everyone up to date with developments and news regarding 'Electromagnetic Impulses'. If you do not want to be on this list please contact me or visit the mailing list page on the website by clicking HERE to unsubscribe.
Thanks.
PS I hope that im not overstepping the bounds of our friendship by adding you.

Jay
At 6:57am on February 29, 2008, Pixieguts said…
Hi Rob

Just got your message to all members of the group collab project about formats but there was no email to reply so leaving a message here. I am not able right now to convert the file for you but I do have a general suggestion.

I would suggest that the Mac .aif format would be best to convert from to .wav format. It is my understanding that (like .wav), .aif is an uncompressed format (whereas there will always be loss of quality working with the compressed .mp3 format).

I'd suggest posting your files in .aif format to the group project forum with an explanation of not being able to get it to .wav and I'm betting one of the other participants will be able to convert for you.
At 6:29am on December 31, 2007, PSYLONCHAIN said…
Rob Happy New Year, wish you and urs the best.R.Marks
At 3:41am on November 30, 2007, DJ UKRed said…
Recieved the tracks and added them to the christmas playlist, thanks
At 9:17pm on November 29, 2007, DJ UKRed said…
Hey Rob,
Thanks for the interest, is there any possibility you could email them to me on dj_ukred@hotmail.co.uk as I am a bit thick and dont know how to download them off here
At 9:06pm on October 1, 2007, Electromagnetic Impulses said…
yes indeed i would LOVE to do some collaboration with you, seems that im collaborating all over the place at the moment...maybe i should start a seperate group up on here, purley for collaboration purposes ?

anyway..you're a talented, artist, it would be my pleasure to work with you on a project of some sort, and would be really interesting to move away from my normal techno mad stuff and try something that (for me), would be different.

sorry that i haven't read your most recent 'updates' time once again, and a certain amount of lazyness (it has to be said), has got the better of me, but i m going to read your most recent right now :)
At 2:30am on September 10, 2007, Cyborg Music said…
hi rob , give a click !

http://clubs.yuwie.com/planetelectronica/
At 9:59pm on September 4, 2007, Electromagnetic Impulses said…
Hey Rob...it was my pleasure to review your work...and nice one for adding this site to the list of places you blog to...im going to (in about 3 weeks time)...make a concerted effort to get lots more people over here as members...at the moment like you im just too busy.
but i know what to do...and im aiming to get up to 100 members over here..and hopefully let the rest will sort itself out...so stick with me over here...and i'll keep you posted...you as liike a lot of people on this site are a precious commodity as a human being and we all need to stick together :)
At 8:30pm on August 3, 2007, Electromagnetic Impulses said…
well i got stood up tonight..so im getting slowly drunk listening to the various members music on here..and i listening to 'Raion kapella' right now...that's some very chilled out funky electronica that you have going on there...with some original sounds and interesting pitch bending effects.
broken drum loops always work...im glad to have soo many talented artists on this network
At 8:11am on August 1, 2007, PSYLONCHAIN said…
whts uo bob my nane is rob so i need go no further, Nice Music you have, thanks for the add. PSYLO
 
 

About

MOST RECENT UPLOADS

EML Recordings

In House Mastering Service

EML Mastering services:
Our on board engineer has been mastering audio professionally for over a decade.
An impressive studio/lab, armed with the best and latest gear will bring out that "pro sound" you've been seeking for your tracks and make sure all volumes and frequencies are all within commercial standards.
With the best talent and rates in the industry, we are your premier online option.
Please inquire for rates. Discounts available.by clicking
here
and tell us what you have in mind

Affiliated Radio Stations and Podcasts

Neon Beatz

Pixiecast

Dandelion Radio

Dance Transmission.com

 

© 2009   Created by Electromagnetic Impulses on Ning.   Create Your Own Social Network

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service

Sign in to chat!