We are resting up from the Appearances Summer Tour and we wanted to thank all of you who attended shows!

In other news, we are super excited to be playing with Just a Band at DROM on Thursday 8/25! Just a Band is an amazing group from Nairobi and this show will be there US debut. This will be our last local show for a few months and it promises to be amazing so we look forward to seeing you guys!

Analogue Transit w/Just a Band
Thursday 8/25
Drom
85 Avenue A (btwn 5th & 6th)
New York, NY
$10 in advance
$15 Day of show

We decided to play a FREE NYC gig to kick-off our Summer tour!! Here is the info:

Analogue Transit w/Valarie Mize
Thursday 7/28/11
9:00 pm
Eastside Billiards and Bar
163 East 86th Street
New York, NY 10028-2106
(212) 831-7665
Free!

Looking forward to hanging out with all of you before we leave for tour!!

-Jeff and Kwaku

We hope that the summer has been treating all of you well. We have been super busy trying to spread this ATR movement to as many people as possible and we hope you have too! Those of you who follow us on Facebook know that we have just finished filiming a video for the song “Projector”. Additionally we filmed a video for “Breathe” a few months ago and we are super excited to debut both of these for you!  More immediately, we are playing this Friday evening at BAM cafe and we would love to see you there. Here is the info:

Friday 6/17/11
8:30 pm
Brooklyn Academy of Music
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY

This is an amazing venue and it’s in BROOKLYN so come through!!

Here is the artwork for the Pink EP. This is the third of our digital ep’s and we want to take things a step further. This one hits digital retailers on July 13th so we would really appreciate it if you post use this image as your profile picture on facebook/myspace and post it on a friend’s page. We are trying to reach as many new fans as possible and we really appreciate all of you using our image. Thanks in advance for all of your support!

-ATR

P.S. Please stop by the following sites and leave a comment about the music when you get a chance.

For Analogue Transit who, as the name suggests, represent the transition of sound from analog to digital, ATR marks the realization of a concept several years in its formation.  The album strongly showcases the individual talents of band members Kwaku Aning and Jeff Schreiner who, after five years of working together on various projects, stripped down their personnel and their approach and produced an album of cunning syncretism.  ATR is a marriage in which neither partner eclipses the other; both the art of the process and the beauty of the end product are equally present here.

Standout among the tracks included on the album are lead single “Breathe,” a ballad as moving in the album’s fully fleshed-out version as it is in the more intimately acoustic rendition of the band’s live performances, and “Great Jones,” where Jeff’s singularly unique approach to production and Kwaku’s powerful vocal performance are evident from the moment the beat drops.

The album progression remains strong from start to finish, with the opening intro giving audiences a clear understanding of the listening experience that awaits them.  Traditional handclaps are paired with an updated approach to the boom-bap programming on the heavily electronic “1983.” Lyrically, “Dream in Spaces” is a poignant look at self-imposed limitations, a theme the music explores with a stop-and-start syncopation layered under the soaring narration of an anonymous electronic voice.

ATR will be released in four separate installments containing three tracks per installment on June 15 and continuing 6/29, 7,13 and 7/27. These four installments will be available for digital purchase only.  The physical and digital release of the entire album will be on 8/10.

For more information, visit www.analoguetransit.com, or contact Dennis Roberson at dennis@gadflyproductions.net

http://soniceclectic.com/2010/04/yin-and-yang-analogue-transit-mixes-mechanical-and-emotional/

Crash Mansion

199 Bowery st.

Thursday February 18th

10 pm

open bar between 9-10!

http://crashmansion.com/

http://newyork.going.com/RocknRed

-Kwaku

ATR’s featured performance will air on Saturday, Oct. 17 @ 9:30pm.  Hear selections from their debut album “Gearheart,” as recorded live at The Saint in Asbury, NJ. Other featured performers include the Squirrel Nut Zippers and our good friend Joshua Van Ness A Far Off Place psp, as well as fifty other musicians.  So please tune in to support this very important cause.  Every $10 donation receives a free CD.

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